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FDM Group (Holdings) (CHIX:FDML) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is FDM Group (Holdings) 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

FDM Group (Holdings) 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 FDM Group (Holdings)'s Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:FDMl' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of FDM Group (Holdings) was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


FDM Group (Holdings) Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for FDM Group (Holdings)'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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FDM Group (Holdings) Piotroski F-Score Chart

FDM Group (Holdings) Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
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FDM Group (Holdings) Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of FDM Group (Holdings)'s Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, FDM Group (Holdings)'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.


FDM Group (Holdings)'s Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where FDM Group (Holdings)'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 £40.8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £50.2 Mil.
Revenue was £334.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was £156.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (130.23 + 124.177) / 2 = £127.2035 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was £130.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £15.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £83.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £31.6 Mil.
Net Income was £34.9 Mil.

Revenue was £330.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was £155.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (126.742 + 130.23) / 2 = £128.486 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was £126.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £8.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was £94.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was £38.8 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.

FDM Group (Holdings)'s current Net Income (TTM) was 40.8. ==> 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.

FDM Group (Holdings)'s current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 50.2. ==> 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)
=40.765/130.23
=0.31302311

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=34.908/126.742
=0.27542567

FDM Group (Holdings)'s return on assets of this year was 0.31302311. FDM Group (Holdings)'s return on assets of last year was 0.27542567. ==> 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.

FDM Group (Holdings)'s current Net Income (TTM) was 40.8. FDM Group (Holdings)'s current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 50.2. ==> 50.2 > 40.8 ==> 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
=15.669/127.2035
=0.12318057

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=8.25/128.486
=0.06420933

FDM Group (Holdings)'s gearing of this year was 0.12318057. FDM Group (Holdings)'s gearing of last year was 0.06420933. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=83.223/31.578
=2.63547406

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=94.446/38.777
=2.43561905

FDM Group (Holdings)'s current ratio of this year was 2.63547406. FDM Group (Holdings)'s current ratio of last year was 2.43561905. ==> 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.

FDM Group (Holdings)'s number of shares in issue this year was 109.48. FDM Group (Holdings)'s number of shares in issue last year was 109.786. ==> 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
=156.526/333.975
=0.4686758

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=155.619/329.972
=0.47161274

FDM Group (Holdings)'s gross margin of this year was 0.4686758. FDM Group (Holdings)'s gross margin of last year was 0.47161274. ==> 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)
=333.975/130.23
=2.56450127

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=329.972/126.742
=2.60349371

FDM Group (Holdings)'s asset turnover of this year was 2.56450127. FDM Group (Holdings)'s asset turnover of last year was 2.60349371. ==> 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+1+0+0
=6

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

FDM Group (Holdings) has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

FDM Group (Holdings)  (CHIX:FDMl) 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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FDM Group (Holdings) (CHIX:FDML) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Cottons Lane, 3rd Floor, Cottons Centre, London, GBR, SE1 2QG
FDM Group (Holdings) PLC is a holdings company that provides a variety of information technology, or IT, services through its subsidiaries. The company's primary services consist of IT and business consulting with a focus on application development and testing, support, project management, data services, business analysis, business intelligence, and cybersecurity. The company organizes itself into four segments based on geography: United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The United Kingdom segment generates the majority of revenue.

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