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Coremax (TPE:4739) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Apr. 06, 2025)


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What is Coremax Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Coremax has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

TPE:4739' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 7

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


Coremax Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coremax'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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Coremax Piotroski F-Score Chart

Coremax 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 5.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 7.00

Coremax 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 4.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Coremax's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Coremax'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.


Coremax's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Coremax'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 52.981 + 56.259 + 39.334 + 20.463 = NT$169 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 339.455 + 320.989 + -53.215 + 166.067 = NT$773 Mil.
Revenue was 1090.208 + 1103.843 + 997.04 + 904.415 = NT$4,096 Mil.
Gross Profit was 157.366 + 154.292 + 144.523 + 85.61 = NT$542 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(9920.226 + 9432.11 + 9718.156 + 9615.204 + 9852.321) / 5 = NT$9707.6034 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was NT$9,920 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$684 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,756 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$2,298 Mil.
Net Income was -54.654 + 5.473 + -20.191 + -30.857 = NT$-100 Mil.

Revenue was 1535.632 + 1464.167 + 1150.713 + 1081.219 = NT$5,232 Mil.
Gross Profit was 20.802 + 44.481 + 55.088 + 55.75 = NT$176 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(11304.61 + 10384.94 + 10261.517 + 9918.66 + 9920.226) / 5 = NT$10357.9906 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was NT$11,305 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$814 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,851 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$2,391 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.

Coremax's current Net Income (TTM) was 169. ==> 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.

Coremax's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 773. ==> 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)
=169.037/9920.226
=0.01703963

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-100.229/11304.61
=-0.00886621

Coremax's return on assets of this year was 0.01703963. Coremax's return on assets of last year was -0.00886621. ==> 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.

Coremax's current Net Income (TTM) was 169. Coremax's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 773. ==> 773 > 169 ==> 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
=683.535/9707.6034
=0.07041233

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=814.095/10357.9906
=0.07859584

Coremax's gearing of this year was 0.07041233. Coremax's gearing of last year was 0.07859584. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4755.603/2298.194
=2.06927831

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4851.019/2391.269
=2.02863793

Coremax's current ratio of this year was 2.06927831. Coremax's current ratio of last year was 2.02863793. ==> 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.

Coremax's number of shares in issue this year was 124.267. Coremax's number of shares in issue last year was 116.042. ==> 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
=541.791/4095.506
=0.13228915

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=176.121/5231.731
=0.033664

Coremax's gross margin of this year was 0.13228915. Coremax's gross margin of last year was 0.033664. ==> 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)
=4095.506/9920.226
=0.41284402

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=5231.731/11304.61
=0.46279624

Coremax's asset turnover of this year was 0.41284402. Coremax's asset turnover of last year was 0.46279624. ==> 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+1+1+1+0+1+0
=7

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

Coremax has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Coremax  (TPE:4739) 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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Coremax Business Description

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Address
11 Wenhua Road, Hsinchu Industrial Park, Hsinchu County, TWN, 30352
Coremax Corp is engaged in the manufacturing, sales, import, and export of oxidation catalysts, battery materials, chemical fertilizers, and specialty chemicals. The company's segments include Oxidation catalysts; Battery material; Chemical fertilizer; and Specialty chemicals. The company derives key revenue from the Battery material division which offers precursor materials for battery applications such as portable devices and batteries in EVs and HEVs, Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Taiwan and the rest from China and other regions.

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