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Hbis Co (SZSE:000709) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Apr. 23, 2025)


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What is Hbis Co 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

Hbis Co 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 Hbis Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:000709' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Hbis Co was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Hbis Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hbis 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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Hbis Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Hbis Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 3.00 8.00 4.00 5.00

Hbis Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 5.00 5.00 4.00 6.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Hbis Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Steel subindustry, Hbis 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.


Hbis Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Hbis Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hbis 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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 278.867 + 159.058 + 254.117 + 155.518 = ¥848 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 3033.419 + 3144.419 + 2359.382 + 2365.191 = ¥10,902 Mil.
Revenue was 27091.571 + 29749.544 + 29071.004 + 30525.651 = ¥116,438 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3823.285 + 2792.595 + 2399.011 + 2426.341 = ¥11,441 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(256909.376 + 266517.211 + 260667.15 + 269242.148 + 271675.056) / 5 = ¥265002.1882 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was ¥256,909 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥44,631 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥76,419 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥146,028 Mil.
Net Income was 232.084 + 254.827 + 255.943 + 294.094 = ¥1,037 Mil.

Revenue was 33438.15 + 31851.309 + 32502.853 + 31298.216 = ¥129,091 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4093.773 + 3172 + 2608.026 + 2935.529 = ¥12,809 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(251392.706 + 253912.654 + 254514.06 + 255458.741 + 256909.376) / 5 = ¥254437.5074 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was ¥251,393 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥35,826 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥75,664 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥139,538 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.

Hbis Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 848. ==> 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.

Hbis Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10,902. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=847.56/256909.376
=0.00329906

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=1036.948/251392.706
=0.00412481

Hbis Co's return on assets of this year was 0.00329906. Hbis Co's return on assets of last year was 0.00412481. ==> 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.

Hbis Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 848. Hbis Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10,902. ==> 10,902 > 848 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=44631.01/265002.1882
=0.16841751

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=35825.521/254437.5074
=0.14080283

Hbis Co's gearing of this year was 0.16841751. Hbis Co's gearing of last year was 0.14080283. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=76418.919/146027.68
=0.52331804

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=75663.986/139538.116
=0.54224601

Hbis Co's current ratio of this year was 0.52331804. Hbis Co's current ratio of last year was 0.54224601. ==> 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.

Hbis Co's number of shares in issue this year was 19454.389. Hbis Co's number of shares in issue last year was 14704.678. ==> 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
=11441.232/116437.77
=0.09826049

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=12809.328/129090.528
=0.09922748

Hbis Co's gross margin of this year was 0.09826049. Hbis Co's gross margin of last year was 0.09922748. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=116437.77/256909.376
=0.45322507

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=129090.528/251392.706
=0.51350149

Hbis Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.45322507. Hbis Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.51350149. ==> 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+1+0+0+0+0+0
=3

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

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

Hbis Co  (SZSE:000709) 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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Hbis Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 385 Tiyu South Street, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, CHN, 050023
Hbis Co Ltd is engaged in the iron and steel business. The company manufactures steel, steel billets, vanadium and titanium products.
Executives
Wang Xin Dong Director
Xing Qiang Supervisors
Chu Jian Dong Director
Shi Dong Ri Executives
Zhang Chun Hua Supervisors
Li Yan Ping Supervisors
Wang An Executives
Zhou He Yun Director
Xu Guo Feng Director

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