CMHF (Community Heritage Financial) Piotroski F-Score: 7 (As of Aug. 02, 2026) — Near Median

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CMHF Community Heritage Financial Inc CMHF
52 GF Score
Price $42.00
GF Value $27.62
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Community Heritage Financial Piotroski F-Score?

Community Heritage Financial CMHF 52 Piotroski F-Score is 7 as of Aug. 02, 2026, which is at its 10-year median of 7.00. GuruFocus rates CMHF with a GF Score™ of 52/100 and a GF Value™ of $27.62 (Significantly Overvalued). The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,499 Banks companies, Community Heritage Financial ranks better than 78.12% on this metric.

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

Community Heritage Financial 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 Community Heritage Financial's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CMHF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 7   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Community Heritage Financial was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 7.

Community Heritage Financial  (OTCPK:CMHF) 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.


Community Heritage Financial Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Community Heritage Financial Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Community Heritage Financial'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.

Community Heritage Financial Piotroski F-Score Chart

Community Heritage Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.00 6.00 3.00 7.00 7.00

Community Heritage Financial Semi-Annual Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.00 6.00 3.00 7.00 7.00

CMHF vs HYNE, BOTJ, FMBN: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Community Heritage Financial'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.


Community Heritage Financial Piotroski F-Score vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Community Heritage Financial's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Community Heritage Financial'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 (Dec25) TTM:Last Year (Dec24) TTM:
Net Income was $8.65 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $12.70 Mil.
Revenue was $39.27 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec24)
to the end of this year (Dec25) was (1020.38 + 1129.08) / 2 = $1074.73 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec24) was $1,020.38 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $50.14 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,129.08 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1,040.23 Mil.
Net Income was $6.63 Mil.

Revenue was $33.63 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec23)
to the end of last year (Dec24) was (988.628 + 1020.38) / 2 = $1004.504 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec23) was $988.63 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $29.03 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,020.38 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $941.35 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.

Community Heritage Financial's current Net Income (TTM) was 8.65. ==> 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.

Community Heritage Financial's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 12.70. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=8.653/1020.38
=0.00848017

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=6.628/988.628
=0.00670424

Community Heritage Financial's return on assets of this year was 0.00848017. Community Heritage Financial's return on assets of last year was 0.00670424. ==> 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.

Community Heritage Financial's current Net Income (TTM) was 8.65. Community Heritage Financial's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 12.70. ==> 12.70 > 8.65 ==> 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: Dec25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec24 to Dec25
=50.141/1074.73
=0.04665451

Gearing (Last Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=29.026/1004.504
=0.02889585

Community Heritage Financial's gearing of this year was 0.04665451. Community Heritage Financial's gearing of last year was 0.02889585. ==> 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

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1129.08/1040.229
=1.08541485

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1020.38/941.351
=1.08395274

Community Heritage Financial's current ratio of this year was 1.08541485. Community Heritage Financial's current ratio of last year was 1.08395274. ==> 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.

Community Heritage Financial's number of shares in issue this year was 2.949. Community Heritage Financial's number of shares in issue last year was 2.925. ==> 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.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=8.653/39.273
=0.22032949

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=6.628/33.631
=0.19708007

Community Heritage Financial's net margin of this year was 0.22032949. Community Heritage Financial's net margin of last year was 0.19708007. ==> This year's net 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 (Dec24)
=39.273/1020.38
=0.0384886

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec23)
=33.631/988.628
=0.03401785

Community Heritage Financial's asset turnover of this year was 0.0384886. Community Heritage Financial's asset turnover of last year was 0.03401785. ==> 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+0+1+1
=7

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 7 mean?
Community Heritage Financial (CMHF) has a Piotroski F-Score of 7 as of Aug. 02, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Community Heritage Financial and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 7.00. Over the past decade, Community Heritage Financial's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 7.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Community Heritage Financial ranks #328 out of 1499 companies in the Banks industry, placing it in the top 21.9%.
Is Community Heritage Financial's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Community Heritage Financial's current Piotroski F-Score of 7 is near median its 10-year median of 7.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 7.00. The Banks industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Community Heritage Financial's value of 7 is 16.7% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Community Heritage Financial ranks #328 out of 1499 companies in the Banks industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Community Heritage Financial has a GF Score™ of 52/100 and is considered Significantly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Community Heritage Financial's Piotroski F-Score compare to HYNE and BOTJ?
According to the Banks industry distribution chart, Community Heritage Financial ranks #328 out of 1499 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Community Heritage Financial in the top 22% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00. Community Heritage Financial's value of 7 is 16.7% above this benchmark. Historically, Community Heritage Financial's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 7.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 7.00 vs. the industry median of 6.00, Community Heritage Financial has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Banks company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Banks companies is 6.00, based on 1,499 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Community Heritage Financial's current Piotroski F-Score of 7 is 16.7% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Community Heritage Financial and its competitors. For the Banks industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 6.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Community Heritage Financial's current Piotroski F-Score is 7, which is near median its own 10-year median of 7.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Community Heritage Financial stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Community Heritage Financial (CMHF) is currently considered Significantly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is $27.62, compared to a current price of $42.00 — trading 52.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 7, which is near median its 10-year median of 7.00 and 16.7% above the Banks industry median of 6.00. Community Heritage Financial's overall GF Score™ is 52/100 with 7 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Community Heritage Financial (CMHF), the current Piotroski F-Score is 7 as of Aug. 02, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Community Heritage Financial (CMHF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Community Heritage Financial stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $42.00 is trading 52.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $27.62. GuruFocus considers Community Heritage Financial to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for CMHF:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 7 (near median its 10-year median of 7.00)
  • GF Value™: $27.62 vs. price of $42.00 (52.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 52/100 with 7 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 16.7% above the Banks median (#328 of 1499)

No single metric tells the full story. See the CMHF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Community Heritage Financial Business Description

Address 24 West Main Street, P.O. Box 75, Middletown, MD, USA, 21769
Community Heritage Financial Inc is an independent and community-oriented financial institution offering a full range of retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in its market area. Its deposit products are demand, savings, and time deposits, and its lending products are real estate mortgages, commercial business loans and installment loans. In addition to retail and commercial banking services offered to individuals and businesses, common to community-oriented financial institutions, the company operates a mortgage banking business segment. The mortgage banking segment engages in the origination of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market, unlike the company's other deposit and loan activities, which are conducted for Investment purposes.
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