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Network CN (Network CN) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of May. 30, 2024)


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What is Network CN Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Network CN 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 Network CN's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

NWCN' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 3   Max: 6
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Network CN was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 3.


Network CN Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Network CN'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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Network CN Piotroski F-Score Chart

Network CN Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 4.00 1.00 4.00 6.00

Network CN Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 4.00 4.00 4.00 6.00 4.00

Competitive Comparison of Network CN's Piotroski F-Score

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Network CN'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.


Network CN's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Network CN's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Network CN'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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was -0.814 + -0.368 + -0.282 + -0.32 = $-1.78 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.068 + -0.038 + -0.127 + -0.034 = $-0.27 Mil.
Revenue was 0.094 + 0.035 + 0.069 + 0.217 = $0.42 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.014 + 0 + -0.005 + 0.003 = $0.01 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(2.114 + 1.035 + 0.822 + 0.835 + 0.655) / 5 = $1.0922 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was $2.11 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.50 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.02 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.75 Mil.
Net Income was -0.187 + -0.177 + -0.289 + -0.442 = $-1.10 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0.023 + 0.084 + 0.248 = $0.36 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0.005 + 0.018 + -0.001 = $0.02 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was
(0.085 + 0.076 + 0.11 + 0.484 + 2.114) / 5 = $0.5738 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was $0.09 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.85 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.33 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.91 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.

Network CN's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.78. ==> 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.

Network CN's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.27. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=-1.784/2.114
=-0.84389782

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=-1.095/0.085
=-12.88235294

Network CN's return on assets of this year was -0.84389782. Network CN's return on assets of last year was -12.88235294. ==> 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.

Network CN's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.78. Network CN's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.27. ==> -0.27 > -1.78 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=2.504/1.0922
=2.2926204

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=2.85/0.5738
=4.96688742

Network CN's gearing of this year was 2.2926204. Network CN's gearing of last year was 4.96688742. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.018/5.751
=0.00312989

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.334/4.908
=0.06805216

Network CN's current ratio of this year was 0.00312989. Network CN's current ratio of last year was 0.06805216. ==> 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.

Network CN's number of shares in issue this year was 22.809. Network CN's number of shares in issue last year was 23.675. ==> 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
=0.012/0.415
=0.02891566

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.022/0.355
=0.06197183

Network CN's gross margin of this year was 0.02891566. Network CN's gross margin of last year was 0.06197183. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=0.415/2.114
=0.19631031

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=0.355/0.085
=4.17647059

Network CN's asset turnover of this year was 0.19631031. Network CN's asset turnover of last year was 4.17647059. ==> 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+1+1+0+1+0+0
=4

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

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

Network CN  (OTCPK:NWCN) 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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Network CN (Network CN) Business Description

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Address
Unit 705B, 9 Science Museum Road, New East Ocean Centre, 7th Floor, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Network CN Inc is a media and advertising company. The company is engaged in the provision of out-of-home advertising services in China. Its suite of services ranges from media planning to advertise operations such as a network of roadside light-emitting diode (LED) digital video panels, mega-size LED digital video billboards, and lightboxes in many cities. Its revenues consist of income from out-of-home advertising panels. The company generates majority of its revenue from United States.
Executives
Frederick Wong director C/O 21/F, ONE HARBOUR SQUARE, 181 HOI BUN RD, KWUN TONG, HONG KONG F4 00000
Wing Kong Wong director C/O 21/F, ONE HARBOUR SQUARE, 181 HOI BUN RD, KWUN TONG, HONG KONG F4 00000
Cheng Sze Ki Shirley director, officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O 21/F, ONE HARBOUR SQUARE, 181 HOI BUN RD, KWUN TONG, HONG KONG F4 00000
Charles Liu director C/O NO. SUITE 3908, SHELL TOWER, TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY, HK K3 00000
Serge Choukroun director C/O STE 3908, SHELL TOWER, TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG K3 00000
Sino Portfolio International Ltd 10 percent owner 3104 -7, 31/F, CENTRAL PLAZA, 18 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG K3 00000
Chen Yang Foo Oi 10 percent owner 3104 -7, 31/F, CENTRAL PLAZA, 18 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG K3 00000
Jennifer Fu officer: Interim CFO 21/F., CHINACHEM CENTURY TOWER, 178 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WANCHAI K3 00000
Gerald Godfrey director 21/F., CHINACHEM CENTURY TOWER,, 178 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WANCHAI K3 00000
Ronald Lee director C/O NO. 21/F., CHINACHEM CENTURY TOWER, 178 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WANCHAI K3 00000
Chi Wah Leung director FLAT 2B, OLYMPAIN MANSION, 9 CONDUIT ROAD, MID-LEVEL K3 00000
Keywin Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner RM902, 9/FL., UNIVERSAL TRADE CENTRE,, 3 ARBUTHNOT ROAD, CENTRAL K3 00000
Tang Pui Chu 10 percent owner FLAT 2B,OLYMPAIN MANSION, 9 CONDUIT ROAD, MID-LEVEL K3 00000
Gerd Jakob director 21/F CHINACHEM CENTURY TOWER, 178 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG F4 0000000
Ronglie Xu director 1-1-301, HOUSING YARD, MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION, BEIJING F4 100037

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