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FIH Mobile (FIH Mobile) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is FIH Mobile 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

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

FXCNF' 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 FIH Mobile was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


FIH Mobile Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for FIH Mobile'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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FIH Mobile Piotroski F-Score Chart

FIH Mobile 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 5.00 3.00 8.00 5.00 4.00

FIH Mobile Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 8.00 - 5.00 - 4.00

Competitive Comparison of FIH Mobile's Piotroski F-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, FIH Mobile'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.


FIH Mobile's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where FIH Mobile'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 $-121 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $103 Mil.
Revenue was $6,446 Mil.
Gross Profit was $110 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (5510.29 + 4319.436) / 2 = $4914.863 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $5,510 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,459 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,737 Mil.
Net Income was $-72 Mil.

Revenue was $9,394 Mil.
Gross Profit was $192 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (5979.691 + 5510.29) / 2 = $5744.9905 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $5,980 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,487 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,708 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.

FIH Mobile's current Net Income (TTM) was -121. ==> 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.

FIH Mobile's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 103. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=-120.68/5510.29
=-0.02190084

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-72.107/5979.691
=-0.01205865

FIH Mobile's return on assets of this year was -0.02190084. FIH Mobile's return on assets of last year was -0.01205865. ==> 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.

FIH Mobile's current Net Income (TTM) was -121. FIH Mobile's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 103. ==> 103 > -121 ==> 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
=2.744/4914.863
=0.00055831

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=2.263/5744.9905
=0.00039391

FIH Mobile's gearing of this year was 0.00055831. FIH Mobile's gearing of last year was 0.00039391. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3458.939/2736.965
=1.26378635

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4486.932/3708.432
=1.209927

FIH Mobile's current ratio of this year was 1.26378635. FIH Mobile's current ratio of last year was 1.209927. ==> 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.

FIH Mobile's number of shares in issue this year was 7914.532. FIH Mobile's number of shares in issue last year was 7961.424. ==> 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
=109.816/6445.798
=0.01703684

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=191.956/9394.319
=0.0204332

FIH Mobile's gross margin of this year was 0.01703684. FIH Mobile's gross margin of last year was 0.0204332. ==> 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)
=6445.798/5510.29
=1.16977473

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=9394.319/5979.691
=1.57103753

FIH Mobile's asset turnover of this year was 1.16977473. FIH Mobile's asset turnover of last year was 1.57103753. ==> 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+1+0+1+0+1+1+0+0
=4

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

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

FIH Mobile  (OTCPK:FXCNF) 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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FIH Mobile (FIH Mobile) Business Description

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No.4 Minsheng Street, Tucheng District, New Taipei City, TWN, 236
FIH Mobile Ltd is a provider of manufacturing services to the handset and wireless communications industry. The firm's services include product development and design, manufacturing and assembly, and after-sale maintenance and repairs. A majority of the firm's revenue is generated in Asia, with the rest coming from Europe and America region.

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