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ZCCM Investments Holdings (LUS:ZCCM) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jul. 20, 2025)


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What is ZCCM Investments Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

ZCCM Investments Holdings has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

LUS:ZCCM' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of ZCCM Investments Holdings was 6. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


ZCCM Investments Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for ZCCM Investments 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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ZCCM Investments Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

ZCCM Investments Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 6.00

ZCCM Investments Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
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 5.00 - 5.00 4.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of ZCCM Investments Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, ZCCM Investments 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.


ZCCM Investments Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, ZCCM Investments Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ZCCM Investments Holdings'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was ZMW39,888 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ZMW1,449 Mil.
Revenue was ZMW3,209 Mil.
Gross Profit was ZMW-487 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was (58463.837 + 57286.243) / 2 = ZMW57875.04 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was ZMW58,464 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZMW2,808 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ZMW6,642 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ZMW1,655 Mil.
Net Income was ZMW-3,848 Mil.

Revenue was ZMW11,747 Mil.
Gross Profit was ZMW-3,559 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was (48918.839 + 58463.837) / 2 = ZMW53691.338 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was ZMW48,919 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ZMW0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ZMW28,815 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ZMW63,273 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.

ZCCM Investments Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 39,888. ==> 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.

ZCCM Investments Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,449. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=39887.82/58463.837
=0.68226483

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-3847.544/48918.839
=-0.07865158

ZCCM Investments Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.68226483. ZCCM Investments Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.07865158. ==> 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.

ZCCM Investments Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 39,888. ZCCM Investments Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,449. ==> 1,449 <= 39,888 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=2808.418/57875.04
=0.04852555

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0/53691.338
=0

ZCCM Investments Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.04852555. ZCCM Investments Holdings's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=6642.294/1654.797
=4.01396304

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=28814.663/63272.506
=0.45540575

ZCCM Investments Holdings's current ratio of this year was 4.01396304. ZCCM Investments Holdings's current ratio of last year was 0.45540575. ==> 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.

ZCCM Investments Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 160.8. ZCCM Investments Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 160.8. ==> 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
=-486.558/3208.963
=-0.15162468

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=-3559.228/11747.105
=-0.30298767

ZCCM Investments Holdings's gross margin of this year was -0.15162468. ZCCM Investments Holdings's gross margin of last year was -0.30298767. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=3208.963/58463.837
=0.054888

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=11747.105/48918.839
=0.24013458

ZCCM Investments Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.054888. ZCCM Investments Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.24013458. ==> 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+1+0+0+1+1+1+0
=6

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

ZCCM Investments Holdings has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

ZCCM Investments Holdings  (LUS:ZCCM) 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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ZCCM Investments Holdings Business Description

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Address
Alick Nkhata Road, Mass Media Complex Area, PO Box 30048, Stand No. 16806, ZCCM-IH Office Park, Lusaka, ZMB, 10101
ZCCM Investments Holdings PLC is an investment holding company managing the Zambian Government's stake in the mining sector, as the Zambian Government. The company has three operational reportable segments: Mining and processing, Technical Services, and Investments. Maximum revenue is generated from its Mining and processing segment, which comprises entities active in the exploration activities, mining of minerals, and processing of finished products. The minerals mined include copper, gold, amethyst, manganese, and limestone. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Switzerland, followed by Zambia, Malawi, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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