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Next Fuel (Next Fuel) Piotroski F-Score : 0 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Next Fuel 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

Next Fuel has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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


Next Fuel Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Next Fuel'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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Next Fuel Piotroski F-Score Chart

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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 (Mar15) TTM:Last Year (Mar14) TTM:
Net Income was -2.43 + -0.804 + -0.348 + -0.462 = $-4.04 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.093 + -0.154 + -0.167 + -0.12 = $-0.53 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar14)
to the end of this year (Mar15) was
(0.311 + 1.019 + 1.345 + 1.116 + 1.057) / 5 = $0.9696 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar14) was $0.31 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.08 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.11 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.31 Mil.
Net Income was -0.566 + -0.63 + -0.583 + -0.677 = $-2.46 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar13)
to the end of last year (Mar14) was
(2.138 + 1.707 + 1.132 + 0.646 + 0.311) / 5 = $1.1868 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar13) was $2.14 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.20 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.35 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.

Next Fuel's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.04. ==> 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.

Next Fuel's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.53. ==> 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 (Mar14)
=-4.044/0.311
=-13.00321543

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar13)
=-2.456/2.138
=-1.14873714

Next Fuel's return on assets of this year was -13.00321543. Next Fuel's return on assets of last year was -1.14873714. ==> 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.

Next Fuel's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.04. Next Fuel's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.53. ==> -0.53 > -4.04 ==> 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: Mar15)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar14 to Mar15
=0.077/0.9696
=0.07941419

Gearing (Last Year: Mar14)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar13 to Mar14
=0/1.1868
=0

Next Fuel's gearing of this year was 0.07941419. Next Fuel's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: Mar15)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.108/0.312
=0.34615385

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar14)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.195/0.346
=0.56358382

Next Fuel's current ratio of this year was 0.34615385. Next Fuel's current ratio of last year was 0.56358382. ==> 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.

Next Fuel's number of shares in issue this year was 15.191. Next Fuel's number of shares in issue last year was 10.879. ==> 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.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0/0
=

Next Fuel's gross margin of this year was . Next Fuel's gross margin of last year was . ==> 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 (Mar14)
=0/0.311
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar13)
=0/2.138
=0

Next Fuel's asset turnover of this year was 0. Next Fuel's asset turnover of last year was 0. ==> 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+0+0+0
=1

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

Next Fuel has an F-score of 1. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Next Fuel  (GREY:NXFI) 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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Next Fuel (Next Fuel) Business Description

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821 Frank Street, Sheridan, WY, USA, 82801
Next Fuel Inc is a United States-based technology provider and service company. It assists owners of oil and natural gas production resources to increase the efficiency of their operations by providing technology and technical support services. The firm is focused on treating produced water and frac flow-backwaters in the oil and gas industry and thus is engaged in marketing and implementation of the Integra Disc Filter system. The Integra Disc Filtration System is a water treatment technology that is designed to remove concentrations of suspended solids from the industrial water streams. The company's target markets include power plants, tomato packing plants, PVC pipe manufacturers, oil and gas companies, computer chip manufacturers, and breweries.

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