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Virscend Education Co (HKSE:01565) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 23, 2025)


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What is Virscend Education Co Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, 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

Virscend Education Co has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

HKSE:01565' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 7   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Virscend Education Co was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 7.


Virscend Education Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Virscend Education 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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Virscend Education Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Virscend Education Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Virscend Education Co Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Virscend Education Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Virscend Education 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.


Virscend Education Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Virscend Education Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Virscend Education 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 (Aug24) TTM:Last Year (Aug23) TTM:
Net Income was HK$49 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$514 Mil.
Revenue was HK$1,042 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$341 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Aug23)
to the end of this year (Aug24) was (4896.715 + 4873.559) / 2 = HK$4885.137 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Aug23) was HK$4,897 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$1,466 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$1,056 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$1,799 Mil.
Net Income was HK$35 Mil.

Revenue was HK$823 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$272 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Aug22)
to the end of last year (Aug23) was (4576.045 + 4896.715) / 2 = HK$4736.38 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Aug22) was HK$4,576 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$1,320 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$1,106 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$1,895 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.

Virscend Education Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 49. ==> 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.

Virscend Education Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 514. ==> 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 (Aug23)
=49.094/4896.715
=0.01002591

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Aug22)
=34.834/4576.045
=0.00761225

Virscend Education Co's return on assets of this year was 0.01002591. Virscend Education Co's return on assets of last year was 0.00761225. ==> 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.

Virscend Education Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 49. Virscend Education Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 514. ==> 514 > 49 ==> 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: Aug24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Aug23 to Aug24
=1465.642/4885.137
=0.30002065

Gearing (Last Year: Aug23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Aug22 to Aug23
=1320.163/4736.38
=0.27872827

Virscend Education Co's gearing of this year was 0.30002065. Virscend Education Co's gearing of last year was 0.27872827. ==> 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: Aug24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1056.484/1799.065
=0.58724059

Current Ratio (Last Year: Aug23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1106.023/1895.476
=0.58350673

Virscend Education Co's current ratio of this year was 0.58724059. Virscend Education Co's current ratio of last year was 0.58350673. ==> 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.

Virscend Education Co's number of shares in issue this year was 3043.111. Virscend Education Co's number of shares in issue last year was 3043.111. ==> 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
=341.196/1041.792
=0.32750875

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=271.841/823.019
=0.33029736

Virscend Education Co's gross margin of this year was 0.32750875. Virscend Education Co's gross margin of last year was 0.33029736. ==> 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 (Aug23)
=1041.792/4896.715
=0.21275324

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Aug22)
=823.019/4576.045
=0.17985378

Virscend Education Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.21275324. Virscend Education Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.17985378. ==> 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+0+1
=7

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

Virscend Education Co has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Virscend Education Co  (HKSE:01565) 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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Virscend Education Co Business Description

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Address
No. 18 Sandongqiao Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu, CHN
Virscend Education Co Ltd is a provider of K-12 private education services. The company is a provider of high school and university private education services in Southwest China. The firm's formal education industry consists of education for pre-school, primary, middle, and high school students with a total of over 16-second foreign language-based classes to its students which include German, French, and Japanese, among other languages. The majority of the company revenues are generated through tuition fees.
Executives
Wang Xiaoying 2202 Interest of your spouse
Yan Yude 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Bank Of China Limited 2106 Person having a security interest in shares
The Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Invesco Canada Ltd. 2102 Investment manager
Virscend Holdings Company Limited 2101 Beneficial owner

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