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International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC (DFM:IFA) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 15, 2025)


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What is International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 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

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

DFM:IFA' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC'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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International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Piotroski F-Score Chart

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's Piotroski F-Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC'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.


International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 12.804 + 28.158 + 19.825 + 23.151 = د.إ83.94 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -8.858 + 7.713 + -0.608 + -11.54 = د.إ-13.29 Mil.
Revenue was 6.211 + 0.596 + 2.968 + 5.305 = د.إ15.08 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(1325.366 + 1346.67 + 1365.196 + 1395.012 + 1618.241) / 5 = د.إ1410.097 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was د.إ1,325.37 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was د.إ187.76 Mil.
Total Assets was د.إ1,618.24 Mil.
Total Liabilities was د.إ395.09 Mil.
Net Income was -23.879 + 5.698 + 57.783 + 119.858 = د.إ159.46 Mil.

Revenue was -0.262 + 0.906 + 11.766 + 0.56 = د.إ12.97 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(1081.776 + 1068.745 + 1054.535 + 1125.48 + 1325.366) / 5 = د.إ1131.1804 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was د.إ1,081.78 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was د.إ322.63 Mil.
Total Assets was د.إ1,325.37 Mil.
Total Liabilities was د.إ527.24 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.

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current Net Income (TTM) was 83.94. ==> 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.

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -13.29. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=83.938/1325.366
=0.06333194

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=159.46/1081.776
=0.14740575

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's return on assets of this year was 0.06333194. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's return on assets of last year was 0.14740575. ==> 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.

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current Net Income (TTM) was 83.94. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -13.29. ==> -13.29 <= 83.94 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=187.763/1410.097
=0.13315609

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=322.63/1131.1804
=0.28521534

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's gearing of this year was 0.13315609. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's gearing of last year was 0.28521534. ==> 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

* 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: Sep24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1618.241/395.089
=4.09588979

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=1325.366/527.238
=2.51379074

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current ratio of this year was 4.09588979. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's current ratio of last year was 2.51379074. ==> 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.

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's number of shares in issue this year was 459.203. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's number of shares in issue last year was 306.093. ==> 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
=83.938/15.08
=5.56618037

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=159.46/12.97
=12.29452583

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's net margin of this year was 5.56618037. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's net margin of last year was 12.29452583. ==> Last year's net 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 (Sep23)
=15.08/1325.366
=0.01137799

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=12.97/1081.776
=0.01198954

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's asset turnover of this year was 0.01137799. International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC's asset turnover of last year was 0.01198954. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+1+0+0+0
=3

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

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC  (DFM:IFA) 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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International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC Business Description

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Al Salhiya Complex, Gate No.1, 5th Floor, P.O. Box 4694, Safat, Kuwait, KWT, 13047
International Financial Advisors Holding KPSC is a Kuwait-based company engaged in investment activities. It provides financial advisory services, borrowing, lending, issuing guarantees, managing investment funds, and portfolio management. Its main business is structured into segments, namely Treasury and Investment and Real Estate and other. The company generates maximum revenue from Treasury and Investment segment.

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