POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195) Piotroski F-Score: 6 (As of Aug. 05, 2026) — Near Median

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BOM:539195 POCL Enterprises Ltd BOM:539195
85 GF Score
Price ₹171.30
GF Value ₹170.62
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score?

POCL Enterprises BOM:539195 -0.55% 85 Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Aug. 05, 2026, which is at its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates BOM:539195 with a GF Score™ of 85/100 and a GF Value™ of ₹170.62 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,560 Chemicals companies, POCL Enterprises ranks better than 76.28% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

POCL Enterprises has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

BOM:539195' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 11 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of POCL Enterprises was 9. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.

POCL Enterprises  (BOM:539195) 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.


POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for POCL Enterprises'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.

POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score Chart

POCL Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score
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POCL Enterprises Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
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BOM:539195 vs DOW: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Chemicals subindustry, POCL Enterprises'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.


POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, POCL Enterprises's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


BOM:539195
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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 (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was ₹415 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₹262 Mil.
Revenue was ₹14,317 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹1,576 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was (2256.094 + 3646.274) / 2 = ₹2951.184 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was ₹2,256 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹105 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹2,924 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹1,564 Mil.
Net Income was ₹312 Mil.

Revenue was ₹14,493 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹1,361 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was (1987.659 + 2256.094) / 2 = ₹2121.8765 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was ₹1,988 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹95 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹1,772 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹1,157 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.

POCL Enterprises's current Net Income (TTM) was 415. ==> 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.

POCL Enterprises's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 262. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=414.786/2256.094
=0.18385138

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=311.787/1987.659
=0.15686141

POCL Enterprises's return on assets of this year was 0.18385138. POCL Enterprises's return on assets of last year was 0.15686141. ==> 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.

POCL Enterprises's current Net Income (TTM) was 415. POCL Enterprises's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 262. ==> 262 <= 415 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=104.685/2951.184
=0.0354722

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=95.464/2121.8765
=0.04499037

POCL Enterprises's gearing of this year was 0.0354722. POCL Enterprises's gearing of last year was 0.04499037. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2924.295/1563.68
=1.87013647

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1771.598/1157.254
=1.53086358

POCL Enterprises's current ratio of this year was 1.87013647. POCL Enterprises's current ratio of last year was 1.53086358. ==> 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.

POCL Enterprises's number of shares in issue this year was 30.589. POCL Enterprises's number of shares in issue last year was 27.88. ==> 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
=1575.559/14316.848
=0.11004929

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1360.77/14492.539
=0.09389452

POCL Enterprises's gross margin of this year was 0.11004929. POCL Enterprises's gross margin of last year was 0.09389452. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=14316.848/2256.094
=6.34585616

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=14492.539/1987.659
=7.29126022

POCL Enterprises's asset turnover of this year was 6.34585616. POCL Enterprises's asset turnover of last year was 7.29126022. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+1+0
=6

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

POCL Enterprises has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 6 mean?
POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195) has a Piotroski F-Score of 6 as of Aug. 05, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on POCL Enterprises and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, POCL Enterprises' Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 9.00. According to the industry distribution chart, POCL Enterprises ranks #370 out of 1560 companies in the Chemicals industry, placing it in the top 23.7%.
Is POCL Enterprises' Piotroski F-Score too high?
POCL Enterprises' current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is near median its 10-year median of 6.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 4.00 to a high of 9.00. The Chemicals industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. POCL Enterprises' value of 6 is 20% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, POCL Enterprises ranks #370 out of 1560 companies in the Chemicals industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, POCL Enterprises has a GF Score™ of 85/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does POCL Enterprises' Piotroski F-Score compare to DOW?
According to the Chemicals industry distribution chart, POCL Enterprises ranks #370 out of 1560 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places POCL Enterprises in the top 24% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. POCL Enterprises' value of 6 is 20% above this benchmark. Historically, POCL Enterprises' own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 9.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 6.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, POCL Enterprises has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Chemicals company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Chemicals companies is 5.00, based on 1,560 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. POCL Enterprises's current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is 20% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on POCL Enterprises and its competitors. For the Chemicals industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. POCL Enterprises's current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is near median its own 10-year median of 6.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is POCL Enterprises stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is ₹170.62, compared to a current price of ₹171.30 — trading 0.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is near median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 20% above the Chemicals industry median of 5.00. POCL Enterprises' overall GF Score™ is 85/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195), the current Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Aug. 05, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, POCL Enterprises stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of ₹171.30 is trading 0.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of ₹170.62. GuruFocus considers POCL Enterprises to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for BOM:539195:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 6 (near median its 10-year median of 6.00)
  • GF Value™: ₹170.62 vs. price of ₹171.30 (0.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 85/100 with 3 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 20% above the Chemicals median (#370 of 1560)

No single metric tells the full story. See the BOM:539195 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


POCL Enterprises Business Description

Address No. 6/2, Pycrofts Garden Road, Willingdon Crescent, 1st Floor, Nungambakkam, Chennai, TN, IND, 600006
POCL Enterprises Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and trading of various metals, chemicals, and their oxides. Zinc Oxides, Lead Oxides, Zinc Metal and Lead Metal, and PVC Stabilizers are some of the company products. Its operating segments are Metal, Metallic Oxides, and Plastic Additives. It generates maximum revenue from the Metal segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from India.
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