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Luxchem Bhd (XKLS:5143) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is Luxchem Bhd Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Luxchem Bhd has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

XKLS:5143' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Luxchem Bhd was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Luxchem Bhd Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Luxchem Bhd'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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Luxchem Bhd Piotroski F-Score Chart

Luxchem Bhd 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 6.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 7.00

Luxchem Bhd 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 5.00 5.00 7.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Luxchem Bhd's Piotroski F-Score

For the Chemicals subindustry, Luxchem Bhd'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.


Luxchem Bhd's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Luxchem Bhd'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 9.416 + 9.071 + 11.075 + 11.561 = RM41.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 11.675 + 16.041 + 21.813 + 14.2 = RM63.7 Mil.
Revenue was 157.563 + 165.776 + 177.356 + 183.147 = RM683.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 21.925 + 25.645 + 30.697 + 29.088 = RM107.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(711.566 + 703.328 + 723.792 + 740.4 + 749.253) / 5 = RM725.6678 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was RM711.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM11.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM447.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM92.1 Mil.
Net Income was 18.327 + 8.784 + 2.475 + 7.499 = RM37.1 Mil.

Revenue was 220.76 + 170.548 + 171.943 + 152.832 = RM716.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was 37.135 + 16.945 + 23.357 + 23.115 = RM100.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(741.689 + 736.579 + 705.079 + 717.715 + 711.566) / 5 = RM722.5256 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was RM741.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM14.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM405.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM67.9 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.

Luxchem Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 41.1. ==> 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.

Luxchem Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 63.7. ==> 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)
=41.123/711.566
=0.05779225

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=37.085/741.689
=0.05000074

Luxchem Bhd's return on assets of this year was 0.05779225. Luxchem Bhd's return on assets of last year was 0.05000074. ==> 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.

Luxchem Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 41.1. Luxchem Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 63.7. ==> 63.7 > 41.1 ==> 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
=11.708/725.6678
=0.0161341

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=14.531/722.5256
=0.0201114

Luxchem Bhd's gearing of this year was 0.0161341. Luxchem Bhd's gearing of last year was 0.0201114. ==> 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
=447.718/92.095
=4.86147999

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=405.159/67.865
=5.97007294

Luxchem Bhd's current ratio of this year was 4.86147999. Luxchem Bhd's current ratio of last year was 5.97007294. ==> 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.

Luxchem Bhd's number of shares in issue this year was 1069.766. Luxchem Bhd's number of shares in issue last year was 1069.766. ==> 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
=107.355/683.842
=0.15698802

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=100.552/716.083
=0.14041948

Luxchem Bhd's gross margin of this year was 0.15698802. Luxchem Bhd's gross margin of last year was 0.14041948. ==> 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)
=683.842/711.566
=0.96103805

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=716.083/741.689
=0.9654761

Luxchem Bhd's asset turnover of this year was 0.96103805. Luxchem Bhd's asset turnover of last year was 0.9654761. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0
=7

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

Luxchem Bhd has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Luxchem Bhd  (XKLS:5143) 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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Luxchem Bhd (XKLS:5143) Business Description

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No. 6 Jalan SS21/58, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, SGR, MYS, 47400
Luxchem Corp Bhd is a Malaysia based company engaged in the import, export, and distribution of petrochemical and other related products. It operates through two reportable segments namely Trading and Manufacturing. The Trading segment comprises of import, export, and distribution of petrochemical and other related products. The Manufacturing segment engages in the manufacturing and trading of unsaturated polyester resin and related products, and the manufacturing and trading of latex chemical dispersions, latex processing chemicals, and related products for the latex industry. Geographically, the firm has its presence across the region of Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Bangladesh, and Australia.

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