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Viaplay Group AB (OSTO:VPLAY B) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Jul. 20, 2025)


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What is Viaplay Group AB 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

Viaplay Group AB 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 Viaplay Group AB's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Viaplay Group AB was 6. The lowest was 3. And the median was 4.


Viaplay Group AB Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Viaplay Group AB'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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Viaplay Group AB Piotroski F-Score Chart

Viaplay Group AB Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Viaplay Group AB Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Viaplay Group AB's Piotroski F-Score

For the Entertainment subindustry, Viaplay Group AB'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.


Viaplay Group AB's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Viaplay Group AB'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 (Jun25) TTM:Last Year (Jun24) TTM:
Net Income was -148 + -230 + -125 + -49 = kr-552 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1517 + 388 + -668 + 831 = kr-966 Mil.
Revenue was 4412 + 4837 + 4374 + 4313 = kr17,936 Mil.
Gross Profit was 454 + 782 + 381 + 617 = kr2,234 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun24)
to the end of this year (Jun25) was
(18575 + 16186 + 16854 + 15250 + 16149) / 5 = kr16602.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun24) was kr18,575 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,138 Mil.
Total Current Assets was kr11,917 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was kr8,743 Mil.
Net Income was -693 + -2881 + 605 + -120 = kr-3,089 Mil.

Revenue was 4536 + 4903 + 4757 + 4485 = kr18,681 Mil.
Gross Profit was 197 + 302 + 297 + 500 = kr1,296 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun23)
to the end of last year (Jun24) was
(19632 + 19038 + 19717 + 17380 + 18575) / 5 = kr18868.4 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun23) was kr19,632 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr2,146 Mil.
Total Current Assets was kr14,282 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was kr9,490 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.

Viaplay Group AB's current Net Income (TTM) was -552. ==> 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.

Viaplay Group AB's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -966. ==> 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 (Jun24)
=-552/18575
=-0.02971736

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun23)
=-3089/19632
=-0.15734515

Viaplay Group AB's return on assets of this year was -0.02971736. Viaplay Group AB's return on assets of last year was -0.15734515. ==> 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.

Viaplay Group AB's current Net Income (TTM) was -552. Viaplay Group AB's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -966. ==> -966 <= -552 ==> 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: Jun25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun24 to Jun25
=2138/16602.8
=0.12877346

Gearing (Last Year: Jun24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun23 to Jun24
=2146/18868.4
=0.11373513

Viaplay Group AB's gearing of this year was 0.12877346. Viaplay Group AB's gearing of last year was 0.11373513. ==> 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: Jun25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=11917/8743
=1.36303328

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=14282/9490
=1.50495258

Viaplay Group AB's current ratio of this year was 1.36303328. Viaplay Group AB's current ratio of last year was 1.50495258. ==> 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.

Viaplay Group AB's number of shares in issue this year was 4562.931. Viaplay Group AB's number of shares in issue last year was 4578.226. ==> 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
=2234/17936
=0.12455397

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1296/18681
=0.0693753

Viaplay Group AB's gross margin of this year was 0.12455397. Viaplay Group AB's gross margin of last year was 0.0693753. ==> 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 (Jun24)
=17936/18575
=0.96559892

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun23)
=18681/19632
=0.95155868

Viaplay Group AB's asset turnover of this year was 0.96559892. Viaplay Group AB's asset turnover of last year was 0.95155868. ==> 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
=0+0+1+0+0+0+1+1+1
=4

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

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

Viaplay Group AB  (OSTO:VPLAY B) 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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Viaplay Group AB Business Description

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Address
Ringvagen 52, P.O. Box 2094, Stockholm, SWE, SE-103 13
Viaplay Group AB is a Sweden-based company that offers television channels and radio stations, broadcasting and production services. The company generates revenue from Viaplay, Linear Subscription & others, and Advertising. The company's operating segment includes Core operations and Non-core operations. The Core operations include the Group's operations related to the Viaplay streaming service available in all Nordic countries and the Netherlands, pay-TV channels in all Nordic countries except Iceland, commercial free-TV channels in Sweden, Denmark and Norway; and commercial radio networks and audio streaming services in Sweden and Norway. The non-core includes the international markets the Group is exiting, ie. Poland, the UK and Baltics.

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