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JCurve Solutions (ASX:JCS) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is JCurve Solutions 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

JCurve Solutions has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

ASX:JCS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of JCurve Solutions was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


JCurve Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for JCurve Solutions'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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JCurve Solutions Piotroski F-Score Chart

JCurve Solutions Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 6.00 6.00 4.00 4.00

JCurve Solutions Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 6.00 - 4.00 - 4.00

Competitive Comparison of JCurve Solutions's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, JCurve Solutions'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.


JCurve Solutions's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, JCurve Solutions's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where JCurve Solutions'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 (Jun24) TTM:Last Year (Jun23) TTM:
Net Income was A$-1.91 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was A$-1.22 Mil.
Revenue was A$12.74 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$11.54 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun23)
to the end of this year (Jun24) was (13.9 + 8.086) / 2 = A$10.993 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun23) was A$13.90 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.13 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$3.44 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$4.19 Mil.
Net Income was A$-0.34 Mil.

Revenue was A$16.40 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$14.28 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun22)
to the end of last year (Jun23) was (16.868 + 13.9) / 2 = A$15.384 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun22) was A$16.87 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$0.50 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$8.69 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$6.71 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.

JCurve Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.91. ==> 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.

JCurve Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.22. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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 (Jun23)
=-1.905/13.9
=-0.13705036

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun22)
=-0.341/16.868
=-0.02021579

JCurve Solutions's return on assets of this year was -0.13705036. JCurve Solutions's return on assets of last year was -0.02021579. ==> 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.

JCurve Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.91. JCurve Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.22. ==> -1.22 > -1.91 ==> 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: Jun24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun23 to Jun24
=0.132/10.993
=0.01200764

Gearing (Last Year: Jun23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun22 to Jun23
=0.503/15.384
=0.03269631

JCurve Solutions's gearing of this year was 0.01200764. JCurve Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.03269631. ==> 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: Jun24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3.44/4.194
=0.82021936

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=8.69/6.706
=1.29585446

JCurve Solutions's current ratio of this year was 0.82021936. JCurve Solutions's current ratio of last year was 1.29585446. ==> 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.

JCurve Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 328.343. JCurve Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 328.343. ==> 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
=11.54/12.739
=0.90587958

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=14.284/16.397
=0.87113496

JCurve Solutions's gross margin of this year was 0.90587958. JCurve Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.87113496. ==> 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 (Jun23)
=12.739/13.9
=0.91647482

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun22)
=16.397/16.868
=0.97207731

JCurve Solutions's asset turnover of this year was 0.91647482. JCurve Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 0.97207731. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+1+0+1+1+0
=4

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

JCurve Solutions has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

JCurve Solutions  (ASX:JCS) 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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JCurve Solutions Business Description

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Address
c/- Automic Pty Ltd, 126 Phillip Street, Level 5, Deutsche Bank Building, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
JCurve Solutions Ltd provides cloud-based performance software to meet the business management needs of growing small and medium businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. The company's operating segments include Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, Telecommunications Expense Management, Quicta Solutions, and others. The company generates maximum revenue from the Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions segment.

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