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Bytes Technology Group (CHIX:BYITL) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Bytes Technology Group 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

Bytes Technology Group 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 Bytes Technology Group's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:BYITl' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Bytes Technology Group was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Bytes Technology Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bytes Technology 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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Bytes Technology Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Bytes Technology Group Annual Data
Trend Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.00 6.00 7.00 4.00 6.00

Bytes Technology Group Semi-Annual Data
Feb18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
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Competitive Comparison of Bytes Technology Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Bytes Technology 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.


Bytes Technology Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Bytes Technology Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bytes Technology Group'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 (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Net Income was £46.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £57.0 Mil.
Revenue was £207.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was £145.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Feb23)
to the end of this year (Feb24) was (320.767 + 379.718) / 2 = £350.2425 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Feb23) was £320.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £1.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £322.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £297.9 Mil.
Net Income was £40.4 Mil.

Revenue was £184.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was £129.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Feb22)
to the end of last year (Feb23) was (283.568 + 320.767) / 2 = £302.1675 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Feb22) was £283.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £269.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £255.7 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.

Bytes Technology Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 46.9. ==> 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.

Bytes Technology Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 57.0. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=46.851/320.767
=0.14605929

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Feb22)
=40.421/283.568
=0.14254429

Bytes Technology Group's return on assets of this year was 0.14605929. Bytes Technology Group's return on assets of last year was 0.14254429. ==> 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.

Bytes Technology Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 46.9. Bytes Technology Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 57.0. ==> 57.0 > 46.9 ==> 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: Feb24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb23 to Feb24
=1.314/350.2425
=0.00375169

Gearing (Last Year: Feb23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Feb22 to Feb23
=0.917/302.1675
=0.00303474

Bytes Technology Group's gearing of this year was 0.00375169. Bytes Technology Group's gearing of last year was 0.00303474. ==> 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: Feb24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=322.467/297.931
=1.08235464

Current Ratio (Last Year: Feb23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=269.681/255.742
=1.05450415

Bytes Technology Group's current ratio of this year was 1.08235464. Bytes Technology Group's current ratio of last year was 1.05450415. ==> 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.

Bytes Technology Group's number of shares in issue this year was 248.507. Bytes Technology Group's number of shares in issue last year was 248.243. ==> 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
=145.778/207.021
=0.70417011

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=129.573/184.421
=0.70259352

Bytes Technology Group's gross margin of this year was 0.70417011. Bytes Technology Group's gross margin of last year was 0.70259352. ==> 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 (Feb23)
=207.021/320.767
=0.6453937

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Feb22)
=184.421/283.568
=0.650359

Bytes Technology Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.6453937. Bytes Technology Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.650359. ==> 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+1+0+1+0+1+0
=6

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

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

Bytes Technology Group  (CHIX:BYITl) 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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Bytes Technology Group Business Description

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Randalls Way, Bytes House, Leatherhead, Surrey, GBR, KT22 7TW
Bytes Technology Group PLC provides IT solutions and services, offering software, hardware, and cloud services. It enables effective and cost-efficient technology sourcing, adoption, and management across software, security, and cloud services. The company's brands include Bytes Software Services (BSS) which supports the corporate and public sector, and Phoenix Software which focuses on providing solutions to the public sector. It generates a majority of its revenue from software products. Geographically, the company derives its key revenue from the United Kingdom and the rest from Europe, and other regions.

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