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Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co (SHSE:600373) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Jul. 22, 2025)


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What is Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co 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

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600373' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co'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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Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Publishing subindustry, Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co'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.


Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 334.175 + 114.942 + 16.397 + 175.347 = ¥641 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 959.658 + -257.312 + 273.229 + -561.179 = ¥414 Mil.
Revenue was 2882.679 + 1596.967 + 2551.815 + 1697.382 = ¥8,729 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1114.598 + 617.459 + 934.626 + 593.314 = ¥3,260 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(32852.962 + 29957.7 + 31754.503 + 30591.81 + 29234.782) / 5 = ¥30878.3514 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was ¥32,853 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥79 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥19,223 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥9,806 Mil.
Net Income was 417.451 + 406.683 + 958.3 + 278.873 = ¥2,061 Mil.

Revenue was 2539.088 + 2028.435 + 3831.013 + 2272.577 = ¥10,671 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1082.818 + 858.34 + 1890.946 + 1017.046 = ¥4,849 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(31202.372 + 32144.208 + 31986.696 + 31050.377 + 32852.962) / 5 = ¥31847.323 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was ¥31,202 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥106 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥22,792 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥12,803 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.

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 641. ==> 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.

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 414. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=640.861/32852.962
=0.01950695

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=2061.307/31202.372
=0.06606251

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's return on assets of this year was 0.01950695. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's return on assets of last year was 0.06606251. ==> 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.

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 641. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 414. ==> 414 <= 641 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=79.432/30878.3514
=0.00257242

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=106.14/31847.323
=0.00333278

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's gearing of this year was 0.00257242. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's gearing of last year was 0.00333278. ==> 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: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=19223.033/9806.063
=1.96032118

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=22792.469/12802.802
=1.78027193

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current ratio of this year was 1.96032118. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's current ratio of last year was 1.78027193. ==> 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.

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's number of shares in issue this year was 1348.824. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's number of shares in issue last year was 1327.968. ==> 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
=3259.997/8728.843
=0.37347412

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=4849.15/10671.113
=0.45441839

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's gross margin of this year was 0.37347412. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's gross margin of last year was 0.45441839. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=8728.843/32852.962
=0.26569425

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=10671.113/31202.372
=0.34199685

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.26569425. Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.34199685. ==> 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
=1+1+0+0+1+1+0+0+0
=4

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

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co  (SHSE:600373) 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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Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Business Description

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Address
No.2, Nanhuan Road, Jiangxi District, Shang Rao, CHN
Chinese Universe Publishing And Media Co Ltd are engaged in the publishing, printing, and distribution of materials, newspapers, periodicals, and audiovisual publications in China. A company extends is business in new media and online education, Internet games, digital publishing, Internet of Things technology applications, international copyright transactions.
Executives
Wan Ren Rong senior management
Wu Di Director
Xu Jian Guo senior management
Zhu Fa Yuan Director
Xu Jing Quan Supervisors
Zhao Dong Liang Director
Ceng Shao Xiong Director
Guan Xiao Qun Director
Zhang Qi Hong Director
Fu Wei Zhong Director
Tu Hua senior management
Zhang Qiu Lin senior management
Zhou Wen Director

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