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TIM (TIMB) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of Jun. 26, 2025)


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What is TIM Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

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

TIMB' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 7   Max: 9
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of TIM was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 7.


TIM Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for TIM'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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TIM Piotroski F-Score Chart

TIM Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 8.00 4.00 6.00 8.00

TIM Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 8.00 N/A 8.00 8.00

Competitive Comparison of TIM's Piotroski F-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, TIM'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.


TIM's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, TIM's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TIM'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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 145.044 + 145.369 + 171.81 + 138.522 = $601 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 498.785 + 628.043 + 741.087 + 433.468 = $2,301 Mil.
Revenue was 1170.149 + 1159.114 + 1086.858 + 1110.373 = $4,526 Mil.
Gross Profit was 628.899 + 624.718 + 584.378 + 574.78 = $2,413 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(10910.93 + 10032.242 + 9847.937 + 9232.472 + 9805.126) / 5 = $9965.7414 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was $10,911 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,410 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,251 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,559 Mil.
Net Income was 129.071 + 144.978 + 220.929 + 104.306 = $599 Mil.

Revenue was 1207.998 + 1226.096 + 1280.697 + 1224.051 = $4,939 Mil.
Gross Profit was 603.812 + 651.282 + 686.107 + 631.079 = $2,572 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(10865.249 + 11477.143 + 0 + 11278.043 + 10910.93) / 5 = $11132.84125 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was $10,865 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,617 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,075 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,565 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.

TIM's current Net Income (TTM) was 601. ==> 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.

TIM's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,301. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=600.745/10910.93
=0.05505901

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=599.284/10865.249
=0.05515603

TIM's return on assets of this year was 0.05505901. TIM's return on assets of last year was 0.05515603. ==> 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.

TIM's current Net Income (TTM) was 601. TIM's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,301. ==> 2,301 > 601 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=2410.34/9965.7414
=0.24186259

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=2617.338/11132.84125
=0.23510063

TIM's gearing of this year was 0.24186259. TIM's gearing of last year was 0.23510063. ==> 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: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2251.265/2558.806
=0.87981074

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2075.285/2564.969
=0.80908775

TIM's current ratio of this year was 0.87981074. TIM's current ratio of last year was 0.80908775. ==> 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.

TIM's number of shares in issue this year was 484.169. TIM's number of shares in issue last year was 484.202. ==> 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
=2412.775/4526.494
=0.53303396

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2572.28/4938.842
=0.52082654

TIM's gross margin of this year was 0.53303396. TIM's gross margin of last year was 0.52082654. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=4526.494/10910.93
=0.41485868

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=4938.842/10865.249
=0.45455396

TIM's asset turnover of this year was 0.41485868. TIM's asset turnover of last year was 0.45455396. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+0+1+1+1+0
=6

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

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

TIM  (NYSE:TIMB) 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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TIM Business Description

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Avenida Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, 850, Torre Norte, 12th Floor, Room 1212, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRA, 22775-057
TIM, which is 67%-owned by Telecom Italia, is the third largest wireless carrier in Brazil, with 62 million subscribers, equal to about 24% of the market. The firm also owns 49% of I-Systems, an infrastructure partnership that is expanding its network footprint across Brazil. I-Systems can provide broadband service to about 9 million locations, equal to 10%-15% of the country. TIM leases capacity on the venture's network to serve retail broadband customers under the UltraFibra brand. TIM also resells fiber network access from other providers, including Oi's former infrastructure business V.tal. In total, TIM claims it can offer fixed broadband service to about 16 million locations.

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