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Guangdong Investment (HKSE:00270) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is Guangdong Investment 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

Guangdong Investment has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

HKSE:00270' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Guangdong Investment was 6. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Guangdong Investment Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guangdong Investment'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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Guangdong Investment Piotroski F-Score Chart

Guangdong Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Guangdong Investment Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Guangdong Investment's Piotroski F-Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Guangdong Investment'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.


Guangdong Investment's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Guangdong Investment's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Investment'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was HK$3,122 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$10,711 Mil.
Revenue was HK$24,200 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$10,075 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (133514.62 + 139965.972) / 2 = HK$136740.296 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was HK$133,515 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$27,733 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$55,278 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$45,666 Mil.
Net Income was HK$4,764 Mil.

Revenue was HK$23,196 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$9,823 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (130030.823 + 133514.62) / 2 = HK$131772.7215 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was HK$130,031 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$31,254 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$52,221 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$35,668 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.

Guangdong Investment's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,122. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

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.

Guangdong Investment's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10,711. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=3122.069/133514.62
=0.02338372

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=4763.503/130030.823
=0.03663364

Guangdong Investment's return on assets of this year was 0.02338372. Guangdong Investment's return on assets of last year was 0.03663364. ==> 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.

Guangdong Investment's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,122. Guangdong Investment's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10,711. ==> 10,711 > 3,122 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=27733.297/136740.296
=0.2028173

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=31253.973/131772.7215
=0.2371809

Guangdong Investment's gearing of this year was 0.2028173. Guangdong Investment's gearing of last year was 0.2371809. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=55277.811/45666.192
=1.2104756

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=52220.752/35668.282
=1.46406693

Guangdong Investment's current ratio of this year was 1.2104756. Guangdong Investment's current ratio of last year was 1.46406693. ==> 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.

Guangdong Investment's number of shares in issue this year was 6537.821. Guangdong Investment's number of shares in issue last year was 6537.821. ==> 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
=10075.186/24199.894
=0.41633182

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=9823.163/23196.238
=0.42348087

Guangdong Investment's gross margin of this year was 0.41633182. Guangdong Investment's gross margin of last year was 0.42348087. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

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 (Dec22)
=24199.894/133514.62
=0.18125276

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=23196.238/130030.823
=0.1783903

Guangdong Investment's asset turnover of this year was 0.18125276. Guangdong Investment's asset turnover of last year was 0.1783903. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+1+0+1+0+1
=6

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

Guangdong Investment has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Guangdong Investment  (HKSE:00270) 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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Guangdong Investment (HKSE:00270) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
148 Connaught Road Central, 28th and 29th Floors, Guangdong Investment Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
Guangdong Investment Ltd is engaged in investment holding, water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, hotel ownership, operation and management, investment in energy projects, road, and bridge operation. Its segments include water resources, property investment and development, department store operation, electric power generation, hotel operation and management, road and bridge segment, and others segment. The company derives most of the revenue from the water resources segment that engages in water distribution, sewage treatment, and construction of water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure for customers in Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Executives
Gdh Limited 2101 Beneficial owner
Guang Dong Yue Hai Kong Gu Ji Tuan You Xian Gong Si 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Citigroup Inc. 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you

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