SPLTF (SpotLite360 IOT Solutions) Piotroski F-Score: 0 (As of Jul. 22, 2026)

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What is SpotLite360 IOT Solutions 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

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions 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 SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions  (OTCPK:SPLTF) 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.


SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for SpotLite360 IOT 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.

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Piotroski F-Score Chart

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Quarterly Data
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 N/A 3.00 N/A 2.00 4.00

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 -8.136 + 0.511 + -0.226 + -0.143 = $-7.99 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.341 + -0.209 + -0.13 + -0.045 = $-0.73 Mil.
Revenue was -0.026 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-0.03 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.061 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $-0.06 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep22)
to the end of this year (Sep23) was
(10.346 + 2.464 + 0.34 + 0.228 + 0.163) / 5 = $2.7082 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep22) was $10.35 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.16 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.75 Mil.
Net Income was -0.848 + -0.678 + -0.398 + -0.674 = $-2.60 Mil.

Revenue was 0.155 + 0 + 0.009 + 0.027 = $0.19 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.039 + -0.05 + 0.032 + 0.027 = $0.05 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep21)
to the end of last year (Sep22) was
(5.687 + 6.055 + 11.657 + 11.937 + 10.346) / 5 = $9.1364 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep21) was $5.69 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.07 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1.55 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.96 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.

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -7.99. ==> 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.

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.73. ==> 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)
=-7.994/10.346
=-0.77266576

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep21)
=-2.598/5.687
=-0.45683137

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's return on assets of this year was -0.77266576. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's return on assets of last year was -0.45683137. ==> 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.

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -7.99. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -0.73. ==> -0.73 > -7.99 ==> 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
=0/2.7082
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Sep22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep21 to Sep22
=0.07/9.1364
=0.00766166

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's gearing of this year was 0. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.00766166. ==> 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: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.16/0.752
=0.21276596

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1.553/0.955
=1.62617801

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current ratio of this year was 0.21276596. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's current ratio of last year was 1.62617801. ==> 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.

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 101.94. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 102.517. ==> 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
=-0.061/-0.026
=2.34615385

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.048/0.191
=0.2513089

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's gross margin of this year was 2.34615385. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.2513089. ==> 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 (Sep22)
=-0.026/10.346
=-0.00251305

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep21)
=0.191/5.687
=0.03358537

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's asset turnover of this year was -0.00251305. SpotLite360 IOT Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 0.03358537. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0
=4

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

SpotLite360 IOT Solutions has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.


SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Business Description

Address 789 West Pender Street, Suite 810, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 1H2
SpotLite360 IOT Solutions Inc is a supply chain and healthcare company focused on the delivery of a SaaS-based supply chain execution and sustainability platform for enterprise customers in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and agricultural industries. Its Spotlite360 Software meets the customer needs for supply chain execution, tracing, tracking, and sustainability.