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AEHR (Aehr Test Systems) Piotroski F-Score : 0 (As of Jul. 15, 2025)


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What is Aehr Test Systems Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 0 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

Aehr Test Systems has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Aehr Test Systems's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Aehr Test Systems was 7. The lowest was 0. And the median was 4.


Aehr Test Systems Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aehr Test Systems'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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Aehr Test Systems Piotroski F-Score Chart

Aehr Test Systems Annual Data
Trend May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23 May24 May25
Piotroski F-Score
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Aehr Test Systems Quarterly Data
Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25 May25
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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 (May25) TTM:Last Year (May24) TTM:
Net Income was 0.66 + -1.028 + -0.643 + -2.899 = $-3.91 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2.38 + -5.873 + -1.605 + -2.302 = $-7.40 Mil.
Revenue was 13.119 + 13.453 + 18.307 + 14.089 = $58.97 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.078 + 5.4 + 7.183 + 4.272 = $23.93 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (May24)
to the end of this year (May25) was
(127.912 + 145.862 + 142.28 + 145.607 + 148.508) / 5 = $142.0338 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (May24) was $127.91 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9.92 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $88.78 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $15.64 Mil.
Net Income was 4.674 + 6.089 + -1.471 + 23.864 = $33.16 Mil.

Revenue was 20.624 + 21.431 + 7.563 + 16.6 = $66.22 Mil.
Gross Profit was 9.981 + 10.958 + 3.156 + 8.448 = $32.54 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (May23)
to the end of last year (May24) was
(98.143 + 105.469 + 101.175 + 101.596 + 127.912) / 5 = $106.859 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (May23) was $98.14 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5.73 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $97.85 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $10.51 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.

Aehr Test Systems's current Net Income (TTM) was -3.91. ==> 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.

Aehr Test Systems's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -7.40. ==> 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 (May24)
=-3.91/127.912
=-0.03056789

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (May23)
=33.156/98.143
=0.33783357

Aehr Test Systems's return on assets of this year was -0.03056789. Aehr Test Systems's return on assets of last year was 0.33783357. ==> 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.

Aehr Test Systems's current Net Income (TTM) was -3.91. Aehr Test Systems's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -7.40. ==> -7.40 <= -3.91 ==> 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: May25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May24 to May25
=9.921/142.0338
=0.06984957

Gearing (Last Year: May24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May23 to May24
=5.732/106.859
=0.05364078

Aehr Test Systems's gearing of this year was 0.06984957. Aehr Test Systems's gearing of last year was 0.05364078. ==> 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: May25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=88.778/15.638
=5.67706868

Current Ratio (Last Year: May24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=97.848/10.508
=9.31176247

Aehr Test Systems's current ratio of this year was 5.67706868. Aehr Test Systems's current ratio of last year was 9.31176247. ==> 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.

Aehr Test Systems's number of shares in issue this year was 29.823. Aehr Test Systems's number of shares in issue last year was 29.458. ==> 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
=23.933/58.968
=0.4058642

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=32.543/66.218
=0.49145248

Aehr Test Systems's gross margin of this year was 0.4058642. Aehr Test Systems's gross margin of last year was 0.49145248. ==> 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 (May24)
=58.968/127.912
=0.46100444

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (May23)
=66.218/98.143
=0.67470935

Aehr Test Systems's asset turnover of this year was 0.46100444. Aehr Test Systems's asset turnover of last year was 0.67470935. ==> 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
=0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
=0

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

Aehr Test Systems has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Aehr Test Systems  (NAS:AEHR) 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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Aehr Test Systems Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
400 Kato Terrace, Fremont, CA, USA, 94539
Aehr Test Systems is engaged in test systems for burning-in and testing logic, optical, and memory integrated circuits. Increased quality and reliability needs of the Automotive and Mobility integrated circuit markets. The Company operates in one business segment, the designing, manufacturing, marketing and selling of advanced test and burn-in products to the semiconductor manufacturing industry in several geographic areas. The company provides production solutions across the product manufacturing flow to improve yield and reliability and has developed and introduced several inventive products, including the ABTSTM and FOX-PTM families of test and burn-in systems and FOX WaferPakTM Aligner, FOX-XP WaferPak Contactor, FOX DiePak Carrier and FOX DiePak Loader.
Executives
Howard T Slayen director 15353 BARRANCA PARKWAY, IRVINE CA 92618
Fariba Danesh director
Alistair N Sporck officer: VP, CONTACTOR BUSINESS UNIT C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Gayn Erickson director, officer: President & CEO C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Richmond Donald P. Ii officer: VP of Engineering C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Vernon Rogers officer: Exe. VP. of Sales & Marketing C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Chris Siu officer: EXECUTIVE V.P. FINANCE & CFO C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Geoffrey Gates Scott director C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Laura Oliphant director C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Rhea J Posedel officer: CEO and Chairman C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Kenneth B. Spink officer: VP OF FINANCE & CFO C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
David S Hendrickson officer: VP of Engineering 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Mario M Rosati director, officer: Secretary 650 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Adil Engineer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539
Michael A. Brannan officer: VP of Operations C/O AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, 400 KATO TERRACE, FREMONT CA 94539