HWARF (Heiwa Real Estate Co) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Aug. 31, 2026) — 14% Above Median

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HWARF Heiwa Real Estate Co Ltd HWARF
74 GF Score
Price $13.67
GF Value $16.41
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What is Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score?

Heiwa Real Estate Co HWARF 74 Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Aug. 31, 2026, which is 14% above its 10-year median of 7.00. GuruFocus rates HWARF with a GF Score™ of 74/100 and a GF Value™ of $16.41. The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,751 Real Estate companies, Heiwa Real Estate Co ranks better than 98.97% 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

Heiwa Real Estate Co 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 Heiwa Real Estate Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Heiwa Real Estate Co was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.

Heiwa Real Estate Co  (OTCPK:HWARF) 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.


Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Heiwa Real Estate 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.

Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

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Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score Competitor Comparison

For the Real Estate - Diversified subindustry, Heiwa Real Estate 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.


Heiwa Real Estate Co Piotroski F-Score vs Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Heiwa Real Estate Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heiwa Real Estate 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 (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was $69.5 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $93.6 Mil.
Revenue was $320.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was $134.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was (2814.623 + 2847.431) / 2 = $2831.027 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was $2,814.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,466.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $588.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $264.5 Mil.
Net Income was $64.2 Mil.

Revenue was $282.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was $127.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was (2709.804 + 2814.623) / 2 = $2762.2135 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was $2,709.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,488.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $402.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $217.4 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.

Heiwa Real Estate Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 69.5. ==> 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.

Heiwa Real Estate Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 93.6. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=69.522/2814.623
=0.02470029

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=64.17/2709.804
=0.02368068

Heiwa Real Estate Co's return on assets of this year was 0.02470029. Heiwa Real Estate Co's return on assets of last year was 0.02368068. ==> 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.

Heiwa Real Estate Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 69.5. Heiwa Real Estate Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 93.6. ==> 93.6 > 69.5 ==> 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: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=1466.858/2831.027
=0.51813635

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=1488.854/2762.2135
=0.53900757

Heiwa Real Estate Co's gearing of this year was 0.51813635. Heiwa Real Estate Co's gearing of last year was 0.53900757. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=588.426/264.503
=2.22464774

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=402.77/217.413
=1.85255711

Heiwa Real Estate Co's current ratio of this year was 2.22464774. Heiwa Real Estate Co's current ratio of last year was 1.85255711. ==> 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.

Heiwa Real Estate Co's number of shares in issue this year was 66.61. Heiwa Real Estate Co's number of shares in issue last year was 67.578. ==> 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
=134.35/320.482
=0.41921231

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=127.776/282.273
=0.45266816

Heiwa Real Estate Co's gross margin of this year was 0.41921231. Heiwa Real Estate Co's gross margin of last year was 0.45266816. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=320.482/2814.623
=0.11386321

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=282.273/2709.804
=0.10416731

Heiwa Real Estate Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.11386321. Heiwa Real Estate Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.10416731. ==> 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+1+1+1+0+1
=8

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

Heiwa Real Estate Co 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?
Heiwa Real Estate Co (HWARF) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Aug. 31, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Heiwa Real Estate Co and its competitors. This is 14% above median its historical median of 7.00. Over the past decade, Heiwa Real Estate Co's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Heiwa Real Estate Co ranks #18 out of 1751 companies in the Real Estate industry, placing it in the top 1%.
Is Heiwa Real Estate Co's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Heiwa Real Estate Co's 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 8.00. The Real Estate industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Heiwa Real Estate Co's value of 8 is 60% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Heiwa Real Estate Co ranks #18 out of 1751 companies in the Real Estate industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Heiwa Real Estate Co has a GF Score™ of 74/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Heiwa Real Estate Co's Piotroski F-Score compare to competitors?
According to the Real Estate industry distribution chart, Heiwa Real Estate Co ranks #18 out of 1751 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Heiwa Real Estate Co in the top 1% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Heiwa Real Estate Co's value of 8 is 60% above this benchmark. Historically, Heiwa Real Estate Co's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 7.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Heiwa Real Estate Co 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 Real Estate company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Real Estate companies is 5.00, based on 1,751 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. Heiwa Real Estate Co'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 Heiwa Real Estate Co and its competitors. For the Real Estate 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. Heiwa Real Estate Co'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 Heiwa Real Estate Co stock overvalued right now?
Heiwa Real Estate Co (HWARF) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 8. The stock's GF Value™ is $16.41, compared to a current price of $13.67 — trading 16.7% 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 Real Estate industry median of 5.00. Heiwa Real Estate Co's overall GF Score™ is 74/100 with 4 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 Heiwa Real Estate Co (HWARF), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Aug. 31, 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 Heiwa Real Estate Co (HWARF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Heiwa Real Estate Co stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $13.67 is trading 16.7% below its estimated GF Value™ of $16.41.

Key valuation signals for HWARF:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 8 (14% above median its 10-year median of 7.00)
  • GF Value™: $16.41 vs. price of $13.67 (16.7% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 74/100 with 4 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 60% above the Real Estate median (#18 of 1751)

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


Heiwa Real Estate Co Business Description

Other Exchanges 8803:Japan
Address 1-10, Nihonbashi Kabuto-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-8222
Heiwa Real Estate Co Ltd is primarily engaged in the leasing and development of real estate properties. The company's operates three reporting segments. The leasing business consists of ownership, leasing, management, and operation of stock exchanges, offices, commercial facilities, housing, conference venues, restaurants, and others. The real estate solutions segment consists of the development, operation and management of income property; the development and sale of houses; and the brokerage of real estate. The other businesses segment manages and renovates buildings and also operates an insurance agency and a private nursing-home business.
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