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KWSAT SE KGaA (KWSAT SE KGaA) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is KWSAT SE KGaA 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

KWSAT SE KGaA has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

KNKZF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of KWSAT SE KGaA was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


KWSAT SE KGaA Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for KWSAT SE KGaA'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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KWSAT SE KGaA Piotroski F-Score Chart

KWSAT SE KGaA Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Piotroski F-Score
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KWSAT SE KGaA Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of KWSAT SE KGaA's Piotroski F-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, KWSAT SE KGaA'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.


KWSAT SE KGaA's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, KWSAT SE KGaA's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KWSAT SE KGaA'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 -55.483 + -59.018 + -58.451 + 330.761 = $158 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 168.856 + -108.645 + -47.546 + 86.087 = $99 Mil.
Revenue was 636.622 + 285.699 + 273.61 + 1048.261 = $2,244 Mil.
Gross Profit was -531.069 + 285.699 + 273.61 + 1048.261 = $1,077 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(3332.976 + 2978.939 + 3162.22 + 3206.761 + 3640.761) / 5 = $3264.3314 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $3,333 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $502 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,344 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,395 Mil.
Net Income was -52.896 + -45.743 + -35.275 + 275.91 = $142 Mil.

Revenue was 344.416 + 263.663 + 315.042 + 926.017 = $1,849 Mil.
Gross Profit was -388.377 + 263.663 + 315.042 + 1017.452 = $1,208 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(3215.969 + 2803.167 + 2792.376 + 2936.017 + 3332.976) / 5 = $3016.101 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $3,216 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $641 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,948 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,081 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.

KWSAT SE KGaA's current Net Income (TTM) was 158. ==> 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.

KWSAT SE KGaA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 99. ==> 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)
=157.809/3332.976
=0.04734778

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=141.996/3215.969
=0.04415341

KWSAT SE KGaA's return on assets of this year was 0.04734778. KWSAT SE KGaA's return on assets of last year was 0.04415341. ==> 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.

KWSAT SE KGaA's current Net Income (TTM) was 158. KWSAT SE KGaA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 99. ==> 99 <= 158 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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
=502.391/3264.3314
=0.15390319

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=641.006/3016.101
=0.21252803

KWSAT SE KGaA's gearing of this year was 0.15390319. KWSAT SE KGaA's gearing of last year was 0.21252803. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2343.804/1395.435
=1.67962248

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1947.752/1081.156
=1.80154575

KWSAT SE KGaA's current ratio of this year was 1.67962248. KWSAT SE KGaA's current ratio of last year was 1.80154575. ==> 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.

KWSAT SE KGaA's number of shares in issue this year was 33.076. KWSAT SE KGaA's number of shares in issue last year was 33.038. ==> 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
=1076.501/2244.192
=0.47968311

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1207.78/1849.138
=0.65315839

KWSAT SE KGaA's gross margin of this year was 0.47968311. KWSAT SE KGaA's gross margin of last year was 0.65315839. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=2244.192/3332.976
=0.67332978

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=1849.138/3215.969
=0.57498626

KWSAT SE KGaA's asset turnover of this year was 0.67332978. KWSAT SE KGaA's asset turnover of last year was 0.57498626. ==> 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+1+0+1+0+0+0+1
=5

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

KWSAT SE KGaA has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

KWSAT SE KGaA  (OTCPK:KNKZF) 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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KWSAT SE KGaA (KWSAT SE KGaA) Business Description

Address
Grimsehlstrasse 31, P.O. Box 1463, Einbeck, SN, DEU, 37555
KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA breeds and distributes agriculture seeds internationally. The core segments of the company focus on sugarbeet, corn, cereals, and vegetables. The company works on breeding new varieties and seed multiplication to produce the best results for farmers. Plants and seeds are monitored at different stages of the lifecycle to ensure high-quality. Products, processes, and consulting are marketed to farmers as certain expertise is needed in different regions of the world. Consultants are dispersed to learn the region-specific products and help strengthen relationships with customers.

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