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Power Assets Holdings (Power Assets Holdings) Piotroski F-Score

: 5 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Power Assets Holdings 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 Power Assets Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

HGKGY' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Power Assets Holdings was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Power Assets Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Power Assets Holdings'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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Power Assets Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 -

Power Assets Holdings 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 - 5.00 - -

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers subindustry, Power Assets Holdings'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.


Power Assets Holdings Piotroski F-Score Distribution

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Power Assets Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Power Assets Holdings'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 $768.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $145.7 Mil.
Revenue was $165.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was $165.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (12141.573 + 12254.091) / 2 = $12197.832 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $12,141.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $396.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $558.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $416.0 Mil.
Net Income was $725.6 Mil.

Revenue was $162.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was $162.5 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (12091.807 + 12141.573) / 2 = $12116.69 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $12,091.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $415.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $883.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $518.7 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.

Power Assets Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 768.7. ==> 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.

Power Assets Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 145.7. ==> 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)
=768.65/12141.573
=0.06330728

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=725.589/12091.807
=0.06000666

Power Assets Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.06330728. Power Assets Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.06000666. ==> 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.

Power Assets Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 768.7. Power Assets Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 145.7. ==> 145.7 <= 768.7 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=396.681/12197.832
=0.03252062

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=415.778/12116.69
=0.03431449

Power Assets Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.03252062. Power Assets Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.03431449. ==> 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
=558.145/416.016
=1.34164311

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=883.705/518.663
=1.70381346

Power Assets Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.34164311. Power Assets Holdings's current ratio of last year was 1.70381346. ==> 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.

Power Assets Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 2131.105. Power Assets Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 2133.515. ==> 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
=165.433/165.433
=1

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=162.484/162.484
=1

Power Assets Holdings's gross margin of this year was 1. Power Assets Holdings's gross margin of last year was 1. ==> 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)
=165.433/12141.573
=0.01362534

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=162.484/12091.807
=0.01343753

Power Assets Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.01362534. Power Assets Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.01343753. ==> 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
=1+1+1+0+1+0+1+0+1
=6

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

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

Power Assets Holdings  (OTCPK:HGKGY) 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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Power Assets Holdings (Power Assets Holdings) Business Description

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2 Queen's Road Central, Unit 2005, 20th Floor, Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong, HKG
Power Assets Holdings is an investment holding company with a focus on regulated utility assets. The firm owns a portfolio of regulated electricity and gas assets and similarly stable utilities in Hong Kong, the U.K., Australia, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. Profit from its regulated assets make up around 80% of total income, with contribution from its U.K. and Australian assets totaling more than 60% of group profit. The firm is part of CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based multinational conglomerate, and is currently 36% owned by CK Infrastructure Holdings.

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