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China Telecom (SGX:K3ED) Piotroski F-Score : N/A (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is China Telecom 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

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of China Telecom was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


China Telecom Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom'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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China Telecom Piotroski F-Score Chart

China Telecom 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 4.00 8.00 4.00 9.00

China Telecom Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 4.00 N/A 9.00 N/A

Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Piotroski F-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom'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.


China Telecom's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Telecom'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 1699.247 + 951.987 + 468.544 + 1193.791 = $4,314 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0 + 6411.982 + 0 + 2821.218 = $9,233 Mil.
Revenue was 18280.054 + 16503.181 + 18549.682 + 18675.91 = $72,009 Mil.
Gross Profit was 18280.054 + 11677.606 + 18549.682 + 13072.693 = $61,580 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(0 + 117349.401 + 114498.474 + 117057.505 + 117865.166) / 5 = $116692.6365 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $6,349 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $25,671 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $42,803 Mil.
Net Income was 1653.067 + 890.655 + 437.49 + 1158.632 = $4,140 Mil.

Revenue was 18482.325 + 16457.574 + 17729.544 + 18829.648 = $71,499 Mil.
Gross Profit was 18482.325 + 11726.761 + 3819.872 + 18829.648 = $52,859 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(121071.928 + 117076.264 + 0 + 115853.809 + 0) / 5 = $118000.667 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $121,072 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0 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.

China Telecom's current Net Income (TTM) was 4,314. ==> 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.

China Telecom's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,233. ==> 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)
=4313.569/0
=

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=4139.844/121071.928
=0.03419326

China Telecom's return on assets of this year was . China Telecom's return on assets of last year was 0.03419326. ==> 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.

China Telecom's current Net Income (TTM) was 4,314. China Telecom's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,233. ==> 9,233 > 4,314 ==> 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
=6348.615/116692.6365
=0.05440459

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=0/118000.667
=0

China Telecom's gearing of this year was 0.05440459. China Telecom's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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
=25670.598/42803.062
=0.59973742

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0/0
=

China Telecom's current ratio of this year was 0.59973742. China Telecom's current ratio of last year was . ==> 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.

China Telecom's number of shares in issue this year was 0. China Telecom's number of shares in issue last year was 0. ==> 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
=61580.035/72008.827
=0.85517342

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=52858.606/71499.091
=0.7392906

China Telecom's gross margin of this year was 0.85517342. China Telecom's gross margin of last year was 0.7392906. ==> 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)
=72008.827/0
=

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=71499.091/121071.928
=0.59055053

China Telecom's asset turnover of this year was . China Telecom's asset turnover of last year was 0.59055053. ==> 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

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

China Telecom  (SGX:K3ED) 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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China Telecom (SGX:K3ED) Business Description

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31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.

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