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Qingdao Topscomm Communication (SHSE:603421) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Jul. 23, 2025)


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What is Qingdao Topscomm Communication 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

Qingdao Topscomm Communication 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 Qingdao Topscomm Communication's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:603421' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 7
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Qingdao Topscomm Communication was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


Qingdao Topscomm Communication Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qingdao Topscomm Communication'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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Qingdao Topscomm Communication Piotroski F-Score Chart

Qingdao Topscomm Communication Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Qingdao Topscomm Communication Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Qingdao Topscomm Communication's Piotroski F-Score

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Qingdao Topscomm Communication'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.


Qingdao Topscomm Communication's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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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 56.046 + 20.211 + -213.95 + -138.581 = ¥-276 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -79.194 + 212.612 + 205.117 + -184.655 = ¥154 Mil.
Revenue was 968.138 + 817.732 + 832.14 + 227.324 = ¥2,845 Mil.
Gross Profit was 407.99 + 303.031 + 243.648 + 56.549 = ¥1,011 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(5561.1 + 5700.046 + 5260.959 + 4658.404 + 4334.108) / 5 = ¥5102.9234 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was ¥5,561 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥89 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥2,705 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥1,208 Mil.
Net Income was 94.058 + 17.935 + 77.405 + -104.694 = ¥85 Mil.

Revenue was 858.359 + 854.606 + 1455.161 + 468.419 = ¥3,637 Mil.
Gross Profit was 352.458 + 336.649 + 615.772 + 169.048 = ¥1,474 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(5397.072 + 5539.65 + 5557.916 + 5919.564 + 5561.1) / 5 = ¥5595.0604 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was ¥5,397 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥523 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥3,958 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥1,681 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.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current Net Income (TTM) was -276. ==> 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.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 154. ==> 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)
=-276.274/5561.1
=-0.04967974

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=84.704/5397.072
=0.01569444

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's return on assets of this year was -0.04967974. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's return on assets of last year was 0.01569444. ==> 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.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current Net Income (TTM) was -276. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 154. ==> 154 > -276 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=89.019/5102.9234
=0.01744471

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=522.761/5595.0604
=0.09343259

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's gearing of this year was 0.01744471. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's gearing of last year was 0.09343259. ==> 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
=2704.98/1207.5
=2.24014907

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3958.104/1680.614
=2.35515353

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current ratio of this year was 2.24014907. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's current ratio of last year was 2.35515353. ==> 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.

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's number of shares in issue this year was 659.909. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's number of shares in issue last year was 654.339. ==> 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
=1011.218/2845.334
=0.35539518

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1473.927/3636.545
=0.40530971

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's gross margin of this year was 0.35539518. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's gross margin of last year was 0.40530971. ==> 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)
=2845.334/5561.1
=0.51164949

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=3636.545/5397.072
=0.67379961

Qingdao Topscomm Communication's asset turnover of this year was 0.51164949. Qingdao Topscomm Communication's asset turnover of last year was 0.67379961. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=3

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

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

Qingdao Topscomm Communication  (SHSE:603421) 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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Qingdao Topscomm Communication Business Description

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Address
No. 288 Ningxia Road, 5th Floor, No. 6 Building, Qingdao Software Park, Shinan District, Qingdao City, CHN, 266024
Qingdao Topscomm Communication Inc designs, researches and develops, manufactures, and sells smart products for electric power and fire protection in China. It also engages in the research and development of power line carrier communication chips and fieldbus communication chips. Its products include smart energy meters, such as smart prepayment and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), power line carrier communication system; chips; terminal collecting device such as concentrator and state grid concentrator; and intelligent indoor terminal. It also provides AMI, prepayment vending, water/gas/heat and electricity meter AMR/AMI, distribution automation and management, and low and medium voltage PLC communication solutions.
Executives
Fan Jian Hua Directors, senior managers
Gao Feng Supervisors
Wang Jian Hua Director
Diao Rui Peng senior management
Chen Ping senior management
Ceng Fan Yi Director
Yuan Zhi Shuang Director
Ge Jun Directors, senior managers
Zhou Li Min senior management
Xu Rui Supervisors
Bao Chun Xia senior management
Xu Guang Yi senior management

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