HWH (HWH International) Piotroski F-Score: 3 (As of Jul. 12, 2026) — 25% Below Median


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What is HWH International Piotroski F-Score?

HWH International HWH -4.72% 10 Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 12, 2026, which is 25% below its 10-year median of 4.00. GuruFocus rates HWH with a GF Score™ of 10/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 835 Travel & Leisure companies, HWH International ranks worse than 87.66% on this metric.

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

HWH International has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

HWH' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 4   Max: 5
Current: 3

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of HWH International was 5. The lowest was 3. And the median was 4.

HWH International  (NAS:HWH) 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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HWH International Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for HWH International'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.

HWH International Piotroski F-Score Chart

HWH International Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Nov22 Nov23 Dec24 Dec25
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00 N/A 4.00

HWH International Quarterly Data
Dec21 Nov22 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 3.00

HWH vs MMA, AVNI, DOGZ: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Leisure subindustry, HWH International'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.


HWH International Piotroski F-Score vs Travel & Leisure Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where HWH International'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 0.083 + -0.291 + -1.945 + -0.626 = $-2.78 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.027 + -0.2 + -1.022 + -0.193 = $-1.39 Mil.
Revenue was 0.31 + 0.207 + 0.055 + 0.064 = $0.64 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.149 + 0.124 + 0.04 + 0.047 = $0.36 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was
(6.531 + 10.603 + 5.184 + 4.568 + 4.21) / 5 = $6.2192 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was $6.53 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.47 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.45 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1.53 Mil.
Net Income was -0.388 + -0.548 + -0.477 + -0.565 = $-1.98 Mil.

Revenue was 0.335 + 0.346 + 0.287 + 0.295 = $1.26 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.165 + 0.16 + 0.114 + 0.148 = $0.59 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was
(2.558 + 3.068 + 2.92 + 6.409 + 6.531) / 5 = $4.2972 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was $2.56 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.18 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $5.91 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2.66 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.

HWH International's current Net Income (TTM) was -2.78. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

HWH International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.39. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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)
=-2.779/6.531
=-0.42550911

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=-1.978/2.558
=-0.77326036

HWH International's return on assets of this year was -0.42550911. HWH International's return on assets of last year was -0.77326036. ==> 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.

HWH International's current Net Income (TTM) was -2.78. HWH International's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.39. ==> -1.39 > -2.78 ==> 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
=0.474/6.2192
=0.07621559

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=0.175/4.2972
=0.04072419

HWH International's gearing of this year was 0.07621559. HWH International's gearing of last year was 0.04072419. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.449/1.532
=1.59856397

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=5.908/2.661
=2.22021796

HWH International's current ratio of this year was 1.59856397. HWH International's current ratio of last year was 2.22021796. ==> 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.

HWH International's number of shares in issue this year was 7.476. HWH International's number of shares in issue last year was 6.416. ==> There is larger number of shares in issue this year. ==> Score 0.

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
=0.36/0.636
=0.56603774

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.587/1.263
=0.46476643

HWH International's gross margin of this year was 0.56603774. HWH International's gross margin of last year was 0.46476643. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=0.636/6.531
=0.09738172

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=1.263/2.558
=0.49374511

HWH International's asset turnover of this year was 0.09738172. HWH International's asset turnover of last year was 0.49374511. ==> 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
=0+0+1+1+0+0+0+1+0
=3

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

HWH International has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 3 mean?
HWH International (HWH) has a Piotroski F-Score of 3 as of Jul. 12, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on HWH International and its competitors. This is 25% below median its historical median of 4.00. Over the past decade, HWH International's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 5.00. According to the industry distribution chart, HWH International ranks #732 out of 835 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, placing it in the top 87.7%.
Is HWH International's Piotroski F-Score too high?
HWH International's current Piotroski F-Score of 3 is 25% below median its 10-year median of 4.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 5.00. The Travel & Leisure industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. HWH International's value of 3 is 40% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, HWH International ranks #732 out of 835 companies in the Travel & Leisure industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, HWH International has a GF Score™ of 10/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does HWH International's Piotroski F-Score compare to MMA and AVNI?
According to the Travel & Leisure industry distribution chart, HWH International ranks #732 out of 835 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places HWH International in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. HWH International's value of 3 is 40% below this benchmark. Historically, HWH International's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 5.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, HWH International has consistently been below 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 835 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. HWH International's current Piotroski F-Score of 3 is 40% below 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 HWH International 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. HWH International's current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is 25% below 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 HWH International stock overvalued right now?
HWH International (HWH) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 3. The current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is 25% below median its 10-year median of 4.00 and 40% below the Travel & Leisure industry median of 5.00. HWH International's overall GF Score™ is 10/100 with 3 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 HWH International (HWH), the current Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 12, 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.

HWH International Business Description

Address 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 210, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
HWH International Inc and its consolidated subsidiaries operate a food and beverage business in Singapore and South Korea. The F&B business operates four cafes, two of which are located in South Korea and two in Singapore, as well as an online healthy food store, serving customers in Singapore. The Company is presently developing Hapi Marketplace, a business-to-consumer platform featuring diverse product categories, and Hapi Wealth Builder, an educational program focused on wealth-building strategies.
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