Magnificent Hotel Investments (HKSE:00201) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Aug. 08, 2026) — 14% Above Median

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What is Magnificent Hotel Investments Piotroski F-Score?

Magnificent Hotel Investments HKSE:00201 +1.56% Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Aug. 08, 2026, which is 14% above its 10-year median of 7.00. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 831 Travel & Leisure companies, Magnificent Hotel Investments ranks better than 96.75% on this metric.

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Magnificent Hotel Investments has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

HKSE:00201' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 7   Max: 9
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Magnificent Hotel Investments was 9. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.

Magnificent Hotel Investments  (HKSE:00201) 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.


Magnificent Hotel Investments Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Magnificent Hotel Investments Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Magnificent Hotel Investments'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.

Magnificent Hotel Investments Piotroski F-Score Chart

Magnificent Hotel Investments Annual Data
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Magnificent Hotel Investments Semi-Annual Data
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HKSE:00201 vs MAR, HLT, H: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Lodging subindustry, Magnificent Hotel Investments'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.


Magnificent Hotel Investments Piotroski F-Score vs Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Magnificent Hotel Investments's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Magnificent Hotel Investments'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 (Dec25) TTM:Last Year (Dec24) TTM:
Net Income was HK$8.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$188.8 Mil.
Revenue was HK$558.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$109.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec24)
to the end of this year (Dec25) was (5002.328 + 4977.483) / 2 = HK$4989.9055 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec24) was HK$5,002.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$243.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$257.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$406.8 Mil.
Net Income was HK$-44.8 Mil.

Revenue was HK$525.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$66.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec23)
to the end of last year (Dec24) was (5286.372 + 5002.328) / 2 = HK$5144.35 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec23) was HK$5,286.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$0.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$224.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$761.9 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.

Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Net Income (TTM) was 8.2. ==> 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.

Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 188.8. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=8.2/5002.328
=0.00163924

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=-44.775/5286.372
=-0.00846989

Magnificent Hotel Investments's return on assets of this year was 0.00163924. Magnificent Hotel Investments's return on assets of last year was -0.00846989. ==> 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.

Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Net Income (TTM) was 8.2. Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 188.8. ==> 188.8 > 8.2 ==> 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: Dec25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec24 to Dec25
=243.914/4989.9055
=0.04888149

Gearing (Last Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=0/5144.35
=0

Magnificent Hotel Investments's gearing of this year was 0.04888149. Magnificent Hotel Investments'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: Dec25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=256.951/406.793
=0.6316505

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=224.446/761.854
=0.294605

Magnificent Hotel Investments's current ratio of this year was 0.6316505. Magnificent Hotel Investments's current ratio of last year was 0.294605. ==> 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.

Magnificent Hotel Investments's number of shares in issue this year was 8947.051. Magnificent Hotel Investments's number of shares in issue last year was 8947.051. ==> 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
=109.426/558.573
=0.19590277

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=66.903/525.726
=0.12725831

Magnificent Hotel Investments's gross margin of this year was 0.19590277. Magnificent Hotel Investments's gross margin of last year was 0.12725831. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=558.573/5002.328
=0.11166261

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec23)
=525.726/5286.372
=0.0994493

Magnificent Hotel Investments's asset turnover of this year was 0.11166261. Magnificent Hotel Investments's asset turnover of last year was 0.0994493. ==> 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+1+1+0+1+1+1+1
=8

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

Magnificent Hotel Investments has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 8 mean?
Magnificent Hotel Investments (HKSE:00201) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Aug. 08, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Magnificent Hotel Investments and its competitors. This is 14% above median its historical median of 7.00. Over the past decade, Magnificent Hotel Investments' Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 9.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Magnificent Hotel Investments ranks #27 out of 831 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, placing it in the top 3.2%.
Is Magnificent Hotel Investments' Piotroski F-Score too high?
Magnificent Hotel Investments' current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 14% above median its 10-year median of 7.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 5.00 to a high of 9.00. The Travel & Leisure industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Magnificent Hotel Investments' value of 8 is 60% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Magnificent Hotel Investments ranks #27 out of 831 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers.
How does Magnificent Hotel Investments' Piotroski F-Score compare to MAR and HLT?
According to the Travel & Leisure industry distribution chart, Magnificent Hotel Investments ranks #27 out of 831 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Magnificent Hotel Investments in the top 3% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Magnificent Hotel Investments' value of 8 is 60% above this benchmark. Historically, Magnificent Hotel Investments' own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 9.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 7.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Magnificent Hotel Investments has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Travel & Leisure company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Travel & Leisure companies is 5.00, based on 831 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 60% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Magnificent Hotel Investments and its competitors. For the Travel & Leisure industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Magnificent Hotel Investments's current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 14% above median its own 10-year median of 7.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Magnificent Hotel Investments stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Magnificent Hotel Investments (HKSE:00201) is currently considered Modestly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is HK$0.09, compared to a current price of HK$0.07 — trading 27.8% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 14% above median its 10-year median of 7.00 and 60% above the Travel & Leisure industry median of 5.00. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Magnificent Hotel Investments (HKSE:00201), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Aug. 08, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Magnificent Hotel Investments Business Description

Address 633 King’s Road, 22nd Floor, North Point, Hong Kong, HKG
Magnificent Hotel Investments Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it is engaged in the following businesses: investment and operation of hotels (Hospitality services), property investment, and securities investment. The majority of its revenue is derived from the Hospitality services business, which includes income generated from the operation of hotels like Best Western Plus Kowloon, Magnificent International Hotel, Best Western Hotel Causeway Bay, Ramada Hong Kong Grand, Wood Street Hotel, Grand Bay View Hotel, and others. Geographically, the Group generates maximum revenue from Hong Kong, and the rest from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United Kingdom.