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Quebecor (Quebecor) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Quebecor 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

Quebecor has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Quebecor's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

QBCRF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Quebecor was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Quebecor Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

Quebecor 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 8.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 5.00

Quebecor Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 5.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Quebecor's Piotroski F-Score

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Quebecor'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.


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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Quebecor'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 88.358 + 131.04 + 154.682 + 108.974 = $483 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 198.714 + 269.758 + 366.713 + 250.224 = $1,085 Mil.
Revenue was 815.318 + 1052.612 + 1046.042 + 1121.646 = $4,036 Mil.
Gross Profit was 452.605 + 604.922 + 596.187 + 569.171 = $2,223 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was
(7821.347 + 7441.935 + 9510.236 + 9382.899 + 9497.093) / 5 = $8730.702 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $7,821 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,792 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,636 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,475 Mil.
Net Income was 95.893 + 122.93 + 133.743 + 104.895 = $457 Mil.

Revenue was 859.4 + 870.978 + 857.411 + 872.286 = $3,460 Mil.
Gross Profit was 490.679 + 522.181 + 507.534 + 489.216 = $2,010 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(8408.594 + 8381.675 + 8334.349 + 8130.52 + 7821.347) / 5 = $8215.297 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $8,409 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,135 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,332 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,866 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.

Quebecor's current Net Income (TTM) was 483. ==> 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.

Quebecor's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,085. ==> 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)
=483.054/7821.347
=0.06176097

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=457.461/8408.594
=0.05440398

Quebecor's return on assets of this year was 0.06176097. Quebecor's return on assets of last year was 0.05440398. ==> 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.

Quebecor's current Net Income (TTM) was 483. Quebecor's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,085. ==> 1,085 > 483 ==> 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
=4792.412/8730.702
=0.54891485

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=4134.634/8215.297
=0.50328479

Quebecor's gearing of this year was 0.54891485. Quebecor's gearing of last year was 0.50328479. ==> 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
=1635.584/2474.583
=0.66095338

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1332.425/1865.881
=0.71409967

Quebecor's current ratio of this year was 0.66095338. Quebecor's current ratio of last year was 0.71409967. ==> 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.

Quebecor's number of shares in issue this year was 236.2. Quebecor's number of shares in issue last year was 231.6. ==> 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
=2222.885/4035.618
=0.5508165

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2009.61/3460.075
=0.58079955

Quebecor's gross margin of this year was 0.5508165. Quebecor's gross margin of last year was 0.58079955. ==> 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)
=4035.618/7821.347
=0.51597481

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=3460.075/8408.594
=0.41149269

Quebecor's asset turnover of this year was 0.51597481. Quebecor's asset turnover of last year was 0.41149269. ==> 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+1+0+0+0+0+1
=5

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

Quebecor has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Quebecor  (OTCPK:QBCRF) 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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Quebecor (Quebecor) Business Description

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Address
612, rue Saint-Jacques, Corporate secretariat, 18th floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3C 4M8
Quebecor primarily provides telecom services in Quebec, where it has roughly 1.7 million internet subscribers—equating to a penetration rate of about 50% in its footprint—and over 3 million mobile subscribers, including more than 20% wireless market share in Quebec. With the acquisition of Freedom Mobile in April 2023, Quebecor also has more than 1.5 million mobile subscribers in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. Quebecor also offers a French-language subscription video on demand service and has a media segment that owns and operates television stations, publishes newspapers and magazines, and produces and distributes films and television shows. A very small portion of Quebecor's business engages in live event production and promotion and has ownership of live-event venues.