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China Merchants Port Holdings Co (HKSE:00144) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is China Merchants Port Holdings Co 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

China Merchants Port Holdings Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

HKSE:00144' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of China Merchants Port Holdings Co was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 5.


China Merchants Port Holdings Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Merchants Port Holdings Co'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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China Merchants Port Holdings Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

China Merchants Port Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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China Merchants Port Holdings Co Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of China Merchants Port Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, China Merchants Port Holdings Co'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.


China Merchants Port Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, China Merchants Port Holdings Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Merchants Port Holdings Co'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 (Dec22) TTM:Last Year (Dec21) TTM:
Net Income was HK$8,010 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$8,781 Mil.
Revenue was HK$12,545 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$5,568 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec21)
to the end of this year (Dec22) was (178690 + 172155) / 2 = HK$175422.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec21) was HK$178,690 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$18,853 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$14,529 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$21,002 Mil.
Net Income was HK$8,371 Mil.

Revenue was HK$11,850 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$5,357 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec20)
to the end of last year (Dec21) was (170064 + 178690) / 2 = HK$174377 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec20) was HK$170,064 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$23,117 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$15,716 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$21,189 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.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 8,010. ==> 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.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 8,781. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=8010/178690
=0.04482624

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec20)
=8371/170064
=0.04922265

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's return on assets of this year was 0.04482624. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's return on assets of last year was 0.04922265. ==> 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.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 8,010. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 8,781. ==> 8,781 > 8,010 ==> 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: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=18853/175422.5
=0.10747196

Gearing (Last Year: Dec21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec20 to Dec21
=23117/174377
=0.13256909

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's gearing of this year was 0.10747196. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's gearing of last year was 0.13256909. ==> 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: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=14529/21002
=0.69179126

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=15716/21189
=0.7417056

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current ratio of this year was 0.69179126. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's current ratio of last year was 0.7417056. ==> 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.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's number of shares in issue this year was 4163.006. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's number of shares in issue last year was 3993.468. ==> 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
=5568/12545
=0.44384217

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5357/11850
=0.45206751

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's gross margin of this year was 0.44384217. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's gross margin of last year was 0.45206751. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=12545/178690
=0.07020538

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec20)
=11850/170064
=0.06967965

China Merchants Port Holdings Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.07020538. China Merchants Port Holdings Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.06967965. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+0+0+1
=5

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

China Merchants Port Holdings Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

China Merchants Port Holdings Co  (HKSE:00144) 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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China Merchants Port Holdings Co (HKSE:00144) Business Description

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Address
168-200 Connaught Road Central, 38th Floor, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong, HKG
China Merchants Port Holdings Co Ltd is a port operator. It has a geographically diversified port network stretching across China's coastline, as well as growing exposure in overseas ports. The company also provides bonded logistic park operation, along with property development through its associates and joint-controlled entities. Its operating segment includes Ports operation and Other operations. The company generates maximum revenue from the Ports operation segment.

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