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Sphera Franchise Group (BSE:SFG) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of Apr. 08, 2025)


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What is Sphera Franchise Group Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

Sphera Franchise Group has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

BSE:SFG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8   Med: 8   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sphera Franchise Group was 8. The lowest was 8. And the median was 8.


Sphera Franchise Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sphera Franchise Group'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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Sphera Franchise Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sphera Franchise Group Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A N/A N/A 8.00 8.00

Sphera Franchise Group Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 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 N/A 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00

Competitive Comparison of Sphera Franchise Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Restaurants subindustry, Sphera Franchise Group'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.


Sphera Franchise Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sphera Franchise Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sphera Franchise Group'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 38.477 + 22.427 + 18.302 + 29.681 = lei109 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 77.705 + 28.489 + 48.48 + 67.849 = lei223 Mil.
Revenue was 394.436 + 365.924 + 375.104 + 403.698 = lei1,539 Mil.
Gross Profit was 50.983 + 35.564 + 35.953 + 45.511 = lei168 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(712.917 + 701.316 + 699.892 + 706.191 + 750.708) / 5 = lei714.2048 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was lei713 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei328 Mil.
Total Current Assets was lei135 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was lei244 Mil.
Net Income was 22.664 + 7.331 + 9.096 + 16.282 = lei55 Mil.

Revenue was 369.228 + 335.06 + 360.52 + 379.156 = lei1,444 Mil.
Gross Profit was 36.484 + 20.453 + 23.777 + 32.857 = lei114 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(688.499 + 705.882 + 702.139 + 694.941 + 712.917) / 5 = lei700.8756 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was lei688 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was lei316 Mil.
Total Current Assets was lei149 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was lei289 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.

Sphera Franchise Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 109. ==> 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.

Sphera Franchise Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 223. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=108.887/712.917
=0.15273447

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=55.373/688.499
=0.08042568

Sphera Franchise Group's return on assets of this year was 0.15273447. Sphera Franchise Group's return on assets of last year was 0.08042568. ==> 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.

Sphera Franchise Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 109. Sphera Franchise Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 223. ==> 223 > 109 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=328.188/714.2048
=0.45951525

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=316.349/700.8756
=0.45136255

Sphera Franchise Group's gearing of this year was 0.45951525. Sphera Franchise Group's gearing of last year was 0.45136255. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=134.7/244.422
=0.55109606

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=149.352/289.145
=0.51652977

Sphera Franchise Group's current ratio of this year was 0.55109606. Sphera Franchise Group's current ratio of last year was 0.51652977. ==> 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.

Sphera Franchise Group's number of shares in issue this year was 38.799. Sphera Franchise Group's number of shares in issue last year was 38.799. ==> 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
=168.011/1539.162
=0.10915745

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=113.571/1443.964
=0.07865224

Sphera Franchise Group's gross margin of this year was 0.10915745. Sphera Franchise Group's gross margin of last year was 0.07865224. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=1539.162/712.917
=2.15896381

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=1443.964/688.499
=2.09726376

Sphera Franchise Group's asset turnover of this year was 2.15896381. Sphera Franchise Group's asset turnover of last year was 2.09726376. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+1+1
=8

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

Sphera Franchise Group has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Sphera Franchise Group  (BSE:SFG) 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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Sphera Franchise Group Business Description

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Address
Calea Dorobantilor Nr. 239, 2nd Floor, Sector 1, Bucharest, ROU
Sphera Franchise Group SA together with its subsidiaries, operates quick service and takeaway restaurants. It operates in two segments, Quick-Service Restaurants and Full-Service Restaurants. The company operates restaurants under the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) brand in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, and Italy. It also operates a chain of pizza restaurants under the Pizza Hut (PH) brand, as well as a chain of restaurants under the Taco Bell brand in Romania. It generates maximum revenue from the KFC segment.

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