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Co-Diagnostics (Co-Diagnostics) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Co-Diagnostics Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Co-Diagnostics has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

CODX' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 2

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Co-Diagnostics was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.


Co-Diagnostics Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Co-Diagnostics'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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Co-Diagnostics Piotroski F-Score Chart

Co-Diagnostics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 4.00 7.00 5.00 4.00 2.00

Co-Diagnostics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Co-Diagnostics's Piotroski F-Score

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Co-Diagnostics'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.


Co-Diagnostics's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Co-Diagnostics's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Co-Diagnostics'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 -5.755 + -8.919 + -5.982 + -14.676 = $-35.33 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -5.499 + -5.209 + -6.594 + -4.779 = $-22.08 Mil.
Revenue was 0.602 + 0.198 + 2.457 + 3.555 = $6.81 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.1 + -0.261 + 2.201 + 0.587 = $2.63 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(123.086 + 116.997 + 112.801 + 108.682 + 95.321) / 5 = $111.3774 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $123.09 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.15 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $62.14 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.75 Mil.
Net Income was 11.715 + -2.686 + -1.361 + -21.905 = $-14.24 Mil.

Revenue was 22.699 + 5.023 + 5.094 + 1.401 = $34.22 Mil.
Gross Profit was 19.417 + 4.108 + 4.327 + 0.886 = $28.74 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(160.034 + 171.152 + 160.841 + 147.841 + 123.086) / 5 = $152.5908 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $160.03 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.05 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $92.73 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3.87 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.

Co-Diagnostics's current Net Income (TTM) was -35.33. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Co-Diagnostics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -22.08. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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)
=-35.332/123.086
=-0.28705133

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-14.237/160.034
=-0.08896235

Co-Diagnostics's return on assets of this year was -0.28705133. Co-Diagnostics's return on assets of last year was -0.08896235. ==> 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.

Co-Diagnostics's current Net Income (TTM) was -35.33. Co-Diagnostics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -22.08. ==> -22.08 > -35.33 ==> 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
=2.152/111.3774
=0.01932169

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0.051/152.5908
=0.00033423

Co-Diagnostics's gearing of this year was 0.01932169. Co-Diagnostics's gearing of last year was 0.00033423. ==> 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
=62.141/5.748
=10.81089074

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=92.734/3.873
=23.94371288

Co-Diagnostics's current ratio of this year was 10.81089074. Co-Diagnostics's current ratio of last year was 23.94371288. ==> 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.

Co-Diagnostics's number of shares in issue this year was 29.467. Co-Diagnostics's number of shares in issue last year was 29.588. ==> 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
=2.627/6.812
=0.38564298

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=28.738/34.217
=0.83987492

Co-Diagnostics's gross margin of this year was 0.38564298. Co-Diagnostics's gross margin of last year was 0.83987492. ==> 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)
=6.812/123.086
=0.05534342

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=34.217/160.034
=0.21381082

Co-Diagnostics's asset turnover of this year was 0.05534342. Co-Diagnostics's asset turnover of last year was 0.21381082. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+0+0+1+0+0
=2

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

Co-Diagnostics has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Co-Diagnostics  (NAS:CODX) 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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Co-Diagnostics (Co-Diagnostics) Business Description

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Address
2401 South Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 84109
Co-Diagnostics Inc is a molecular diagnostics company. It develops, licenses, and commercializes molecular technologies such as lab systems (MDx device) and manufacture and sell reagents used for tests that are designed using the detection and/or analysis of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA). CDI's low-cost system uses its tests to diagnose tuberculosis, Zika, hepatitis B and C, Malaria, dengue and HIV. The company's diagnostics systems enable very rapid, low-cost, sophisticated molecular testing for organisms and genetic diseases by greatly automating historically complex procedures in both the development and administration of tests.
Executives
Brian Lee Brown officer: Chief Financial Officer 5322 W. BRIAR PARK ROAD, HERRIMAN UT 84096
Ted Murphy director 64 INDUSTRIAL RD., RICHMOND HILL A6 L4C2Y1
Eugene Durenard director 2401 S. FOOTHILL DRIVE SUITE D, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84109
Dwight H Egan director, officer: CEO and President 4049 S. HIGHLAND DRIVE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124
Richard S Serbin director 750 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
James B Nelson director 26 WEST MISSION AVENUE, SUITE 8, SANTA BARBARA CA 93010
Reed L Benson officer: CFO and Secretary 7050 UNION PARK CENTER, #600, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84047
Edward L. Murphy director 2401 S. FOOTHILL DRIVE SUITE D, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84109
Brent Satterfield director, officer: Chief Science Officer 4049 S. HIGHLAND DRIVE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124
America 2030 Capital, Llc 10 percent owner 1301 SHILOH RD., NW, SUITE 1231, KENNESAW GA 30144
Edward Borkowski director 1500 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 400, CANONSBURG PA 15317
Frank J Kiesner director 4049 S. HIGHLAND DRIVE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124
Reagents, Llc 10 percent owner 8160 S. HIGHLAND DR, SANDY UT 84093
Legends Capital Group, Llc 10 percent owner 4049 S. HIGHLAND DRIVE, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84124