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Primax Electronics (TPE:4915) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Apr. 14, 2025)


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What is Primax Electronics 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

Primax Electronics 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 Primax Electronics's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:4915' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 5

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


Primax Electronics Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Primax Electronics'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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Primax Electronics Piotroski F-Score Chart

Primax Electronics Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Primax Electronics Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Primax Electronics's Piotroski F-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Primax Electronics'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.


Primax Electronics's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Primax Electronics's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Primax Electronics'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 581.356 + 727.301 + 772.904 + 475.289 = NT$2,557 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 559.068 + 800.744 + 2643.706 + 1618.01 = NT$5,622 Mil.
Revenue was 13648.735 + 15368.051 + 16008.535 + 13218.34 = NT$58,244 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2175.43 + 2663.372 + 2737.398 + 2304.493 = NT$9,881 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(46553.12 + 48658.205 + 50438.474 + 50945.76 + 50128.417) / 5 = NT$49344.7952 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was NT$46,553 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,390 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$36,246 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$26,080 Mil.
Net Income was 554.882 + 699.234 + 736.596 + 494.577 = NT$2,485 Mil.

Revenue was 14677.047 + 16065.38 + 15723.22 + 14022.755 = NT$60,488 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2191.11 + 2562.355 + 2566.759 + 2261.076 = NT$9,581 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(47264.061 + 45987.666 + 49605.246 + 48777.532 + 46553.12) / 5 = NT$47637.525 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was NT$47,264 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$2,251 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$32,936 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$23,637 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.

Primax Electronics's current Net Income (TTM) was 2,557. ==> 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.

Primax Electronics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5,622. ==> 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)
=2556.85/46553.12
=0.05492328

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=2485.289/47264.061
=0.05258306

Primax Electronics's return on assets of this year was 0.05492328. Primax Electronics's return on assets of last year was 0.05258306. ==> 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.

Primax Electronics's current Net Income (TTM) was 2,557. Primax Electronics's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5,622. ==> 5,622 > 2,557 ==> 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
=2389.58/49344.7952
=0.04842618

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=2250.713/47637.525
=0.04724664

Primax Electronics's gearing of this year was 0.04842618. Primax Electronics's gearing of last year was 0.04724664. ==> 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
=36245.818/26080.267
=1.38977941

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=32936.374/23637.001
=1.3934244

Primax Electronics's current ratio of this year was 1.38977941. Primax Electronics's current ratio of last year was 1.3934244. ==> 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.

Primax Electronics's number of shares in issue this year was 465.014. Primax Electronics's number of shares in issue last year was 462.109. ==> 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
=9880.693/58243.661
=0.16964409

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=9581.3/60488.402
=0.15839896

Primax Electronics's gross margin of this year was 0.16964409. Primax Electronics's gross margin of last year was 0.15839896. ==> 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)
=58243.661/46553.12
=1.25112261

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=60488.402/47264.061
=1.27979697

Primax Electronics's asset turnover of this year was 1.25112261. Primax Electronics's asset turnover of last year was 1.27979697. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+0
=5

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

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

Primax Electronics  (TPE:4915) 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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Primax Electronics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 669, Ruey Kuang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 11492
Primax Electronics Ltd is a manufacturer of components for mobile devices, personal computer peripherals, business equipment, and the digital home, that operates in two business segments; The division for computer peripherals specializes in the manufacture and sale of computer mice, keyboards, trackpads, etc. The division for non-computer peripherals specializes in the manufacture and sale of digital camera modules, mobile phone accessories, multi-function printers, scanners, shredders, amplifiers, speakers and audio systems, etc. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the non-computer peripherals segment.

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