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The Steel PCL (BKK:THE) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 10, 2025)


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What is The Steel PCL 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

The Steel PCL 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 The Steel PCL's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:THE' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of The Steel PCL was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 6.


The Steel PCL Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Steel PCL'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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The Steel PCL Piotroski F-Score Chart

The Steel PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 6.00 2.00 6.00 7.00

The Steel PCL Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 6.00 5.00 3.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of The Steel PCL's Piotroski F-Score

For the Steel subindustry, The Steel PCL'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.


The Steel PCL's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, The Steel PCL's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Steel PCL'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 -33.907 + 16.423 + -31.747 + -32.126 = ฿-81 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 114.431 + -141.484 + -229.824 + 615.06 = ฿358 Mil.
Revenue was 1977.495 + 1969.28 + 1983.998 + 1950.143 = ฿7,881 Mil.
Gross Profit was 59.315 + 73.823 + 8.821 + 28.045 = ฿170 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(4389.971 + 4392.395 + 4561.179 + 4590.654 + 4289.494) / 5 = ฿4444.7386 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was ฿4,390 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿13 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ฿2,479 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ฿2,330 Mil.
Net Income was 54.478 + -110.117 + -9.983 + -34.094 = ฿-100 Mil.

Revenue was 2154.316 + 1481.87 + 1698.705 + 1487.349 = ฿6,822 Mil.
Gross Profit was 139.883 + -56.271 + 57.292 + 47.477 = ฿188 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(5221.197 + 4767.555 + 4228.556 + 4478.293 + 4389.971) / 5 = ฿4617.1144 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was ฿5,221 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ฿23 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ฿2,383 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ฿2,331 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.

The Steel PCL's current Net Income (TTM) was -81. ==> 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.

The Steel PCL's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 358. ==> 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)
=-81.357/4389.971
=-0.01853247

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-99.716/5221.197
=-0.0190983

The Steel PCL's return on assets of this year was -0.01853247. The Steel PCL's return on assets of last year was -0.0190983. ==> 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.

The Steel PCL's current Net Income (TTM) was -81. The Steel PCL's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 358. ==> 358 > -81 ==> 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
=12.603/4444.7386
=0.00283549

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=22.552/4617.1144
=0.00488444

The Steel PCL's gearing of this year was 0.00283549. The Steel PCL's gearing of last year was 0.00488444. ==> 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
=2478.692/2330.314
=1.06367296

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2382.979/2331.179
=1.02222052

The Steel PCL's current ratio of this year was 1.06367296. The Steel PCL's current ratio of last year was 1.02222052. ==> 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.

The Steel PCL's number of shares in issue this year was 1102.061. The Steel PCL's number of shares in issue last year was 1127.144. ==> 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
=170.004/7880.916
=0.0215716

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=188.381/6822.24
=0.02761278

The Steel PCL's gross margin of this year was 0.0215716. The Steel PCL's gross margin of last year was 0.02761278. ==> 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)
=7880.916/4389.971
=1.79520913

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=6822.24/5221.197
=1.3066429

The Steel PCL's asset turnover of this year was 1.79520913. The Steel PCL's asset turnover of last year was 1.3066429. ==> 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+0+1
=7

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

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

The Steel PCL  (BKK:THE) 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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The Steel PCL Business Description

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Address
1401 Ekkachai Road, Bangbon Tai Sub-District, Bangbon District, Bangkok, THA, 10150
The Steel PCL supplies steel products and raw materials. Its products include hot-rolled coil, transformed steel such as coil slitting, steel sheets, hot-formed, cold-formed, steel rods, steel pipes, and other steel products. In addition, it is also involved in providing logistic services. The company operates in two reportable segments: Revenue from sales of steels, which accounts for a majority of its revenue, and Revenue from logistic services. Geographically, it is managed and operates principally in Thailand.

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