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Softstar Entertainment (ROCO:6111) Piotroski F-Score : 1 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is Softstar Entertainment Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 1 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

Softstar Entertainment has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

ROCO:6111' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Softstar Entertainment was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


Softstar Entertainment Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softstar Entertainment'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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Softstar Entertainment Piotroski F-Score Chart

Softstar Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 5.00 6.00 4.00 1.00

Softstar Entertainment 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 Softstar Entertainment's Piotroski F-Score

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Softstar Entertainment'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.


Softstar Entertainment's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Softstar Entertainment's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Softstar Entertainment'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 -32.966 + -208.666 + -45.201 + 16.408 = NT$-270 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 302.133 + -407.869 + -17.086 + -29.003 = NT$-152 Mil.
Revenue was 968.916 + 637.122 + 1091.295 + 1316.412 = NT$4,014 Mil.
Gross Profit was 309.027 + 172.287 + 423.735 + 394.176 = NT$1,299 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(6972.059 + 6845.806 + 7020.338 + 7132.47 + 7970.287) / 5 = NT$7188.192 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was NT$6,972 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$888 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,819 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,595 Mil.
Net Income was 21.236 + -36.636 + 495.631 + -48.697 = NT$432 Mil.

Revenue was 689.229 + 558.495 + 600.062 + 564.848 = NT$2,413 Mil.
Gross Profit was 270.87 + 175.711 + 188.525 + 182.082 = NT$817 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(3612.667 + 5243.494 + 4740.039 + 5322.56 + 6972.059) / 5 = NT$5178.1638 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was NT$3,613 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$322 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,385 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,078 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.

Softstar Entertainment's current Net Income (TTM) was -270. ==> 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.

Softstar Entertainment's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -152. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=-270.425/6972.059
=-0.03878696

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=431.534/3612.667
=0.11945026

Softstar Entertainment's return on assets of this year was -0.03878696. Softstar Entertainment's return on assets of last year was 0.11945026. ==> 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.

Softstar Entertainment's current Net Income (TTM) was -270. Softstar Entertainment's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -152. ==> -152 > -270 ==> 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
=887.539/7188.192
=0.1234718

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=321.82/5178.1638
=0.06214944

Softstar Entertainment's gearing of this year was 0.1234718. Softstar Entertainment's gearing of last year was 0.06214944. ==> 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
=3819.431/3594.895
=1.06245968

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3384.761/3077.745
=1.09975355

Softstar Entertainment's current ratio of this year was 1.06245968. Softstar Entertainment's current ratio of last year was 1.09975355. ==> 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.

Softstar Entertainment's number of shares in issue this year was 100. Softstar Entertainment's number of shares in issue last year was 98.719. ==> 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
=1299.225/4013.745
=0.32369396

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=817.188/2412.634
=0.33871196

Softstar Entertainment's gross margin of this year was 0.32369396. Softstar Entertainment's gross margin of last year was 0.33871196. ==> 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)
=4013.745/6972.059
=0.57569005

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=2412.634/3612.667
=0.66782629

Softstar Entertainment's asset turnover of this year was 0.57569005. Softstar Entertainment's asset turnover of last year was 0.66782629. ==> 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+0+1+0+0+0+0+0
=1

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

Softstar Entertainment has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Softstar Entertainment  (ROCO:6111) 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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Softstar Entertainment (ROCO:6111) Business Description

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Address
Sec. 2, Dunhua S. Road, 22F.-1, No. 77, Da’an District, Taipei, TWN, 106
Softstar Entertainment Inc is engaged in the development and distribution of computer game software. Its products include stand-alone game software, online game software, Web game software, mobile game software, and computer software peripheral products. The Group is organized into business units based on its products and services and has four reportable operating segments as follows: Operating Department, Research and Development Department, Electronic Products Department, and Beauty Products Department. The majority of revenue comes from Research and development and licensing segment.

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