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RETO (ReTo Eco-Solutions) Piotroski F-Score : 2 (As of Mar. 16, 2025)


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What is ReTo Eco-Solutions Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 2 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

ReTo Eco-Solutions has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

RETO' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 7
Current: 2

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of ReTo Eco-Solutions was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


ReTo Eco-Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for ReTo Eco-Solutions'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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ReTo Eco-Solutions Piotroski F-Score Chart

ReTo Eco-Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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ReTo Eco-Solutions Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of ReTo Eco-Solutions's Piotroski F-Score

For the Building Materials subindustry, ReTo Eco-Solutions'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.


ReTo Eco-Solutions's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, ReTo Eco-Solutions's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ReTo Eco-Solutions'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 $-15.64 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $-11.59 Mil.
Revenue was $3.24 Mil.
Gross Profit was $0.21 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (24.058 + 25.245) / 2 = $24.6515 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $24.06 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.08 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $10.47 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $17.31 Mil.
Net Income was $-14.63 Mil.

Revenue was $6.47 Mil.
Gross Profit was $0.81 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (30.961 + 24.058) / 2 = $27.5095 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $30.96 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.32 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7.54 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $17.67 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.

ReTo Eco-Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -15.64. ==> 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.

ReTo Eco-Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -11.59. ==> 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)
=-15.642/24.058
=-0.65017873

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-14.629/30.961
=-0.47249766

ReTo Eco-Solutions's return on assets of this year was -0.65017873. ReTo Eco-Solutions's return on assets of last year was -0.47249766. ==> 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.

ReTo Eco-Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -15.64. ReTo Eco-Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -11.59. ==> -11.59 > -15.64 ==> 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
=3.081/24.6515
=0.12498225

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=1.319/27.5095
=0.04794707

ReTo Eco-Solutions's gearing of this year was 0.12498225. ReTo Eco-Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.04794707. ==> 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
=10.465/17.313
=0.60445908

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=7.537/17.665
=0.42666289

ReTo Eco-Solutions's current ratio of this year was 0.60445908. ReTo Eco-Solutions's current ratio of last year was 0.42666289. ==> 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.

ReTo Eco-Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 0.08. ReTo Eco-Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 0.039. ==> 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
=0.21/3.236
=0.06489493

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.807/6.474
=0.12465246

ReTo Eco-Solutions's gross margin of this year was 0.06489493. ReTo Eco-Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.12465246. ==> 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)
=3.236/24.058
=0.13450827

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=6.474/30.961
=0.20910177

ReTo Eco-Solutions's asset turnover of this year was 0.13450827. ReTo Eco-Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 0.20910177. ==> 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+0+0+1+0+1+0+0+0
=2

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

ReTo Eco-Solutions has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

ReTo Eco-Solutions  (NAS:RETO) 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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ReTo Eco-Solutions Business Description

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Address
C/o Beijing REIT Technology Development Co., Ltd., X-702, Runfengdeshangyuan, 60 Anli Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100101
ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc is a manufacturer and distributor of eco-friendly construction materials and fly-ash, as well as equipment used to produce these eco-friendly construction materials. The company engaged in providing consultation, design, project implementation and construction of urban ecological environments for capturing, controlling and re-using rainwater. It operates through four segments namely Machinery and Equipment sales, Construction materials sales, Municipal Construction Projects, and Technology Consulting and other services. The company earns its revenue from Machinery and Equipment sales segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from China.