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Neo Performance Materials (TSX:NEO) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Neo Performance Materials 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

Neo Performance Materials 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 Neo Performance Materials's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:NEO' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 8 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Neo Performance Materials was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Neo Performance Materials Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Neo Performance Materials'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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Neo Performance Materials Piotroski F-Score Chart

Neo Performance Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 4.00 4.00 6.00 4.00 4.00

Neo Performance Materials 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 3.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Neo Performance Materials's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Neo Performance Materials'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.


Neo Performance Materials's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Neo Performance Materials's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Neo Performance Materials'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 0.412 + 4.153 + -1.834 + 1.182 = C$3.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 31.663 + 21.989 + 3.496 + 15.336 = C$72.5 Mil.
Revenue was 226.433 + 185.262 + 172.621 + 165.268 = C$749.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 47.129 + 37.871 + 25.359 + 34.404 = C$144.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(882.321 + 857.581 + 854.519 + 841.189 + 848.201) / 5 = C$856.7622 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was C$882.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$63.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$499.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$148.8 Mil.
Net Income was 18.703 + -4.961 + -9.905 + -14.304 = C$-10.5 Mil.

Revenue was 215.39 + 195.586 + 216.23 + 185.446 = C$812.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 56.385 + 32.295 + 42.836 + 22.907 = C$154.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(774.253 + 774.61 + 851.268 + 918.971 + 882.321) / 5 = C$840.2846 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was C$774.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$43.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$590.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$145.3 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.

Neo Performance Materials's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.9. ==> 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.

Neo Performance Materials's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 72.5. ==> 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)
=3.913/882.321
=0.00443489

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-10.467/774.253
=-0.01351884

Neo Performance Materials's return on assets of this year was 0.00443489. Neo Performance Materials's return on assets of last year was -0.01351884. ==> 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.

Neo Performance Materials's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.9. Neo Performance Materials's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 72.5. ==> 72.5 > 3.9 ==> 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
=63.895/856.7622
=0.07457729

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=43.028/840.2846
=0.05120646

Neo Performance Materials's gearing of this year was 0.07457729. Neo Performance Materials's gearing of last year was 0.05120646. ==> 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
=498.953/148.839
=3.35230014

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=590.594/145.282
=4.06515604

Neo Performance Materials's current ratio of this year was 3.35230014. Neo Performance Materials's current ratio of last year was 4.06515604. ==> 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.

Neo Performance Materials's number of shares in issue this year was 42.494. Neo Performance Materials's number of shares in issue last year was 45.197. ==> 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
=144.763/749.584
=0.19312445

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=154.423/812.652
=0.19002353

Neo Performance Materials's gross margin of this year was 0.19312445. Neo Performance Materials's gross margin of last year was 0.19002353. ==> 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)
=749.584/882.321
=0.84955929

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=812.652/774.253
=1.0495949

Neo Performance Materials's asset turnover of this year was 0.84955929. Neo Performance Materials's asset turnover of last year was 1.0495949. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+1+1+0
=6

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

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

Neo Performance Materials  (TSX:NEO) 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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Neo Performance Materials (TSX:NEO) Business Description

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Address
121 King Street West, Suite 1740, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 3T9
Neo Performance Materials Inc is engaged in the innovation, development, processing, and manufacturing of rare earth and rare metal-based functional materials. Its operating segments include Magnequench, Chemicals & Oxides, Rare Metals, and Corporate. The Magnequench segment produces magnetic powders used in bonded and hot-deformed, fully dense neodymium-iron-boron magnets. The Chemicals & Oxides segment manufactures and distributes a broad range of industrial materials. The Rare Metals segment produces specialty metals and their compounds, such as tantalum, niobium, hafnium, rhenium, gallium, and indium. Its geographical segments are Asia, North America, Europe, and Others.
Executives
Rahim Suleman Director, Senior Officer