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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co (SZSE:002545) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 18, 2025)


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What is Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co 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

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co 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 Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002545' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Steel subindustry, Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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.


Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Steel Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock 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 125.578 + 167.778 + 107.557 + 190.987 = ¥592 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -307.872 + 205.358 + 597.12 + 270.451 = ¥765 Mil.
Revenue was 1301.675 + 896.42 + 1083.025 + 1131.51 = ¥4,413 Mil.
Gross Profit was 278.617 + 284.567 + 314.179 + 343.801 = ¥1,221 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(12978.864 + 12987.218 + 13161.871 + 13295.001 + 13073.407) / 5 = ¥13099.2722 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was ¥12,979 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥616 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥4,745 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥2,494 Mil.
Net Income was 110.543 + 169.4 + 192.994 + 145.802 = ¥619 Mil.

Revenue was 866.708 + 787.345 + 890.412 + 1024.984 = ¥3,569 Mil.
Gross Profit was 194.193 + 288.706 + 265.516 + 256.397 = ¥1,005 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(13140.73 + 13036.17 + 12953.84 + 12524.344 + 12978.864) / 5 = ¥12926.7896 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was ¥13,141 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥274 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥4,453 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥2,907 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 East Steel Tower Stock Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 592. ==> 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.

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 765. ==> 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)
=591.9/12978.864
=0.04560492

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=618.739/13140.73
=0.04708559

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's return on assets of this year was 0.04560492. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's return on assets of last year was 0.04708559. ==> 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 East Steel Tower Stock Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 592. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 765. ==> 765 > 592 ==> 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
=615.554/13099.2722
=0.04699147

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=274.215/12926.7896
=0.02121292

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's gearing of this year was 0.04699147. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's gearing of last year was 0.02121292. ==> 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
=4744.883/2493.565
=1.90285114

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4452.976/2907.202
=1.53170506

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's current ratio of this year was 1.90285114. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's current ratio of last year was 1.53170506. ==> 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.

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's number of shares in issue this year was 1244.227. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's number of shares in issue last year was 1244.045. ==> 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
=1221.164/4412.63
=0.27674289

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1004.812/3569.449
=0.28150339

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's gross margin of this year was 0.27674289. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's gross margin of last year was 0.28150339. ==> 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)
=4412.63/12978.864
=0.33998584

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=3569.449/13140.73
=0.27163247

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.33998584. Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.27163247. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

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+1+0+0+1
=5

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

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co  (SZSE:002545) 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 East Steel Tower Stock Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
318 GuangZhou North Road, Shandong Province, JiaoZhou, CHN, 266300
Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd manufactures and markets steel structures in the People's Republic of China. The company offers boiler steel brackets, pipe racks, torch towers, workshop steel structures, power plant air cooling platforms, boiler steel supports, large substation steel structures, high-voltage transmission line towers, and large spanning towers; and radio and TV towers, midwave antenna towers, and shortwave towers.
Executives
Du Yong Director
Han Zhen Ru Executives
Han Fang Ru Director
Wang Tong Xi Executives
Li Qiang Supervisors

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