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Steamships Trading Co (ASX:SST) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 04, 2025)


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What is Steamships Trading Co 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

Steamships Trading Co 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 Steamships Trading Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Steamships Trading Co was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.


Steamships Trading Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steamships Trading Co'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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Steamships Trading Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Steamships Trading Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
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Steamships Trading Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of Steamships Trading Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Steamships Trading Co'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.


Steamships Trading Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Steamships Trading Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steamships Trading Co'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was A$17.66 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was A$60.33 Mil.
Revenue was A$27.11 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$-33.95 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was (776.665 + 686.108) / 2 = A$731.3865 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was A$776.67 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$153.49 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$96.19 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$85.35 Mil.
Net Income was A$22.40 Mil.

Revenue was A$206.12 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$154.88 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was (698.38 + 776.665) / 2 = A$737.5225 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was A$698.38 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$318.22 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$138.01 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$96.36 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.

Steamships Trading Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 17.66. ==> 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.

Steamships Trading Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 60.33. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=17.663/776.665
=0.02274211

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=22.404/698.38
=0.03207996

Steamships Trading Co's return on assets of this year was 0.02274211. Steamships Trading Co's return on assets of last year was 0.03207996. ==> 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.

Steamships Trading Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 17.66. Steamships Trading Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 60.33. ==> 60.33 > 17.66 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=153.491/731.3865
=0.20986305

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=318.216/737.5225
=0.43146616

Steamships Trading Co's gearing of this year was 0.20986305. Steamships Trading Co's gearing of last year was 0.43146616. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=96.194/85.35
=1.12705331

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=138.009/96.362
=1.43219319

Steamships Trading Co's current ratio of this year was 1.12705331. Steamships Trading Co's current ratio of last year was 1.43219319. ==> 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.

Steamships Trading Co's number of shares in issue this year was 31.008. Steamships Trading Co's number of shares in issue last year was 31.008. ==> 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
=-33.946/27.109
=-1.25220407

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=154.882/206.122
=0.75140936

Steamships Trading Co's gross margin of this year was -1.25220407. Steamships Trading Co's gross margin of last year was 0.75140936. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=27.109/776.665
=0.03490437

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=206.122/698.38
=0.29514305

Steamships Trading Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.03490437. Steamships Trading Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.29514305. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=5

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

Steamships Trading Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Steamships Trading Co  (ASX:SST) 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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Steamships Trading Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
345, Stanley Esplanade, Section 20, Allotments 3, 4 and 5, Level 2 Granville, PO Box 1, National Capital District, Port Moresby, PNG, NCD 121
Steamships Trading Co Ltd is a diversified holding company. The company's operating segment includes Property and hospitality, Logistics, and Commercial & investment. It generates maximum revenue from the Logistics segment, which consists of shipping and land-based freight transport and related services divisions. The Property and hospitality segment consists of the hotels owned and operated by the group and also its property leasing division and Commercial and investment - which consists of commercial, head office administration function and insurance activities The group operates in Papua New Guinea.