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VA Tech Wabag (NSE:WABAG) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is VA Tech Wabag Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

VA Tech Wabag has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

NSE:WABAG' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of VA Tech Wabag was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


VA Tech Wabag Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for VA Tech Wabag'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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VA Tech Wabag Piotroski F-Score Chart

VA Tech Wabag Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00

VA Tech Wabag Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 - 7.00 - - -

Competitive Comparison of VA Tech Wabag's Piotroski F-Score

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, VA Tech Wabag'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.


VA Tech Wabag's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, VA Tech Wabag's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where VA Tech Wabag'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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was ₹129 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₹850 Mil.
Revenue was ₹29,463 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹6,767 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was (40023.4 + 40892) / 2 = ₹40457.7 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was ₹40,023 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹582 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹30,717 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹23,010 Mil.
Net Income was ₹1,319 Mil.

Revenue was ₹29,463 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹6,406 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was (41612.2 + 40023.4) / 2 = ₹40817.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was ₹41,612 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹984 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹29,638 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹21,693 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.

VA Tech Wabag's current Net Income (TTM) was 129. ==> 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.

VA Tech Wabag's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 850. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=128.5/40023.4
=0.00321062

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=1319.1/41612.2
=0.03169984

VA Tech Wabag's return on assets of this year was 0.00321062. VA Tech Wabag's return on assets of last year was 0.03169984. ==> 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.

VA Tech Wabag's current Net Income (TTM) was 129. VA Tech Wabag's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 850. ==> 850 > 129 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

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: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=582.2/40457.7
=0.01439034

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=984.4/40817.8
=0.02411693

VA Tech Wabag's gearing of this year was 0.01439034. VA Tech Wabag's gearing of last year was 0.02411693. ==> 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: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=30716.8/23009.5
=1.33496165

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=29637.5/21693.4
=1.36619894

VA Tech Wabag's current ratio of this year was 1.33496165. VA Tech Wabag's current ratio of last year was 1.36619894. ==> 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.

VA Tech Wabag's number of shares in issue this year was 62.19. VA Tech Wabag's number of shares in issue last year was 62.19. ==> 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
=6767.3/29462.7
=0.22969042

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6405.9/29462.9
=0.21742259

VA Tech Wabag's gross margin of this year was 0.22969042. VA Tech Wabag's gross margin of last year was 0.21742259. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=29462.7/40023.4
=0.73613686

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=29462.9/41612.2
=0.70803514

VA Tech Wabag's asset turnover of this year was 0.73613686. VA Tech Wabag's asset turnover of last year was 0.70803514. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+1+1+1
=7

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

VA Tech Wabag has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

VA Tech Wabag  (NSE:WABAG) 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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VA Tech Wabag (NSE:WABAG) Business Description

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200 Feet Thoraipakkam - Pallavaram Main Road, Wabag House, No. 17, Sunnambu Kolathur, Chennai, TN, IND, 600117
VA Tech Wabag Ltd provides engineering solutions in the water treatment industry. The group is engaged in the construction and maintenance of water treatment plants. The company design completes and operates drinking water and wastewater plants for both the municipal and industrial sectors. The company offers sustained solutions for special customer needs through a comprehensive range of services and technologies. The company provides lifecycle solutions, including conceptualization, design, engineering, procurement, supply, installation, construction, and operations and maintenance services.

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