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RPYTF (Reply SpA) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is Reply SpA 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

Reply SpA has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

RPYTF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Reply SpA was 8. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Reply SpA Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Reply SpA'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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Reply SpA Piotroski F-Score Chart

Reply SpA Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 8.00 6.00 6.00 -

Reply SpA Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 6.00 - - - -

Competitive Comparison of Reply SpA's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Reply SpA'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.


Reply SpA's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Reply SpA's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Reply SpA'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 $204 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $272 Mil.
Revenue was $2,310 Mil.
Gross Profit was $437 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (2360.328 + 2588.855) / 2 = $2474.5915 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $2,360 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $161 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,448 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $972 Mil.
Net Income was $202 Mil.

Revenue was $2,003 Mil.
Gross Profit was $368 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (2098.98 + 2360.328) / 2 = $2229.654 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $2,099 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $182 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,226 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $920 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.

Reply SpA's current Net Income (TTM) was 204. ==> 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.

Reply SpA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 272. ==> 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)
=203.598/2360.328
=0.08625835

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=202.347/2098.98
=0.09640254

Reply SpA's return on assets of this year was 0.08625835. Reply SpA's return on assets of last year was 0.09640254. ==> 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.

Reply SpA's current Net Income (TTM) was 204. Reply SpA's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 272. ==> 272 > 204 ==> 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
=160.733/2474.5915
=0.06495335

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=182.37/2229.654
=0.08179296

Reply SpA's gearing of this year was 0.06495335. Reply SpA's gearing of last year was 0.08179296. ==> 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
=1447.68/972.099
=1.48923104

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1226.248/919.767
=1.33321591

Reply SpA's current ratio of this year was 1.48923104. Reply SpA's current ratio of last year was 1.33321591. ==> 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.

Reply SpA's number of shares in issue this year was 37.278. Reply SpA's number of shares in issue last year was 37.253. ==> 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
=437.336/2309.687
=0.1893486

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=367.582/2003.299
=0.18348834

Reply SpA's gross margin of this year was 0.1893486. Reply SpA's gross margin of last year was 0.18348834. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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)
=2309.687/2360.328
=0.97854493

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=2003.299/2098.98
=0.95441548

Reply SpA's asset turnover of this year was 0.97854493. Reply SpA's asset turnover of last year was 0.95441548. ==> 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+0+1+1+1+0+1+1
=7

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

Reply SpA has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Reply SpA  (OTCPK:RPYTF) 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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Reply SpA Business Description

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Corso Francia, 110, Turin, ITA, 10143
Reply SpA specialises in consulting, digital services, and the integration of processes, applications, and devices. Reply serves clients in the telecommunication and media, banking, insurance, and financial, industry and services, energy and utilities, and public administration industries. The company provides its services mainly through platforms such as X-Rais Reply, Discovery Reply, Brick Reply, TamTamy, and SideUp Reply. Reply researches, selects, and markets solutions through channels such as data analysis, digital communication, e-commerce, mobile, and social media. Its geographical segments are Italy, United States, Brazil, Poland, Romania, China, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Other countries.