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Gowing Bros (ASX:GOW) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Gowing Bros Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

Gowing Bros has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

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

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


Gowing Bros Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gowing Bros'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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Gowing Bros Piotroski F-Score Chart

Gowing Bros Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Piotroski F-Score
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Gowing Bros Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Gowing Bros's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gowing Bros'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.


Gowing Bros's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gowing Bros's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gowing Bros's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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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 (Jul24) TTM:Last Year (Jul23) TTM:
Net Income was A$-0.04 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was A$0.44 Mil.
Revenue was A$60.85 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jul23)
to the end of this year (Jul24) was (313.077 + 322.002) / 2 = A$317.5395 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jul23) was A$313.08 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$96.56 Mil.
Total Assets was A$322.00 Mil.
Total Liabilities was A$127.75 Mil.
Net Income was A$-5.29 Mil.

Revenue was A$52.37 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jul22)
to the end of last year (Jul23) was (328.719 + 313.077) / 2 = A$320.898 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jul22) was A$328.72 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$189.18 Mil.
Total Assets was A$313.08 Mil.
Total Liabilities was A$225.51 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.

Gowing Bros's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.04. ==> 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.

Gowing Bros's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.44. ==> 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 (Jul23)
=-0.043/313.077
=-0.00013735

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jul22)
=-5.286/328.719
=-0.0160806

Gowing Bros's return on assets of this year was -0.00013735. Gowing Bros's return on assets of last year was -0.0160806. ==> 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.

Gowing Bros's current Net Income (TTM) was -0.04. Gowing Bros's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.44. ==> 0.44 > -0.04 ==> 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: Jul24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul23 to Jul24
=96.557/317.5395
=0.30407871

Gearing (Last Year: Jul23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul22 to Jul23
=189.179/320.898
=0.58953001

Gowing Bros's gearing of this year was 0.30407871. Gowing Bros's gearing of last year was 0.58953001. ==> 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

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Jul24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=322.002/127.747
=2.52062279

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jul23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=313.077/225.51
=1.38830651

Gowing Bros's current ratio of this year was 2.52062279. Gowing Bros's current ratio of last year was 1.38830651. ==> 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.

Gowing Bros's number of shares in issue this year was 53.142. Gowing Bros's number of shares in issue last year was 53.311. ==> 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.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-0.043/60.854
=-0.00070661

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-5.286/52.371
=-0.10093372

Gowing Bros's net margin of this year was -0.00070661. Gowing Bros's net margin of last year was -0.10093372. ==> This year's net 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 (Jul23)
=60.854/313.077
=0.19437391

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jul22)
=52.371/328.719
=0.15931845

Gowing Bros's asset turnover of this year was 0.19437391. Gowing Bros's asset turnover of last year was 0.15931845. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+1
=8

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

Gowing Bros has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Gowing Bros  (ASX:GOW) 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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Gowing Bros Business Description

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Address
35-61 Harbour Drive, Suite 303, Coffs Harbour, NSW, AUS, 2450
Gowing Bros Ltd operates as an investment and wealth management company in Australia. Its operating segments include Cash & fixed interest, Equities, Private equities, Investment properties, Development properties, Surf Hardware International business, and others. The company generates majority of its revenue from Investment properties. Its geographical segments include Australia, the United States, Japan, and Europe.

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