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Eurocell (CHIX:ECELL) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Eurocell 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

Eurocell has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

CHIX:ECELl' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 9
Current: 5

During the past 12 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Eurocell was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Eurocell Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eurocell'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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Eurocell Piotroski F-Score Chart

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Eurocell Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Eurocell's Piotroski F-Score

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Eurocell'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.


Eurocell's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Eurocell's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Eurocell'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was £9.6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £52.8 Mil.
Revenue was £364.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was £173.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (254.3 + 223.8) / 2 = £239.05 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was £254.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £45.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £93.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £54.7 Mil.
Net Income was £19.7 Mil.

Revenue was £381.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was £184.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (239.6 + 254.3) / 2 = £246.95 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was £239.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £71.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £116.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £60.6 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.

Eurocell's current Net Income (TTM) was 9.6. ==> 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.

Eurocell's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 52.8. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=9.6/254.3
=0.03775069

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=19.7/239.6
=0.08222037

Eurocell's return on assets of this year was 0.03775069. Eurocell's return on assets of last year was 0.08222037. ==> 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.

Eurocell's current Net Income (TTM) was 9.6. Eurocell's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 52.8. ==> 52.8 > 9.6 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=45.7/239.05
=0.19117339

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=71/246.95
=0.28750759

Eurocell's gearing of this year was 0.19117339. Eurocell's gearing of last year was 0.28750759. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=93/54.7
=1.70018282

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=116/60.6
=1.91419142

Eurocell's current ratio of this year was 1.70018282. Eurocell's current ratio of last year was 1.91419142. ==> 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.

Eurocell's number of shares in issue this year was 111.939. Eurocell's number of shares in issue last year was 112.784. ==> 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
=173.8/364.5
=0.47681756

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=184.5/381.2
=0.4839979

Eurocell's gross margin of this year was 0.47681756. Eurocell's gross margin of last year was 0.4839979. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=364.5/254.3
=1.43334644

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=381.2/239.6
=1.59098497

Eurocell's asset turnover of this year was 1.43334644. Eurocell's asset turnover of last year was 1.59098497. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=5

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

Eurocell has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Eurocell  (CHIX:ECELl) 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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Eurocell Business Description

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High View Road, South Normanton, Alfreton, GBR, DE55 2DT
Eurocell PLC is a manufacturer, distributor, and recycler of Unplasticized PVC (UPVC), a type of building plastic. Its products include UPVC windows, doors, conservatories, skylights, roofs, and roofline systems. It has various interior and outdoor living products. The company is organized into two divisions: Profiles and Building Plastics. The Profiles segment manufactures and sells window, door, and conservatory profiles to fabricators, who then supply the final products to installers, retail outlets, and home-builders. The Building Plastics unit sells and distributes Eurocell branded roofline and third-party related products to installers, small builders, and roofing contractors.

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