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
L & K Engineering Co 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 L & K Engineering Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
TPE:6139'
s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1 Med: 5 Max: 8
Current: 7
During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of L & K Engineering Co was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.
L & K Engineering Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for L & K Engineering 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.
Competitive Comparison of L & K Engineering Co's Piotroski F-Score
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, L & K Engineering 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.
L & K Engineering Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Construction Industry
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, L & K Engineering Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where L & K Engineering Co's Piotroski F-Score falls into.
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 (Mar24) TTM:
Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was 319.472 + 466.987 + 983.116 + 931.374 = NT$2,701 Mil. Cash Flow from Operations was 2454.51 + 928.935 + 1872.503 + 5303.765 = NT$10,560 Mil. Revenue was 8235.784 + 10016.108 + 14566.27 + 19166.561 = NT$51,985 Mil. Gross Profit was 733.841 + 977.713 + 1630.597 + 1855.881 = NT$5,198 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was
(49018.242 + 51359.448 + 52629.839 + 53523.6 + 54795.587) / 5 = NT$52265.3432 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was NT$49,018 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$817 Mil. Total Current Assets was NT$49,573 Mil. Total Current Liabilities was NT$35,303 Mil.
Net Income was 246.213 + 174.977 + 265.562 + 312.386 = NT$999 Mil.
Revenue was 7529.118 + 7609.686 + 9631.538 + 10968.544 = NT$35,739 Mil. Gross Profit was 588.517 + 557.639 + 731.963 + 858.782 = NT$2,737 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was
(32239.923 + 30209.531 + 31530.697 + 39600.839 + 49018.242) / 5 = NT$36519.8464 Mil. Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was NT$32,240 Mil. Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,390 Mil. Total Current Assets was NT$43,936 Mil. Total Current Liabilities was NT$34,274 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.
L & K Engineering Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 2,701.
==> 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.
L & K Engineering Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 10,560.
==> 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.
L & K Engineering Co's return on assets of this year was 0.05510089. L & K Engineering Co's return on assets of last year was 0.03099071.
==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
L & K Engineering Co's gearing of this year was 0.01563422. L & K Engineering Co's gearing of last year was 0.03807352.
==> 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
L & K Engineering Co's current ratio of this year was 1.40421104. L & K Engineering Co's current ratio of last year was 1.28191653.
==> 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.
L & K Engineering Co's number of shares in issue this year was 230.03. L & K Engineering Co's number of shares in issue last year was 229.279.
==> 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.
L & K Engineering Co's gross margin of this year was 0.09999153. L & K Engineering Co's gross margin of last year was 0.07658048.
==> 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
L & K Engineering Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.0605179. L & K Engineering Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.10852889.
==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.
Evaluation
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L & K Engineering Co has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
L & K Engineering Co (TPE:6139) 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.
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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L & K Engineering Co (TPE:6139) Business Description
L & K Engineering Co Ltd is a Taiwan-based professional engineering company that provides fully integrated turnkey engineering services for cleanroom construction projects, process utility systems, electrical and mechanical engineering, and other associated engineering projects. The company is also engaged in the construction of hospital sterile rooms, biochemical pharmaceutical sterile rooms, electronic industry clean rooms, and related mechanical and electrical pipelines.
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