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Huize Holding (Huize Holding) Piotroski F-Score

: 4 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Huize Holding has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

HUIZ' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 4

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Huize Holding was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


Huize Holding Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huize 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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Huize Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only N/A 6.00 4.00 1.00 4.00

Huize Holding Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 4.00 - - -

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance Brokers subindustry, Huize 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.


Huize Holding Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Huize Holding's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huize 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 (Dec22) TTM:Last Year (Dec21) TTM:
Net Income was $-4.5 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $-12.2 Mil.
Revenue was $166.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was $60.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec21)
to the end of this year (Dec22) was (291.626 + 156.291) / 2 = $223.9585 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec21) was $291.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $107.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $80.2 Mil.
Net Income was $-16.9 Mil.

Revenue was $352.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was $87.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec20)
to the end of last year (Dec21) was (204.3 + 291.626) / 2 = $247.963 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec20) was $204.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $42.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $223.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $191.9 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.

Huize Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.5. ==> 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.

Huize Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -12.2. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=-4.473/291.626
=-0.01533814

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec20)
=-16.904/204.3
=-0.08274107

Huize Holding's return on assets of this year was -0.01533814. Huize Holding's return on assets of last year was -0.08274107. ==> 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.

Huize Holding's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.5. Huize Holding's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -12.2. ==> -12.2 <= -4.5 ==> 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: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=25.25/223.9585
=0.1127441

Gearing (Last Year: Dec21)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec20 to Dec21
=42.263/247.963
=0.17044075

Huize Holding's gearing of this year was 0.1127441. Huize Holding's gearing of last year was 0.17044075. ==> 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: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=107.684/80.191
=1.34284396

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec21)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=223.052/191.896
=1.16235878

Huize Holding's current ratio of this year was 1.34284396. Huize Holding's current ratio of last year was 1.16235878. ==> 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.

Huize Holding's number of shares in issue this year was 51.098. Huize Holding's number of shares in issue last year was 51.093. ==> 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
=60.762/166.087
=0.36584441

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=87.02/352.475
=0.24688276

Huize Holding's gross margin of this year was 0.36584441. Huize Holding's gross margin of last year was 0.24688276. ==> 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 (Dec21)
=166.087/291.626
=0.56952055

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec20)
=352.475/204.3
=1.72528145

Huize Holding's asset turnover of this year was 0.56952055. Huize Holding's asset turnover of last year was 1.72528145. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+1+0
=4

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

Huize Holding has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Huize Holding  (NAS:HUIZ) 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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Huize Holding (Huize Holding) Business Description

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Address
Qianhai Financial Centre, Linhai Avenue, 49 Floor, Building T1, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, CHN, 518000
Huize Holding Ltd is an independent online insurance product and service platform in China. The company distributes on its platform insurance products underwritten by the insurance companies who cooperate with the company, who the company refers to as its insurer partners, and helps them reach a large number of insurance clients. The company's platform offers digitalized insurance purchase experience and services through various internet and mobile internet channels. The company primarily generates revenues from the insurance brokerage fees paid by its insurer partners.