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QUBT (Quantum Computing) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)


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What is Quantum Computing Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Quantum Computing has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

QUBT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 3   Max: 4
Current: 3

During the past 6 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Quantum Computing was 4. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.


Quantum Computing Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quantum Computing'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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Quantum Computing Piotroski F-Score Chart

Quantum Computing Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00

Quantum Computing Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Quantum Computing's Piotroski F-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Quantum Computing'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.


Quantum Computing's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Quantum Computing'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was -6.436 + -5.194 + -5.675 + -51.237 = $-68.54 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -3.848 + -4.014 + -4.577 + -3.774 = $-16.21 Mil.
Revenue was 0.027 + 0.183 + 0.101 + 0.062 = $0.37 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.011 + 0.058 + 0.009 + 0.034 = $0.11 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(74.355 + 79.196 + 75.955 + 76.81 + 153.559) / 5 = $91.975 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was $74.36 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.18 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $79.15 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.56 Mil.
Net Income was -6.137 + -7.417 + -6.841 + -6.627 = $-27.02 Mil.

Revenue was 0.121 + 0.112 + 0.05 + 0.075 = $0.36 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.065 + 0.061 + 0.026 + 0.01 = $0.16 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(78.511 + 89.527 + 88.648 + 89.333 + 74.355) / 5 = $84.0748 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was $78.51 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.84 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.66 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.81 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.

Quantum Computing's current Net Income (TTM) was -68.54. ==> 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.

Quantum Computing's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -16.21. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=-68.542/74.355
=-0.92182099

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-27.022/78.511
=-0.34418107

Quantum Computing's return on assets of this year was -0.92182099. Quantum Computing's return on assets of last year was -0.34418107. ==> 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.

Quantum Computing's current Net Income (TTM) was -68.54. Quantum Computing's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -16.21. ==> -16.21 > -68.54 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=1.181/91.975
=0.01284045

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0.84/84.0748
=0.0099911

Quantum Computing's gearing of this year was 0.01284045. Quantum Computing's gearing of last year was 0.0099911. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=79.151/4.559
=17.36148278

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.656/4.812
=0.55195345

Quantum Computing's current ratio of this year was 17.36148278. Quantum Computing's current ratio of last year was 0.55195345. ==> 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.

Quantum Computing's number of shares in issue this year was 108.335. Quantum Computing's number of shares in issue last year was 73.706. ==> 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
=0.112/0.373
=0.3002681

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.162/0.358
=0.45251397

Quantum Computing's gross margin of this year was 0.3002681. Quantum Computing's gross margin of last year was 0.45251397. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=0.373/74.355
=0.00501648

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=0.358/78.511
=0.00455987

Quantum Computing's asset turnover of this year was 0.00501648. Quantum Computing's asset turnover of last year was 0.00455987. ==> 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+0+1+0+1+0+0+1
=3

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

Quantum Computing has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Quantum Computing  (NAS:QUBT) 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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Quantum Computing Business Description

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Quantum Computing Inc is an American company utilizing non-linear quantum optics (optical devices whose output due to quantum effects is exponentially, not linearly, related to inputs) to deliver quantum products for high-performance computing applications. QCi's products are designed to operate at room temperature and use low power at an affordable cost. The Company's portfolio of core technology and products offer new capabilities in the areas of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, cyber security as well as remote sensing applications.
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Robert Liscouski director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO C/O IMPLANT SCIENCES CORPORATION, 500 RESEARCH DRIVE, WILMINGTON MA 01887
Christopher Boehmler officer: Chief Financial Officer 1350 E CAPITOL ST NE, WASHINGTON DC 20003
Yuping Huang director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Quantum Tech. Officer 815 BLANCH AVENUE, NORWOOD NJ 07648
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William J Mcgann director C/O IMPLANT SCIENCE CORPORATION, 500 RESEARCH DRIVE, WILMINGTON MA 01887
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