ETS (Elite Express Holding) Piotroski F-Score: N/A (As of Aug. 25, 2026)

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What is Elite Express Holding 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

Elite Express Holding 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 Elite Express Holding's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 3 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Elite Express Holding was 3. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.

Elite Express Holding  (NAS:ETS) 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.


Elite Express Holding Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Elite Express Holding Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Elite Express Holding'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.

Elite Express Holding Piotroski F-Score Chart

Elite Express Holding Annual Data
Trend Nov23 Nov24 Nov25
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00

Elite Express Holding Quarterly Data
Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25 May25 Aug25 Nov25 Feb26 May26
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only N/A N/A 3.00 N/A N/A

ETS vs TOPP, TLSS, YGMZF: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Trucking subindustry, Elite Express Holding'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.


Elite Express Holding Piotroski F-Score vs Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Elite Express Holding's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Elite Express Holding'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 (May26) TTM:Last Year (May25) TTM:
Net Income was -0.186 + -1.688 + -0.11 + -2.533 = $-4.52 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.346 + -2.18 + -1.249 + -3.096 = $-6.87 Mil.
Revenue was 0.634 + 0.71 + 0.805 + 0.727 = $2.88 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.007 + 0.026 + 0.157 + 0.081 = $0.27 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (May25)
to the end of this year (May26) was
(1.79 + 15.192 + 13.705 + 13.351 + 18.795) / 5 = $12.5666 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (May25) was $1.79 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $17.53 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.25 Mil.
Net Income was -0.077 + 0 + -0.205 + -0.108 = $-0.39 Mil.

Revenue was 0.59 + 0 + 0.692 + 0.63 = $1.91 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.03 + 0 + -0.032 + 0.018 = $-0.04 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (May24)
to the end of last year (May25) was
(0 + 0 + 1.831 + 1.946 + 1.79) / 5 = $1.85566667 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (May24) was $0.00 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.42 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.25 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.

Elite Express Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.52. ==> 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.

Elite Express Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.87. ==> 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 (May25)
=-4.517/1.79
=-2.52346369

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (May24)
=-0.39/0
=

Elite Express Holding's return on assets of this year was -2.52346369. Elite Express Holding's return on assets of last year was . ==> 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.

Elite Express Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.52. Elite Express Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -6.87. ==> -6.87 <= -4.52 ==> 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: May26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May25 to May26
=0/12.5666
=0

Gearing (Last Year: May25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May24 to May25
=0/1.85566667
=0

Elite Express Holding's gearing of this year was 0. Elite Express Holding's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: May26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=17.525/0.246
=71.2398374

Current Ratio (Last Year: May25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.423/0.247
=1.71255061

Elite Express Holding's current ratio of this year was 71.2398374. Elite Express Holding's current ratio of last year was 1.71255061. ==> 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.

Elite Express Holding's number of shares in issue this year was 16.717. Elite Express Holding's number of shares in issue last year was 16.717. ==> 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
=0.271/2.876
=0.09422809

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=-0.044/1.912
=-0.02301255

Elite Express Holding's gross margin of this year was 0.09422809. Elite Express Holding's gross margin of last year was -0.02301255. ==> This year's gross 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 (May25)
=2.876/1.79
=1.60670391

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (May24)
=1.912/0
=

Elite Express Holding's asset turnover of this year was 1.60670391. Elite Express Holding's asset turnover of last year was . ==> 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
=0+0+1+0+1+1+1+1+1
=6

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

Elite Express Holding has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.


Elite Express Holding Business Description

Address 23046 Avenida De La Carlota, Suite 600, Laguna Hills, CA, USA, 92653
Elite Express Holding Inc is a holding company that operates through its wholly owned subsidiary and specializes in last-mile delivery services within California. Its core business focuses on retrieving packages from distribution hubs and ensuring their prompt and secure delivery to recipients doorsteps. Committed to innovation and efficiency, its mission is to optimize last-mile logistics by providing efficient, reliable delivery solutions. The company mainly competes in the route delivery industry, which has several material barriers of entry, including: Substantial time and capital investment, Technological proficiency, Regulatory barriers, Balancing service quality and cost efficiency, and Effective Management.
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