Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT (LSE:GHV2) Piotroski F-Score: 2 (As of Jul. 02, 2026) — 50% Below Median


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What is Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Piotroski F-Score?

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT LSE:GHV2 -3.30% 30 Piotroski F-Score is 2 as of Jul. 02, 2026, which is 50% below its 10-year median of 4.00. GuruFocus rates LSE:GHV2 with a GF Score™ of 30/100. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,593 Asset Management companies, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT ranks worse than 90.77% on this metric.

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 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

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GHV2' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 4   Max: 8
Current: 2

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 4.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT  (LSE:GHV2) 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.


Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT'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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Piotroski F-Score Chart

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Annual Data
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Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Semi-Annual Data
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LSE:GHV2 vs BLK, BX, KKR: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT'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.


Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Piotroski F-Score vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT'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 (Sep25) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was £3.75 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was £-4.47 Mil.
Revenue was £4.37 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Sep25) was (96.305 + 178.568) / 2 = £137.4365 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was £96.31 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.
Total Assets was £178.57 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £0.88 Mil.
Net Income was £6.35 Mil.

Revenue was £6.89 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was (100.619 + 96.305) / 2 = £98.462 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was £100.62 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was £0.00 Mil.
Total Assets was £96.31 Mil.
Total Liabilities was £0.31 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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.75. ==> 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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.47. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=3.748/96.305
=0.03891802

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=6.353/100.619
=0.06313917

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's return on assets of this year was 0.03891802. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's return on assets of last year was 0.06313917. ==> 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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.75. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.47. ==> -4.47 <= 3.75 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Sep25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Sep25
=0/137.4365
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0/98.462
=0

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's gearing of this year was 0. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: Sep25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=178.568/0.88
=202.91818182

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=96.305/0.312
=308.66987179

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current ratio of this year was 202.91818182. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current ratio of last year was 308.66987179. ==> 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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's number of shares in issue this year was 257.781. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's number of shares in issue last year was 165.508. ==> 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.

* 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
=3.748/4.366
=0.85845167

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=6.353/6.894
=0.92152596

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's net margin of this year was 0.85845167. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's net margin of last year was 0.92152596. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=4.366/96.305
=0.04533513

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=6.894/100.619
=0.06851589

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's asset turnover of this year was 0.04533513. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's asset turnover of last year was 0.06851589. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+0
=2

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

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT has an F-score of 2. 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 2 mean?
Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT (LSE:GHV2) has a Piotroski F-Score of 2 as of Jul. 02, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT and its competitors. This is 50% below median its historical median of 4.00. Over the past decade, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT ranks #1446 out of 1593 companies in the Asset Management industry, placing it in the top 90.8%.
Is Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Piotroski F-Score of 2 is 50% below 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 8.00. The Asset Management industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's value of 2 is 60% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT ranks #1446 out of 1593 companies in the Asset Management industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT has a GF Score™ of 30/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's Piotroski F-Score compare to BLK and BX?
According to the Asset Management industry distribution chart, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT ranks #1446 out of 1593 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's value of 2 is 60% below this benchmark. Historically, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 2.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT 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 an Asset Management company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Asset Management companies is 5.00, based on 1,593 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. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Piotroski F-Score of 2 is 60% 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 Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT and its competitors. For the Asset Management 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. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's current Piotroski F-Score is 2, which is 50% 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 Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT stock overvalued right now?
Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT (LSE:GHV2) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 2. The current Piotroski F-Score is 2, which is 50% below median its 10-year median of 4.00 and 60% below the Asset Management industry median of 5.00. Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT's overall GF Score™ is 30/100 with 6 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 Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT (LSE:GHV2), the current Piotroski F-Score is 2 as of Jul. 02, 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.

Gresham Houseome & Growth 2 VCT Business Description

Address 5 New Street Square, London, GBR, EC4A 3TW
Gresham House Income & Growth 2 VCT PLC is a UK-based Venture Capital trust invest in diversified portfolios of UK based unquoted companies. The Investment objective of the company is to provide investors with a regular income stream, by way of tax-free dividends generated from income and capital returns.
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