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Tencent Holdings (LTS:0LEA) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Mar. 04, 2025)


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What is Tencent Holdings 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

Tencent Holdings 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 Tencent Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0LEA' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Tencent Holdings was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Tencent Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tencent Holdings'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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Tencent Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Tencent Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 7.00 6.00 3.00 8.00

Tencent Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Tencent Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Tencent Holdings'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.


Tencent Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Tencent Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Tencent Holdings'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 3784.908 + 5816.705 + 6565.399 + 7522.612 = $23,690 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 7556.371 + 10046.518 + 7458.337 + 11025.579 = $36,087 Mil.
Revenue was 21735.526 + 22148.302 + 22208.637 + 23628.18 = $89,721 Mil.
Gross Profit was 10863.001 + 11646.185 + 11839.911 + 12553.42 = $46,903 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(211188.561 + 220896.614 + 228657.502 + 228123.837 + 243549.604) / 5 = $226483.2236 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was $211,189 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $41,395 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $74,077 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $57,628 Mil.
Net Income was 15242.767 + 3749.583 + 3654.453 + 4957.865 = $27,605 Mil.

Revenue was 20791.772 + 21765.807 + 20835.032 + 21187.602 = $84,580 Mil.
Gross Profit was 8867.565 + 9894.499 + 9891.921 + 10485.619 = $39,140 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(210576.679 + 226362.437 + 220175.304 + 214693.077 + 211188.561) / 5 = $216599.2116 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was $210,577 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $42,027 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $69,335 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $49,650 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.

Tencent Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 23,690. ==> 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.

Tencent Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 36,087. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=23689.624/211188.561
=0.11217286

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=27604.668/210576.679
=0.13109081

Tencent Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.11217286. Tencent Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.13109081. ==> 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.

Tencent Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 23,690. Tencent Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 36,087. ==> 36,087 > 23,690 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=41394.573/226483.2236
=0.18277103

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=42026.747/216599.2116
=0.19403001

Tencent Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.18277103. Tencent Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.19403001. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=74076.597/57628.18
=1.28542316

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=69335.151/49650.447
=1.3964658

Tencent Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.28542316. Tencent Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.3964658. ==> 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.

Tencent Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 9360. Tencent Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 9597. ==> 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
=46902.517/89720.645
=0.5227617

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=39139.604/84580.213
=0.46275131

Tencent Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.5227617. Tencent Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.46275131. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=89720.645/211188.561
=0.42483667

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=84580.213/210576.679
=0.40165992

Tencent Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.42483667. Tencent Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.40165992. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1+1+1
=7

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

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

Tencent Holdings  (LTS:0LEA) 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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Tencent Holdings Business Description

Address
No. 33 Haitian 2nd Road, Tencent Binhai Towers, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, CHN, 518054
Tencent holds a prominent position in China's internet sector, with a diverse portfolio of products and services used daily by a significant portion of the population. The company is the world's largest video game publisher and owns Honor of Kings, a top-grossing mobile game globally. Tencent also operates WeChat, China's largest social media super app. WeChat is deeply integrated into the daily lives of Chinese people for communication, entertainment, shopping, and more. Beyond its offerings, Tencent is a significant player in global venture capital and investment. The company holds substantial stakes in leading companies including PDD, Kuaishou, and Epic Games.

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