Empee Sugars And Chemicals (BOM:500132) Piotroski F-Score: 0 (As of Jul. 26, 2026)

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What is Empee Sugars And Chemicals 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

Empee Sugars And Chemicals has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Empee Sugars And Chemicals's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

Empee Sugars And Chemicals  (BOM:500132) 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.


Empee Sugars And Chemicals Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Empee Sugars And Chemicals Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Empee Sugars And Chemicals'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.

Empee Sugars And Chemicals Piotroski F-Score Chart

Empee Sugars And Chemicals Annual Data
Trend Jun08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 2.00 5.00 6.00 3.00

Empee Sugars And Chemicals Semi-Annual Data
Jun07 Jun08 Mar10 Mar11 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 2.00 5.00 6.00 3.00

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 (Mar18) TTM:Last Year (Mar17) TTM:
Net Income was ₹-299.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₹50.9 Mil.
Revenue was ₹165.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹-9.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar17)
to the end of this year (Mar18) was (5249.319 + 5162.237) / 2 = ₹5205.778 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar17) was ₹5,249.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹5,553.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹600.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹3,417.6 Mil.
Net Income was ₹-249.2 Mil.

Revenue was ₹868.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹50.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar16)
to the end of last year (Mar17) was (4685.13 + 5249.319) / 2 = ₹4967.2245 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar16) was ₹4,685.1 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹5,549.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹601.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹3,294.2 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.

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current Net Income (TTM) was -299.9. ==> 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.

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 50.9. ==> 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 (Mar17)
=-299.879/5249.319
=-0.05712722

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar16)
=-249.237/4685.13
=-0.05319746

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's return on assets of this year was -0.05712722. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's return on assets of last year was -0.05319746. ==> 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.

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current Net Income (TTM) was -299.9. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 50.9. ==> 50.9 > -299.9 ==> 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: Mar18)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar17 to Mar18
=5553.866/5205.778
=1.0668657

Gearing (Last Year: Mar17)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar16 to Mar17
=5549.442/4967.2245
=1.11721184

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's gearing of this year was 1.0668657. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's gearing of last year was 1.11721184. ==> 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: Mar18)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=600.869/3417.592
=0.17581648

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar17)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=601.121/3294.179
=0.18247976

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current ratio of this year was 0.17581648. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's current ratio of last year was 0.18247976. ==> 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.

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's number of shares in issue this year was 42.356. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's number of shares in issue last year was 41.973. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

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
=-9.523/165.67
=-0.05748174

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=50.493/868.161
=0.05816087

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's gross margin of this year was -0.05748174. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's gross margin of last year was 0.05816087. ==> 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 (Mar17)
=165.67/5249.319
=0.03156028

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar16)
=868.161/4685.13
=0.18530137

Empee Sugars And Chemicals's asset turnover of this year was 0.03156028. Empee Sugars And Chemicals's asset turnover of last year was 0.18530137. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=3

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

Empee Sugars And Chemicals has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.


Empee Sugars And Chemicals Business Description

Address No. 59, Harris Road, Empee Tower, Pudupet, Chennai, TN, IND, 600002
Empee Sugars And Chemicals Ltd engages in the manufacturing of sugar. The company operates sugar complex with downstream products like Molasses, Rectified Spirit / Extra Neutral Alcohol, Biomass Fertilizers, and Power. Its segments consist of Sugar, IAP, and Power. Majority of the revenue is derived from the sale of sugar and its by-products.