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iGen Networks (XCNQ:IGN) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is iGen Networks Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

iGen Networks has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XCNQ:IGN' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3   Max: 6
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of iGen Networks was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 3.


iGen Networks Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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iGen Networks Piotroski F-Score Chart

iGen Networks Annual Data
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iGen Networks Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where iGen Networks's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Sep23) TTM:Last Year (Sep22) TTM:
Net Income was -0.504 + -0.16 + -0.862 + -0.241 = C$-1.77 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.336 + -0.118 + -0.024 + -0.035 = C$-0.51 Mil.
Revenue was 0.065 + 0.064 + 0.048 + 0.065 = C$0.24 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.01 + 0.027 + 0.012 + 0.042 = C$0.07 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep22)
to the end of this year (Sep23) was
(0.95 + 0.837 + 0.811 + 0.045 + 0.045) / 5 = C$0.5376 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep22) was C$0.95 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.22 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$0.05 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$1.69 Mil.
Net Income was -3.185 + -0.235 + 0.014 + -0.482 = C$-3.89 Mil.

Revenue was 0.061 + 0.058 + 0.118 + 0.176 = C$0.41 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.113 + 0.041 + 0 + -0.04 = C$0.11 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep21)
to the end of last year (Sep22) was
(0.857 + 0.975 + 1.058 + 1.06 + 0.95) / 5 = C$0.98 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep21) was C$0.86 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.40 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$0.19 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$1.37 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

iGen Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.77. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

iGen Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.51. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=-1.767/0.95
=-1.86

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep21)
=-3.888/0.857
=-4.53675613

iGen Networks's return on assets of this year was -1.86. iGen Networks's return on assets of last year was -4.53675613. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

iGen Networks's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.77. iGen Networks's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.51. ==> -0.51 > -1.77 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=0.223/0.5376
=0.41480655

Gearing (Last Year: Sep22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep21 to Sep22
=0.4/0.98
=0.40816327

iGen Networks's gearing of this year was 0.41480655. iGen Networks's gearing of last year was 0.40816327. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.045/1.689
=0.02664298

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.189/1.365
=0.13846154

iGen Networks's current ratio of this year was 0.02664298. iGen Networks's current ratio of last year was 0.13846154. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

iGen Networks's number of shares in issue this year was 0. iGen Networks's number of shares in issue last year was 1628.363. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.071/0.242
=0.29338843

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.114/0.413
=0.27602906

iGen Networks's gross margin of this year was 0.29338843. iGen Networks's gross margin of last year was 0.27602906. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Sep22)
=0.242/0.95
=0.25473684

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep21)
=0.413/0.857
=0.48191365

iGen Networks's asset turnover of this year was 0.25473684. iGen Networks's asset turnover of last year was 0.48191365. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=0+0+1+1+0+0+1+1+0
=4

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

iGen Networks has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

iGen Networks  (XCNQ:IGN) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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iGen Networks (XCNQ:IGN) Business Description

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31772 Casino Drive, Suite C, Lake Elsinore, CA, USA, 92530
iGen Networks Corp is engaged in the development and marketing of software services for the automotive industry. It has one reportable segment being Vehicle Tracking and Recovery Solutions. The company works with wireless carriers, hardware suppliers and software developers to provide direct and secure access to information on the vehicle and the driver's behavior. The software services are delivered from the AWS Cloud to the consumer and their families over the wireless networks and accessed from any mobile or desktop device. The software services are marketed to automotive dealers, financial institutions, and direct-to-consumer through various commercial and consumer brands. The company's brands include Nimbo Tracking, CU Trak, and Medallion GPS PRO.
Executives
Neil Chan Director

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