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LH Group (HKSE:01978) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is LH Group 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

LH Group has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

HKSE:01978' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 7   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of LH Group was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 7.


LH Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for LH Group'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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LH Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

LH Group Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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LH Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of LH Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Restaurants subindustry, LH Group'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.


LH Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, LH Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LH Group'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was HK$88 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$252 Mil.
Revenue was HK$1,277 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$505 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (846.592 + 759.651) / 2 = HK$803.1215 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was HK$847 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$146 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$325 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$294 Mil.
Net Income was HK$78 Mil.

Revenue was HK$1,063 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$432 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (783.859 + 846.592) / 2 = HK$815.2255 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was HK$784 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$127 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$428 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$288 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.

LH Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 88. ==> 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.

LH Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 252. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=88.065/846.592
=0.10402295

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=77.705/783.859
=0.09913135

LH Group's return on assets of this year was 0.10402295. LH Group's return on assets of last year was 0.09913135. ==> 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.

LH Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 88. LH Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 252. ==> 252 > 88 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=146.115/803.1215
=0.18193387

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=127.25/815.2255
=0.15609178

LH Group's gearing of this year was 0.18193387. LH Group's gearing of last year was 0.15609178. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=325.205/293.728
=1.10716377

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=428.189/288.065
=1.48643188

LH Group's current ratio of this year was 1.10716377. LH Group's current ratio of last year was 1.48643188. ==> 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.

LH Group's number of shares in issue this year was 800. LH Group's number of shares in issue last year was 800. ==> 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
=505.156/1276.771
=0.39565122

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=431.554/1063.159
=0.40591671

LH Group's gross margin of this year was 0.39565122. LH Group's gross margin of last year was 0.40591671. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=1276.771/846.592
=1.50813024

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=1063.159/783.859
=1.35631408

LH Group's asset turnover of this year was 1.50813024. LH Group's asset turnover of last year was 1.35631408. ==> 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+0+1+0+1
=6

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

LH Group has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

LH Group  (HKSE:01978) 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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LH Group Business Description

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Address
38 Wang Chiu Road, Unit 03, L22, Tower 1, Enterprise Square Five, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, HKG
LH Group Ltd is engaged as full-service restaurants operator serving Asian cuisine, including Japanese, Korean, Cantonese and Shanghainese cuisine in Hong Kong. Its segments include Cantonese cuisine - self-owned brands, Asian cuisine - franchised brands, Asian cuisine - self-owned brands, and Sale of food ingredients & others. The majority of its revenue comes from the Asian cuisine - franchised brands segment, which operation of Asian cuisine restaurants under the franchised Gyu-Kaku, On-Yasai, Gyu-Kaku Jinan-Bou and Yoogane brands. It operates primarily in Hong Kong.
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Chan Wai Chun
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Ko Cheuk Kuen
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