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Euro Tech Holdings Co (Euro Tech Holdings Co) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Euro Tech Holdings Co 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

Euro Tech Holdings Co 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 Euro Tech Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CLWT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Euro Tech Holdings Co was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Euro Tech Holdings Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Euro Tech Holdings Co'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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Euro Tech Holdings Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Euro Tech Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 2.00 6.00 7.00 6.00

Euro Tech Holdings Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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Competitive Comparison of Euro Tech Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Euro Tech Holdings Co'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.


Euro Tech Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Euro Tech Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Euro Tech Holdings Co'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 (Dec22) TTM:Last Year (Dec21) TTM:
Net Income was $0.37 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $0.46 Mil.
Revenue was $14.95 Mil.
Gross Profit was $4.62 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec21)
to the end of this year (Dec22) was (21.25 + 19.363) / 2 = $20.3065 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec21) was $21.25 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.09 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9.45 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.47 Mil.
Net Income was $0.99 Mil.

Revenue was $21.39 Mil.
Gross Profit was $5.70 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec20)
to the end of last year (Dec21) was (20.095 + 21.25) / 2 = $20.6725 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec20) was $20.10 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $11.50 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6.41 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.

Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.37. ==> 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.

Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.46. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=0.369/21.25
=0.01736471

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec20)
=0.989/20.095
=0.04921622

Euro Tech Holdings Co's return on assets of this year was 0.01736471. Euro Tech Holdings Co's return on assets of last year was 0.04921622. ==> 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.

Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 0.37. Euro Tech Holdings Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.46. ==> 0.46 > 0.37 ==> 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: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0.087/20.3065
=0.00428434

Gearing (Last Year: Dec21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec20 to Dec21
=0.041/20.6725
=0.00198331

Euro Tech Holdings Co's gearing of this year was 0.00428434. Euro Tech Holdings Co's gearing of last year was 0.00198331. ==> 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: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=9.45/4.47
=2.11409396

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=11.504/6.405
=1.7960968

Euro Tech Holdings Co's current ratio of this year was 2.11409396. Euro Tech Holdings Co's current ratio of last year was 1.7960968. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

Euro Tech Holdings Co's number of shares in issue this year was 7.732. Euro Tech Holdings Co's number of shares in issue last year was 7.732. ==> 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
=4.618/14.949
=0.30891698

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5.695/21.388
=0.26627081

Euro Tech Holdings Co's gross margin of this year was 0.30891698. Euro Tech Holdings Co's gross margin of last year was 0.26627081. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=14.949/21.25
=0.70348235

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec20)
=21.388/20.095
=1.06434436

Euro Tech Holdings Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.70348235. Euro Tech Holdings Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.06434436. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+0+1+1+1+0
=6

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

Euro Tech Holdings Co has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Euro Tech Holdings Co  (NAS:CLWT) 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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Euro Tech Holdings Co (Euro Tech Holdings Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
65 Wong Chuk Hong Road, Unit D, 18th Floor, Room C & D, Gee Chang Hong Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
Euro Tech Holdings Co Ltd is a distributor and manufacturer of technology instruments as well as an environmental engineering services provider. It is engaged in the marketing and trading of water and wastewater related process control, analytical and testing instruments, disinfection equipment, supplies, and related automation systems. There are two operating segments of the company. The Trading and manufacturing segment, which is the key revenue driver, includes distribution of water treatment equipment, laboratory instruments, analyzers, test kits, and related supplies and power generation equipment. The Engineering segment includes water and waste-water treatment engineering and air pollution control business. The majority of the revenue is generated from Hong Kong.