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POCL Enterprises (BOM:539195) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is POCL Enterprises 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

POCL Enterprises 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 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: 2   Med: 4   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of POCL Enterprises was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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.

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POCL Enterprises Piotroski F-Score Chart

POCL Enterprises Annual Data
Trend Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score
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POCL Enterprises Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 - - 7.00 - -

Competitive Comparison of POCL Enterprises's Piotroski F-Score

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's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the 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.


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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was ₹177 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₹26 Mil.
Revenue was ₹11,202 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹971 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was (1627.174 + 1987.659) / 2 = ₹1807.4165 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was ₹1,627 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹88 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹1,623 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹1,198 Mil.
Net Income was ₹129 Mil.

Revenue was ₹8,744 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹813 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was (1502.961 + 1627.174) / 2 = ₹1565.0675 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was ₹1,503 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹123 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹1,309 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹971 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 177. ==> 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 26. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=177.389/1627.174
=0.10901661

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=128.903/1502.961
=0.08576603

POCL Enterprises's return on assets of this year was 0.10901661. POCL Enterprises's return on assets of last year was 0.08576603. ==> 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 177. POCL Enterprises's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 26. ==> 26 <= 177 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=88.03/1807.4165
=0.04870488

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=122.599/1565.0675
=0.07833464

POCL Enterprises's gearing of this year was 0.04870488. POCL Enterprises's gearing of last year was 0.07833464. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1622.745/1197.852
=1.35471244

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1309.13/971.355
=1.34773589

POCL Enterprises's current ratio of this year was 1.35471244. POCL Enterprises's current ratio of last year was 1.34773589. ==> 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 27.88. POCL Enterprises's number of shares in issue last year was 27.88. ==> 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
=971.112/11201.98
=0.0866911

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=812.8/8743.618
=0.09295923

POCL Enterprises's gross margin of this year was 0.0866911. POCL Enterprises's gross margin of last year was 0.09295923. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=11201.98/1627.174
=6.884316

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=8743.618/1502.961
=5.81759473

POCL Enterprises's asset turnover of this year was 6.884316. POCL Enterprises's asset turnover of last year was 5.81759473. ==> 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
=1+1+1+0+1+1+1+0+1
=7

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

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

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.


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POCL Enterprises Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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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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