Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co (HKSE:01543) Piotroski F-Score: 5 (As of Aug. 22, 2026) — 25% Above Median

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HKSE:01543 Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Ltd HKSE:01543
37 GF Score
Price HK$0.19
GF Value HK$0.46
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Piotroski F-Score?

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co HKSE:01543 37 Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Aug. 22, 2026, which is 25% above its 10-year median of 4.00. GuruFocus rates HKSE:01543 with a GF Score™ of 37/100 and a GF Value™ of HK$0.46 (Possible Value Trap). The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 537 Credit Services companies, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co ranks better than 64.99% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment 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 Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HKSE:01543' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 12 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co  (HKSE:01543) 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.


Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment 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.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Annual Data
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HKSE:01543 vs V, MA, AXP: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment 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.


Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Piotroski F-Score vs Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co'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 (Dec25) TTM:Last Year (Dec24) TTM:
Net Income was HK$11.5 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$100.6 Mil.
Revenue was HK$306.9 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec24)
to the end of this year (Dec25) was (4147.463 + 4317.639) / 2 = HK$4232.551 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec24) was HK$4,147.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$937.2 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$4,317.6 Mil.
Total Liabilities was HK$1,694.2 Mil.
Net Income was HK$45.0 Mil.

Revenue was HK$378.7 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec23)
to the end of last year (Dec24) was (4143.495 + 4147.463) / 2 = HK$4145.479 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec23) was HK$4,143.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$946.2 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$4,147.5 Mil.
Total Liabilities was HK$1,626.6 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.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 11.5. ==> 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.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 100.6. ==> 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)
=11.468/4147.463
=0.00276506

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=45.033/4143.495
=0.01086836

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's return on assets of this year was 0.00276506. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's return on assets of last year was 0.01086836. ==> 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.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 11.5. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 100.6. ==> 100.6 > 11.5 ==> 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
=937.16/4232.551
=0.2214173

Gearing (Last Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=946.234/4145.479
=0.22825686

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's gearing of this year was 0.2214173. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's gearing of last year was 0.22825686. ==> 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: Dec25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=4317.639/1694.222
=2.54844938

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=4147.463/1626.598
=2.54977751

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current ratio of this year was 2.54844938. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current ratio of last year was 2.54977751. ==> 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.

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's number of shares in issue this year was 1560.793. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's number of shares in issue last year was 1560.793. ==> 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.

* 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
=11.468/306.936
=0.03736284

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=45.033/378.743
=0.11890121

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's net margin of this year was 0.03736284. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's net margin of last year was 0.11890121. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=306.936/4147.463
=0.07400572

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec23)
=378.743/4143.495
=0.09140665

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.07400572. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.09140665. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=5

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

Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 5 mean?
Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co (HKSE:01543) has a Piotroski F-Score of 5 as of Aug. 22, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co and its competitors. This is 25% above median its historical median of 4.00. Over the past decade, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 7.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co ranks #188 out of 537 companies in the Credit Services industry, placing it in the top 35%.
Is Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 25% above median its 10-year median of 4.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 2.00 to a high of 7.00. The Credit Services industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's value of 5 is 0% at this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co ranks #188 out of 537 companies in the Credit Services industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co has a GF Score™ of 37/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's Piotroski F-Score compare to V and MA?
According to the Credit Services industry distribution chart, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co ranks #188 out of 537 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This puts Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's value of 5 is 0% at this benchmark. Historically, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 7.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co has consistently been at 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 Credit Services company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Credit Services companies is 5.00, based on 537 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. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 0% at 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 Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co and its competitors. For the Credit Services 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. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 25% above median its own 10-year median of 4.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co (HKSE:01543) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is HK$0.46, compared to a current price of HK$0.19 — trading 58.9% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 25% above median its 10-year median of 4.00 and 0% at the Credit Services industry median of 5.00. Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co's overall GF Score™ is 37/100 with 2 warning signs to review. 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 Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co (HKSE:01543), the current Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Aug. 22, 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.

Is Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co (HKSE:01543) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of HK$0.19 is trading 58.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of HK$0.46. GuruFocus considers Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for HKSE:01543:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 5 (25% above median its 10-year median of 4.00)
  • GF Value™: HK$0.46 vs. price of HK$0.19 (58.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 37/100 with 2 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 0% at the Credit Services median (#188 of 537)

No single metric tells the full story. See the HKSE:01543 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Business Description

Address No.31 Fuhua Road, Block 1, Room 4101-4110, Lecong Town, Join-Share International Financing Center, Shunde District Guangdong Province, Foshan, CHN, 528000
Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co Ltd is a financing services provider, focusing on providing credit-based financing solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to satisfy their financing and business needs. It provides guarantees on behalf of and entrusted loans to, SMEs and individual business proprietors. It also provides micro-lending to SMEs, individual business proprietors, and individuals in Foshan. The business is distinguished into Guarantees Business and SME Lending segments. The guarantee Business segment is further divided into Financial and Non-Financial Guarantees. The Guarantee segment generates maximum revenue for the company. Geographically, the firm operates in the People's Republic of China.
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