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LEM Holding (LTS:0QKB) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 15, 2025)


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What is LEM Holding Piotroski F-Score?

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

LEM Holding 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 LEM Holding's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0QKB' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of LEM Holding was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


LEM Holding Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for LEM Holding'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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LEM Holding Piotroski F-Score Chart

LEM Holding Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score
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LEM Holding Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of LEM Holding's Piotroski F-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, LEM Holding'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.


LEM Holding's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, LEM Holding's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LEM Holding'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was CHF65.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was CHF74.4 Mil.
Revenue was CHF405.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was CHF189.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was (327.504 + 344.325) / 2 = CHF335.9145 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was CHF327.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF35.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CHF171.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CHF128.9 Mil.
Net Income was CHF75.3 Mil.

Revenue was CHF406.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was CHF192.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was (301.397 + 327.504) / 2 = CHF314.4505 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was CHF301.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF32.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CHF173.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CHF114.9 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.

LEM Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was 65.3. ==> 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.

LEM Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 74.4. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=65.327/327.504
=0.19946932

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=75.34/301.397
=0.24996931

LEM Holding's return on assets of this year was 0.19946932. LEM Holding's return on assets of last year was 0.24996931. ==> 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.

LEM Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was 65.3. LEM Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 74.4. ==> 74.4 > 65.3 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=35.585/335.9145
=0.10593469

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=32.105/314.4505
=0.10209874

LEM Holding's gearing of this year was 0.10593469. LEM Holding's gearing of last year was 0.10209874. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=171.751/128.852
=1.33293236

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=173.638/114.912
=1.51105194

LEM Holding's current ratio of this year was 1.33293236. LEM Holding's current ratio of last year was 1.51105194. ==> 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.

LEM Holding's number of shares in issue this year was 1.141. LEM Holding's number of shares in issue last year was 1.14. ==> 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
=189.163/405.777
=0.46617477

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=192.194/406.35
=0.4729765

LEM Holding's gross margin of this year was 0.46617477. LEM Holding's gross margin of last year was 0.4729765. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=405.777/327.504
=1.23899861

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=406.35/301.397
=1.34822178

LEM Holding's asset turnover of this year was 1.23899861. LEM Holding's asset turnover of last year was 1.34822178. ==> 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+1+0+1+0+0+0+0+0
=3

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

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

LEM Holding  (LTS:0QKB) 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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LEM Holding Business Description

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Route du Nant-d'Avril, 152, Meyrin, CHE, 1217
LEM Holding SA is a Switzerland-based holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, it manufactures and distributes electrical measurement components for products with automotive, railway, battery monitoring, and wireless submetering network measuring applications. Its product portfolio includes Energy meters, Rogowski coils, Voltage sensors, Current sensors, and Integrated current sensors. The firm's operations are broadly organized in two segments namely Asia, Europe/Americas, and LEM Group. It derives a majority of its revenue from Europe/Americas regions which represents its business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, NAFTA, and Latin America.

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