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Sino Payments (Sino Payments) Piotroski F-Score : 1 (As of May. 15, 2024)


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What is Sino Payments Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 1 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

Sino Payments 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 Sino Payments's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SNPY' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sino Payments was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Sino Payments Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sino Payments'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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Sino Payments Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sino Payments Annual Data
Trend Aug13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.00 3.00 8.00 6.00 4.00

Sino Payments Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.00

Competitive Comparison of Sino Payments's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Sino Payments'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.


Sino Payments's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sino Payments'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 (Sep23) TTM:Last Year (Sep22) TTM:
Net Income was -0.136 + -0.454 + -0.341 + -0.327 = $-1.26 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.242 + -0.46 + -0.516 + -0.023 = $-1.24 Mil.
Revenue was 3.186 + 2.885 + 2.85 + 2.961 = $11.88 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.414 + 0.382 + 0.485 + 0.635 = $1.92 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep22)
to the end of this year (Sep23) was
(5.048 + 5.74 + 6.133 + 6.241 + 7.236) / 5 = $6.0796 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep22) was $5.05 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.99 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $5.63 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3.92 Mil.
Net Income was 0.101 + -0.042 + 0.348 + -0.167 = $0.24 Mil.

Revenue was 2.499 + 2.591 + 2.59 + 2.557 = $10.24 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.711 + 0.34 + 0.686 + 0.255 = $1.99 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep21)
to the end of last year (Sep22) was
(4.34 + 4.731 + 5.441 + 5.522 + 5.048) / 5 = $5.0164 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep21) was $4.34 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.58 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4.02 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2.10 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.

Sino Payments's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.26. ==> 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.

Sino Payments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.24. ==> 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 (Sep22)
=-1.258/5.048
=-0.24920761

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep21)
=0.24/4.34
=0.05529954

Sino Payments's return on assets of this year was -0.24920761. Sino Payments's return on assets of last year was 0.05529954. ==> 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.

Sino Payments's current Net Income (TTM) was -1.26. Sino Payments's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -1.24. ==> -1.24 > -1.26 ==> 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: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=0.992/6.0796
=0.16316863

Gearing (Last Year: Sep22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep21 to Sep22
=0.575/5.0164
=0.11462403

Sino Payments's gearing of this year was 0.16316863. Sino Payments's gearing of last year was 0.11462403. ==> 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: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=5.632/3.917
=1.43783508

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4.018/2.1
=1.91333333

Sino Payments's current ratio of this year was 1.43783508. Sino Payments's current ratio of last year was 1.91333333. ==> 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.

Sino Payments's number of shares in issue this year was 0. Sino Payments's number of shares in issue last year was 0. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

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
=1.916/11.882
=0.16125231

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1.992/10.237
=0.19458826

Sino Payments's gross margin of this year was 0.16125231. Sino Payments's gross margin of last year was 0.19458826. ==> 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 (Sep22)
=11.882/5.048
=2.35380349

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep21)
=10.237/4.34
=2.35875576

Sino Payments's asset turnover of this year was 2.35380349. Sino Payments's asset turnover of last year was 2.35875576. ==> 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+0+1+0+0
=2

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

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

Sino Payments  (OTCPK:SNPY) 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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Sino Payments (Sino Payments) Business Description

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Address
Shatin Industrial Centre, 5-7 Yuen Shun Circuit, Unit 02-03, 6th Floor, Block B, Shatin, Hong Kong, HKG
Value Exchange International Inc is a United States based software company. The company through its subsidiaries provides customer-centric hardware and software system solutions for the retail industry in China, Hong Kong, and Philippines. Its primary services and products of the IT Business are Systems maintenance and related service and Systems development and integration. The company serves Public and Retail sector. It get majority of its revenue from software development and maintenance services.
Executives
Matthew R Mecke director 6501 RED HOOK PLZA, STE 201-553, ST THOMAS VI 00802
Johan Pehrson director C/O JOHAN PEHRSON, HALMSTAD V7 30259
Tsang Po Yee Bella director, 10 percent owner 7/F DARTON TOWER, 142 WAI YIP ST, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON K3 00000
Chun Wing Yeung director 7/F DARTON TOWER, 142 WAI YIP ST, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON K3 00000
Seng Wee Tan director, 10 percent owner 7/F DARTON TOWER, 142 WAI YIP ST, KWUN TONG, KOWLOON K3 00000
Anthony Robinson director UNIT T25, GF BANGKOK BANK BUILDING, 18 BONHAM STRAND WEST, SHEUNG WAN K3 00000
Paul F. Manning director UNIT T25, GF BANGKOK BANK BUILDING, 18 BONHAM STRAND WEST, SHEUNG WAN K3 00000