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Franklin Wireless (Franklin Wireless) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Franklin Wireless 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

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

FKWL' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Franklin Wireless was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Franklin Wireless Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franklin Wireless'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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Franklin Wireless Piotroski F-Score Chart

Franklin Wireless Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Franklin Wireless Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Franklin Wireless's Piotroski F-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Franklin Wireless'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.


Franklin Wireless's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Franklin Wireless's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franklin Wireless'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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was 0.248 + -1.605 + -0.258 + -0.765 = $-2.38 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.054 + 5.162 + -5.223 + -0.97 = $-0.98 Mil.
Revenue was 11.852 + 17.004 + 9.656 + 8.848 = $47.36 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.046 + 2.435 + 1.513 + 0.837 = $6.83 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(54.648 + 52.357 + 56.927 + 50.903 + 52.595) / 5 = $53.486 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $54.65 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $47.82 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12.96 Mil.
Net Income was -0.771 + -0.703 + -1.127 + -0.378 = $-2.98 Mil.

Revenue was 6.687 + 12.145 + 8.109 + 8.984 = $35.93 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1.359 + 1.6 + 1.594 + 0.946 = $5.50 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(49.427 + 57.182 + 52.042 + 50.971 + 54.648) / 5 = $52.854 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $49.43 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $50.45 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12.99 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.

Franklin Wireless's current Net Income (TTM) was -2.38. ==> 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.

Franklin Wireless's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.98. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=-2.38/54.648
=-0.04355146

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-2.979/49.427
=-0.0602707

Franklin Wireless's return on assets of this year was -0.04355146. Franklin Wireless's return on assets of last year was -0.0602707. ==> 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.

Franklin Wireless's current Net Income (TTM) was -2.38. Franklin Wireless's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.98. ==> -0.98 > -2.38 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0/53.486
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=0/52.854
=0

Franklin Wireless's gearing of this year was 0. Franklin Wireless's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=47.82/12.962
=3.68924549

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=50.446/12.987
=3.88434588

Franklin Wireless's current ratio of this year was 3.68924549. Franklin Wireless's current ratio of last year was 3.88434588. ==> 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.

Franklin Wireless's number of shares in issue this year was 11.784. Franklin Wireless's number of shares in issue last year was 11.695. ==> 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
=6.831/47.36
=0.14423564

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=5.499/35.925
=0.15306889

Franklin Wireless's gross margin of this year was 0.14423564. Franklin Wireless's gross margin of last year was 0.15306889. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=47.36/54.648
=0.86663739

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=35.925/49.427
=0.72682947

Franklin Wireless's asset turnover of this year was 0.86663739. Franklin Wireless's asset turnover of last year was 0.72682947. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+0+1
=4

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

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

Franklin Wireless  (NAS:FKWL) 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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Franklin Wireless (Franklin Wireless) Business Description

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Address
9707 Waples Street, Suite 150, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Franklin Wireless Corp is a provider of wireless solutions, including mobile hotspots, routers, and modems, as well as hardware and software products that support machine-to-machine (M2M) applications and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its M2M and IoT solutions include embedded modules, modems, and gateways built to deliver reliable always-on connectivity supporting a spectrum of applications. These products are designed to solve wireless connectivity challenges in a range of vertical markets, including video surveillance, digital signage, home security, oil and gas exploration, kiosks, fleet management, smart grid, vehicle diagnostics, and telematics.
Executives
Kristina S Kim director 7612 SEATTLE DRIVE, LA MESA CA 91941
Joon Won Jyoung director C/O FRANKLIN WIRELESS CORP., 6205 LUSK BLVD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Oc Kim director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5440 MOREHOUSE DR., SUITE 1000, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Yun J Lee officer: Senior Vice President 5440 MOREHOUSE DR., SUITE 1000, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Heidy Kingwan Chow director 92 KESTREL, IRVINE CA 92618
Johnathan Wonjong Chee director 8951 N. MILWAUKEE AVE #202, NILES IL 60714
Richard T Walker officer: Chief Financial Officer 6205 LUSK BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
David S Oros other: No longer member of group 9777 PYRAMID COURT, SUITE 100, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Karen Singer other: member of 13(d) group 10%owner 212 VACCARO DRIVE, CRESSKILL NJ 07626
Miller Lloyd I Iii other: Member of 13(d) group 10%owner
Steven Sherman other: Member of 13(d) group 10%owner
Benjamin J Chung director 2218 AVONDALE DRIVE, FULLERTON CA 92833
Gary Wendel Nelson director 5440 MOREHOUSE DR., SUITE 1000, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jae Man Lee director, 10 percent owner 9823 PACIFIC HEIGHTS BLVD #J, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
David (kwangho) Kim director C/O WESTECH KOREA, INC., 548-9 GA JWA 3-DONG, SEO-GU, INCEHON M4 00000

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