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Alset (AEI) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Jun. 11, 2024)


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What is Alset Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Alset 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 Alset's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

AEI' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 4

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Alset was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Alset Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alset'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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Alset Piotroski F-Score Chart

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

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Alset'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.


Alset's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Alset's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alset'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was -5.808 + -16.012 + -33.269 + -6.77 = $-61.86 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 10.699 + 0.846 + -0.777 + -1.509 = $9.26 Mil.
Revenue was 19.154 + 0.99 + 1.018 + 6.086 = $27.25 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.415 + 0.409 + -0.55 + 1.428 = $8.70 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(155.689 + 168.442 + 157.014 + 126.314 + 96.71) / 5 = $140.8338 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $155.69 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.03 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $48.13 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.64 Mil.
Net Income was -8.987 + -11.712 + -13.324 + -3.858 = $-37.88 Mil.

Revenue was 0.926 + 0.722 + 0.88 + 0.927 = $3.46 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.376 + -0.091 + -0.373 + 0.238 = $0.15 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(192.831 + 176.071 + 164.665 + 153.49 + 155.689) / 5 = $168.5492 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $192.83 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.61 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $94.73 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.21 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.

Alset's current Net Income (TTM) was -61.86. ==> 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.

Alset's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9.26. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

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 (Mar23)
=-61.859/155.689
=-0.39732415

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-37.881/192.831
=-0.19644663

Alset's return on assets of this year was -0.39732415. Alset's return on assets of last year was -0.19644663. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Alset's current Net Income (TTM) was -61.86. Alset's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9.26. ==> 9.26 > -61.86 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=2.034/140.8338
=0.01444256

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=1.61/168.5492
=0.00955211

Alset's gearing of this year was 0.01444256. Alset's gearing of last year was 0.00955211. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=48.132/4.636
=10.38222606

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=94.733/5.209
=18.18640814

Alset's current ratio of this year was 10.38222606. Alset's current ratio of last year was 18.18640814. ==> 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.

Alset's number of shares in issue this year was 9.235. Alset's number of shares in issue last year was 8.451. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

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
=8.702/27.248
=0.31936289

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.15/3.455
=0.04341534

Alset's gross margin of this year was 0.31936289. Alset's gross margin of last year was 0.04341534. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=27.248/155.689
=0.17501558

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=3.455/192.831
=0.01791724

Alset's asset turnover of this year was 0.17501558. Alset's asset turnover of last year was 0.01791724. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

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

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

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

Alset  (NAS:AEI) 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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Alset (AEI) Business Description

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Address
4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 210, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Alset Inc is a diversified holding company engaged through its subsidiaries in the development of EHome communities and other real estate, financial services, digital transformation technologies, biohealth activities, and consumer products with operations in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, and South Korea. The Company operates in four business segments: real estate, digital transformation technology, biohealth, and other business activities, and it derives a majority of its revenue from the Real Estate segment.
Executives
Chan Heng Fai Ambrose director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2601 INSLAND PLACE TOWER, 510 KINGS RD N POINT, HONG KONG K3 999999999
Hiu Pan Wong director RM F, 47/F, TOWER 6, PARK AVENUE,, 18 HOI TING ROAD, TAI KOK TUSI, KOWLOON, HONG KONG F4 999077
Lim Sheng Hon Danny director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE, SUITE 210, BETHESDA MD 20814
Hay Kim Ang director C/O HF ENTERPRISES INC. HAMPDEN SQUARE, 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 210, BETHESDA MD 20814
Anthony S. Chan officer: Chief Operating Officer 228 YANJIANG AVE., JIANGAN DIST., BLDG A, WUHAN CITY F4 430010
Robert H Trapp other: Former Director C/O EVISION INTERNATIONAL INC., 1888 SHERMAN ST. #500, DENVER CO 80203
Shui Yeung Wong director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE, SUITE 210, BETHESDA MD 20814
Tung Moe Chan officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer 1601 BLAKE ST, SUITE 310, DENVER CO 80202
Hfe Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner C/O SINGAPORE EDEVELOPMENT LTD. UNIT B, 17 FL GREATMANY CNTR 109-111 QUEENS RD E, WAN CHAI K3 50
Wu William Wai Leung director C/O DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC., 200 CANAL VIEW BLVD., SUITE 300, ROCHESTER NY 14624
Tat Keung Wong director 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE SUITE 210, BETHESDA MD 20814
Lui Wai Leung Alan officer: Co-Chief Financial Officer 10 WINSTEDT ROAD #02-02 BLOCK A, SINGAPORE U0 227977
Rongguo Wei officer: Co-Chief Financial Officer 4800 MONTGOMERY LN #210, BETHESDA MD 20814
Charles Mackenzie officer: Chief Development Officer 4800 MONTGOMERY LANE, SUITE 210, BETHESDA MD 20814

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