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IT Tech Packaging (IT Tech Packaging) Piotroski F-Score

: 5 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

IT Tech Packaging 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 IT Tech Packaging's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

ITP' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of IT Tech Packaging was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 6.


IT Tech Packaging Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for IT Tech Packaging'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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IT Tech Packaging Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.00 3.00 6.00 2.00 5.00

IT Tech Packaging Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, IT Tech Packaging'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.


IT Tech Packaging Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, IT Tech Packaging's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where IT Tech Packaging'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was -2.733 + -1.253 + -1.975 + -3.984 = $-9.95 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 4.81 + 0.937 + 1.747 + 5.377 = $12.87 Mil.
Revenue was 19.791 + 30.02 + 15.772 + 20.965 = $86.55 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.277 + 1.18 + -0.153 + 0.25 = $1.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(204.447 + 206.85 + 196.743 + 188.998 + 194.744) / 5 = $198.3564 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $204.45 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.99 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $28.36 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $21.42 Mil.
Net Income was -2.488 + -0.288 + -1.887 + -11.908 = $-16.57 Mil.

Revenue was 15.482 + 31.789 + 31.709 + 21.373 = $100.35 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.31 + 0.634 + 2.784 + 1.026 = $4.75 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(241.535 + 239.011 + 225.461 + 215.138 + 204.447) / 5 = $225.1184 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $241.54 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4.78 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $47.17 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $17.64 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.

IT Tech Packaging's current Net Income (TTM) was -9.95. ==> 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.

IT Tech Packaging's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 12.87. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=-9.945/204.447
=-0.04864341

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-16.571/241.535
=-0.06860703

IT Tech Packaging's return on assets of this year was -0.04864341. IT Tech Packaging's return on assets of last year was -0.06860703. ==> 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.

IT Tech Packaging's current Net Income (TTM) was -9.95. IT Tech Packaging's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 12.87. ==> 12.87 > -9.95 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=4.988/198.3564
=0.02514666

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=4.784/225.1184
=0.02125104

IT Tech Packaging's gearing of this year was 0.02514666. IT Tech Packaging's gearing of last year was 0.02125104. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=28.358/21.419
=1.3239647

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=47.166/17.641
=2.67365796

IT Tech Packaging's current ratio of this year was 1.3239647. IT Tech Packaging's current ratio of last year was 2.67365796. ==> 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.

IT Tech Packaging's number of shares in issue this year was 10.066. IT Tech Packaging's number of shares in issue last year was 10.067. ==> 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
=1/86.548
=0.01155428

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=4.754/100.353
=0.04737277

IT Tech Packaging's gross margin of this year was 0.01155428. IT Tech Packaging's gross margin of last year was 0.04737277. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=86.548/204.447
=0.42332732

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=100.353/241.535
=0.41548016

IT Tech Packaging's asset turnover of this year was 0.42332732. IT Tech Packaging's asset turnover of last year was 0.41548016. ==> 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
=0+1+1+1+0+0+1+0+1
=5

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

IT Tech Packaging has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

IT Tech Packaging  (AMEX:ITP) 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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IT Tech Packaging (IT Tech Packaging) Business Description

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Address
Science Park, Juli Road, Xushui District, Hebei Province, Baoding City, CHN, 072550
IT Tech Packaging Inc is a holding company engaged in the business of paper manufacturing in China. The company operates as a producer and distributor of paper products. It involves in production and distribution of three categories of paper products: packing paper (corrugating medium paper), offset printing paper, and tissue paper products. It also produces digital photo paper. Its business is structured into two segments Dongfang Paper and Tengsheng Paper which produces offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper, tissue paper and Baoding Shengde which produces face masks and digital photo paper.
Executives
Zhenyong Liu director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ORIENT PAPER, INC., SCIENCE PARK, JULI ROAD, XIUSHUI COUNTY, BAODING CITY,HEBEI PROVINCE F4 072550
Jing Hao officer: Chief Financial Officer SCIENCE PARK, XUSHUI TOWN, BOADING CITY, HEBEI PROVINCE F4 072550
Hon Wai Ku director SUITE 815, 8TH FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, HARBOUR CITY, 5 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON,, HONG KONG F4 0000
Wenbing Wang director 21ST FLOOR, BUILDING B, JIA MING CENTER, NO. 27 DONG SAN HUAN NORTH ROAD, CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 100020
Winston C Yen officer: Chief Financial Officer 345 S. FIGUEROA STREET, #100, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Drew Bernstein director C/O BERSTEIN & PINCHUK LLP, SEVEN PENN PLAZA SUITE 830, NEW YORK NY 10001
Zhaofang Wang director ROOM 401, UNIT 4, 20TH FLOOR FANGYUANLI, CHAOYANG DISTRICT, BEIJING F4 100061
Fuzeng Liu director SCIENCE PARK, XUSHUI TOWN, BOADING CITY, HEBEI F4 072550
Xiaodong Liu director SCIENCE PARK, XUSHUI TOWN, BOADING CITY, HEBEI F4 072550
Chen Li director SCIENCE PARK, XUSHUI TOWN, BOADING CITY, HEBEI F4 072550
Dahong Zhou officer: Secretary SCIENCE PARK, XUSHUI TOWN, BOADING CITY, HEBEI F4 072550
Max Time Enterprise Ltd 10 percent owner PO BOX 031-088, SHENNAN ZHONG ROAD, SHENZHEN CITY F4 518031
Hui Ping Cheng director, 10 percent owner, officer: President C/O MY QUOTE ZONE, 6130 ELTON AVENUE, LAS VEGAS NV 89107