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UTStarcom Holdings (MEX:UTSI) Piotroski F-Score : 1 (As of Mar. 31, 2025)


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What is UTStarcom Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 1 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

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

MEX:UTSI' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 9
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of UTStarcom Holdings was 9. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


UTStarcom Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for UTStarcom 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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UTStarcom Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

UTStarcom Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
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UTStarcom Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of UTStarcom Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, UTStarcom 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.


UTStarcom Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where UTStarcom 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 MXN-91.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was MXN-93.0 Mil.
Revenue was MXN226.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was MXN60.6 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was (1315.165 + 1421.295) / 2 = MXN1368.23 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was MXN1,315.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN10.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN1,314.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN445.8 Mil.
Net Income was MXN-65.4 Mil.

Revenue was MXN267.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was MXN74.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was (1739.628 + 1315.165) / 2 = MXN1527.3965 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was MXN1,739.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN28.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN1,198.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN397.0 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.

UTStarcom Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -91.1. ==> 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.

UTStarcom Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -93.0. ==> 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)
=-91.098/1315.165
=-0.06926735

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-65.368/1739.628
=-0.03757585

UTStarcom Holdings's return on assets of this year was -0.06926735. UTStarcom Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.03757585. ==> 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.

UTStarcom Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was -91.1. UTStarcom Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -93.0. ==> -93.0 <= -91.1 ==> 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
=10.511/1368.23
=0.00768219

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=28.177/1527.3965
=0.01844773

UTStarcom Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.00768219. UTStarcom Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.01844773. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1314.326/445.832
=2.94802975

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1198.314/396.994
=3.01846879

UTStarcom Holdings's current ratio of this year was 2.94802975. UTStarcom Holdings's current ratio of last year was 3.01846879. ==> 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.

UTStarcom Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 9.15. UTStarcom Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 9.113. ==> 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
=60.607/226.868
=0.26714653

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=74.517/267.395
=0.27867761

UTStarcom Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.26714653. UTStarcom Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.27867761. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=226.868/1315.165
=0.17250155

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=267.395/1739.628
=0.15370815

UTStarcom Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.17250155. UTStarcom Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.15370815. ==> 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
=0+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+1
=2

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

UTStarcom Holdings has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

UTStarcom Holdings  (MEX:UTSI) 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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UTStarcom Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
368 Liuhe Road, 4th Floor, South Wing, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, CHN, 310052
UTStarcom Holdings Corp operates as a telecom infrastructure provider. It develops technology for bandwidth from cloud-based services, mobile, streaming, and other applications. The range of solutions is designed to expand and modernize telecommunications networks through smooth network system integration, lower operating costs, and increased broadband access. The business activity of the firm is operated through the Equipment and Service segment. The Equipment segment is focused on equipment sales, including network infrastructure and application products, and the Service segment is engaged in providing services and support of equipment products and also the new operational support. The company operates in China, India, Japan, Taiwan and other countries.