MXF (Mexico Fund) Piotroski F-Score: 6 (As of Jul. 01, 2026) — 20% Above Median


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What is Mexico Fund Piotroski F-Score?

Mexico Fund MXF -0.87% 26 Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Jul. 01, 2026, which is 20% above its 10-year median of 5.00. GuruFocus rates MXF with a GF Score™ of 26/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,593 Asset Management companies, Mexico Fund ranks better than 82.8% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Mexico Fund 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 Mexico Fund's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MXF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 6

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Mexico Fund was 6. The lowest was 4. And the median was 5.

Mexico Fund  (NYSE:MXF) 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.


Mexico Fund Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Mexico Fund Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Mexico Fund'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.

Mexico Fund Piotroski F-Score Chart

Mexico Fund Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct25
Piotroski F-Score
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Mexico Fund Semi-Annual Data
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MXF vs NBH, AGD, TEI: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Mexico Fund'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.


Mexico Fund Piotroski F-Score vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Mexico Fund's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mexico Fund'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 (Oct25) TTM:Last Year (Oct24) TTM:
Net Income was $76.00 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was $77.16 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Oct24)
to the end of this year (Oct25) was (261.475 + 317.867) / 2 = $289.671 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Oct24) was $261.48 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Assets was $317.87 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $0.35 Mil.
Net Income was $-6.99 Mil.

Revenue was $-5.77 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Oct23)
to the end of last year (Oct24) was (280.521 + 261.475) / 2 = $270.998 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Oct23) was $280.52 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Assets was $261.48 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $1.29 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.

Mexico Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 76.00. ==> 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.

Mexico Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.00. ==> 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 (Oct24)
=75.996/261.475
=0.29064346

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Oct23)
=-6.993/280.521
=-0.02492861

Mexico Fund's return on assets of this year was 0.29064346. Mexico Fund's return on assets of last year was -0.02492861. ==> 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.

Mexico Fund's current Net Income (TTM) was 76.00. Mexico Fund's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 0.00. ==> 0.00 <= 76.00 ==> 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: Oct25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct24 to Oct25
=0/289.671
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Oct24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct23 to Oct24
=0/270.998
=0

Mexico Fund's gearing of this year was 0. Mexico Fund'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: Oct25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=317.867/0.347
=916.04322767

Current Ratio (Last Year: Oct24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=261.475/1.294
=202.06723338

Mexico Fund's current ratio of this year was 916.04322767. Mexico Fund's current ratio of last year was 202.06723338. ==> 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.

Mexico Fund's number of shares in issue this year was 14.448. Mexico Fund's number of shares in issue last year was 14.569. ==> 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.

* 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
=75.996/77.157
=0.98495276

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=-6.993/-5.77
=1.21195841

Mexico Fund's net margin of this year was 0.98495276. Mexico Fund's net margin of last year was 1.21195841. ==> 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 (Oct24)
=77.157/261.475
=0.29508366

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Oct23)
=-5.77/280.521
=-0.02056887

Mexico Fund's asset turnover of this year was 0.29508366. Mexico Fund's asset turnover of last year was -0.02056887. ==> 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+0+1+0+1+1+1+0+1
=6

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 6 mean?
Mexico Fund (MXF) has a Piotroski F-Score of 6 as of Jul. 01, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Mexico Fund and its competitors. This is 20% above median its historical median of 5.00. Over the past decade, Mexico Fund's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 6.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Mexico Fund ranks #274 out of 1593 companies in the Asset Management industry, placing it in the top 17.2%.
Is Mexico Fund's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Mexico Fund's current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is 20% above median its 10-year median of 5.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 4.00 to a high of 6.00. The Asset Management industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Mexico Fund's value of 6 is 20% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Mexico Fund ranks #274 out of 1593 companies in the Asset Management industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Mexico Fund has a GF Score™ of 26/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Mexico Fund's Piotroski F-Score compare to NBH and AGD?
According to the Asset Management industry distribution chart, Mexico Fund ranks #274 out of 1593 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Mexico Fund in the top 17% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Mexico Fund's value of 6 is 20% above this benchmark. Historically, Mexico Fund's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 6.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 5.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Mexico Fund has consistently been above 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. Mexico Fund's current Piotroski F-Score of 6 is 20% above 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 Mexico Fund 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. Mexico Fund's current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is 20% above median its own 10-year median of 5.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Mexico Fund stock overvalued right now?
Mexico Fund (MXF) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 6. The current Piotroski F-Score is 6, which is 20% above median its 10-year median of 5.00 and 20% above the Asset Management industry median of 5.00. Mexico Fund's overall GF Score™ is 26/100 with 2 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 Mexico Fund (MXF), the current Piotroski F-Score is 6 as of Jul. 01, 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.

Mexico Fund Business Description

Address 6700 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, MD, USA, 21046
Mexico Fund Inc is a United States-based non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve its objective through investment in securities, primary in equity, listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange. The company's portfolio of investments consists of investments in different sectors such as auto parts, airports, building materials, chemical products, consumer products, energy, food, and other sectors. The fund provides a vehicle to investors who wish to invest in Mexican companies through a managed non-diversified portfolio as part of their overall investment program.
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