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China BlueChemical (STU:H1Q) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Dec. 11, 2024)


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What is China BlueChemical 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

China BlueChemical has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

STU:H1Q' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of China BlueChemical was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


China BlueChemical Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for China BlueChemical'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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China BlueChemical Piotroski F-Score Chart

China BlueChemical Annual Data
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China BlueChemical Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of China BlueChemical's Piotroski F-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, China BlueChemical'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.


China BlueChemical's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, China BlueChemical's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China BlueChemical'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 €306 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was €198 Mil.
Revenue was €1,668 Mil.
Gross Profit was €265 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (3181.69 + 3123.023) / 2 = €3152.3565 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was €3,182 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €175 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,000 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €404 Mil.
Net Income was €222 Mil.

Revenue was €1,933 Mil.
Gross Profit was €343 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (2977.87 + 3181.69) / 2 = €3079.78 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was €2,978 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €161 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,097 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €556 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.

China BlueChemical's current Net Income (TTM) was 306. ==> 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.

China BlueChemical's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 198. ==> 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)
=305.874/3181.69
=0.0961357

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=222.413/2977.87
=0.07468862

China BlueChemical's return on assets of this year was 0.0961357. China BlueChemical's return on assets of last year was 0.07468862. ==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

China BlueChemical's current Net Income (TTM) was 306. China BlueChemical's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 198. ==> 198 <= 306 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=174.632/3152.3565
=0.05539729

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=161.432/3079.78
=0.05241673

China BlueChemical's gearing of this year was 0.05539729. China BlueChemical's gearing of last year was 0.05241673. ==> 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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2000.473/403.786
=4.95429014

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2096.707/555.5
=3.77445005

China BlueChemical's current ratio of this year was 4.95429014. China BlueChemical's current ratio of last year was 3.77445005. ==> 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.

China BlueChemical's number of shares in issue this year was 4610. China BlueChemical's number of shares in issue last year was 4610. ==> 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
=264.699/1668.255
=0.15866819

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=343.474/1933.449
=0.17764834

China BlueChemical's gross margin of this year was 0.15866819. China BlueChemical's gross margin of last year was 0.17764834. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=1668.255/3181.69
=0.52432984

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=1933.449/2977.87
=0.64927247

China BlueChemical's asset turnover of this year was 0.52432984. China BlueChemical's asset turnover of last year was 0.64927247. ==> 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+1+0+0+1+1+0+0
=5

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

China BlueChemical has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

China BlueChemical  (STU:H1Q) 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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China BlueChemical Business Description

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No. 15, Sanqu, Anzhen Xili, Unit 1707, Kaikang CNOOC Mansion, District 3, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100029
China BlueChemical Ltd is engaged in the development, production, and sales of mineral fertilizers and chemical products. The firm's segments are urea, methanol, phosphorus and compound fertilizer, and others. The urea segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of urea. The other segment mainly comprises segments engaged in port operations and provision of transportation services; trading of fertilizers and chemicals; manufacture and sale of Bulk Blending (BB) fertilizer, POM, woven plastic bags and acrylonitrile. It generates maximum revenue from the Urea segment. Geographically, it derives the majority of its revenue from PRC.

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