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Elite Advanced Laser (TPE:3450) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Mar. 30, 2025)


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What is Elite Advanced Laser 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

Elite Advanced Laser has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

TPE:3450' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Elite Advanced Laser was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Elite Advanced Laser Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Elite Advanced Laser'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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Elite Advanced Laser Piotroski F-Score Chart

Elite Advanced Laser Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 6.00

Elite Advanced Laser Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 9.00 8.00 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Elite Advanced Laser's Piotroski F-Score

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Elite Advanced Laser'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.


Elite Advanced Laser's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Elite Advanced Laser's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Elite Advanced Laser'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was 44.437 + 69.023 + 151.012 + 291.954 = NT$556 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 191.336 + 399.626 + 495.339 + 745.278 = NT$1,832 Mil.
Revenue was 1285.488 + 1704.853 + 2100.77 + 2476.55 = NT$7,568 Mil.
Gross Profit was 257.092 + 394.675 + 578.939 + 830.41 = NT$2,061 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(8942.775 + 9057.979 + 9340.278 + 9915.959 + 11149.548) / 5 = NT$9681.3078 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was NT$8,943 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$313 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$6,394 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,050 Mil.
Net Income was -40.091 + -13.234 + -21.099 + -1.732 = NT$-76 Mil.

Revenue was 1262.932 + 1291.364 + 1406.587 + 1438.314 = NT$5,399 Mil.
Gross Profit was 216.908 + 185.8 + 181.788 + 220.807 = NT$805 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(10186.007 + 9709.684 + 9368.515 + 9000.976 + 8942.775) / 5 = NT$9441.5914 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was NT$10,186 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$216 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,030 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$1,895 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.

Elite Advanced Laser's current Net Income (TTM) was 556. ==> 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.

Elite Advanced Laser's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,832. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=556.426/8942.775
=0.06222073

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-76.156/10186.007
=-0.00747653

Elite Advanced Laser's return on assets of this year was 0.06222073. Elite Advanced Laser's return on assets of last year was -0.00747653. ==> 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.

Elite Advanced Laser's current Net Income (TTM) was 556. Elite Advanced Laser's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,832. ==> 1,832 > 556 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=312.8/9681.3078
=0.03230968

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=215.788/9441.5914
=0.02285505

Elite Advanced Laser's gearing of this year was 0.03230968. Elite Advanced Laser's gearing of last year was 0.02285505. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=6394.141/3049.553
=2.09674697

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4029.654/1895.24
=2.12619721

Elite Advanced Laser's current ratio of this year was 2.09674697. Elite Advanced Laser's current ratio of last year was 2.12619721. ==> 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.

Elite Advanced Laser's number of shares in issue this year was 146.409. Elite Advanced Laser's number of shares in issue last year was 145.681. ==> 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
=2061.116/7567.661
=0.27235839

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=805.303/5399.197
=0.14915236

Elite Advanced Laser's gross margin of this year was 0.27235839. Elite Advanced Laser's gross margin of last year was 0.14915236. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=7567.661/8942.775
=0.84623185

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=5399.197/10186.007
=0.53006021

Elite Advanced Laser's asset turnover of this year was 0.84623185. Elite Advanced Laser's asset turnover of last year was 0.53006021. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+0+1+1
=6

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

Elite Advanced Laser has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Elite Advanced Laser  (TPE:3450) 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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Elite Advanced Laser Business Description

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Address
10th Floor, 35 Qiao\'an Street, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, TWN, 235026
Elite Advanced Laser Corp is a Taiwanese technology company. The reportable segments of the company are the Optoelectronics industry and the Semiconductor segment. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Semiconductor segment.

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