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L & K Engineering Co (TPE:6139) Piotroski F-Score : 8 (As of Mar. 15, 2025)


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What is L & K Engineering Co Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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 8. 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: 2   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of L & K Engineering Co was 8. The lowest was 2. 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.

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L & K Engineering Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

L & K Engineering Co Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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L & K Engineering Co Quarterly Data
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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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Jun23) TTM:
Net Income was 983.116 + 931.374 + 1072.806 + 1008.926 = NT$3,996 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1872.503 + 5303.765 + 2149.165 + 8138.721 = NT$17,464 Mil.
Revenue was 14566.27 + 19166.561 + 18796.216 + 16408.508 = NT$68,938 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1630.597 + 1855.881 + 2037.972 + 1914.805 = NT$7,439 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jun23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(52629.839 + 53523.6 + 54795.587 + 55292.251 + 61509.783) / 5 = NT$55550.212 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jun23) was NT$52,630 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$735 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$56,513 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$40,996 Mil.
Net Income was 265.562 + 312.386 + 319.472 + 466.987 = NT$1,364 Mil.

Revenue was 9631.538 + 10968.544 + 8235.784 + 10016.108 = NT$38,852 Mil.
Gross Profit was 731.963 + 858.782 + 733.841 + 977.713 = NT$3,302 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jun22)
to the end of last year (Jun23) was
(31530.697 + 39600.839 + 49018.242 + 51359.448 + 52629.839) / 5 = NT$44827.813 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jun22) was NT$31,531 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$1,401 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$47,595 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$37,952 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 3,996. ==> 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 17,464. ==> 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 (Jun23)
=3996.222/52629.839
=0.07593073

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jun22)
=1364.407/31530.697
=0.04327234

L & K Engineering Co's return on assets of this year was 0.07593073. L & K Engineering Co's return on assets of last year was 0.04327234. ==> 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.

L & K Engineering Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,996. L & K Engineering Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 17,464. ==> 17,464 > 3,996 ==> 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 Jun23 to Sep24
=735.235/55550.212
=0.0132355

Gearing (Last Year: Jun23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jun22 to Jun23
=1400.552/44827.813
=0.03124293

L & K Engineering Co's gearing of this year was 0.0132355. L & K Engineering Co's gearing of last year was 0.03124293. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=56513.48/40995.896
=1.37851555

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jun23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=47594.947/37951.5
=1.25409923

L & K Engineering Co's current ratio of this year was 1.37851555. L & K Engineering Co's current ratio of last year was 1.25409923. ==> 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 235.181. L & K Engineering Co's number of shares in issue last year was 226.693. ==> 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
=7439.255/68937.555
=0.10791295

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3302.299/38851.974
=0.08499694

L & K Engineering Co's gross margin of this year was 0.10791295. L & K Engineering Co's gross margin of last year was 0.08499694. ==> 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 (Jun23)
=68937.555/52629.839
=1.30985685

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jun22)
=38851.974/31530.697
=1.23219522

L & K Engineering Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.30985685. L & K Engineering Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.23219522. ==> 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+1+1+0+1+1
=8

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

L & K Engineering Co has an F-score of 8. 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.

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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L & K Engineering Co Business Description

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5th Floor, No.17, Lane 120, Neihu Road, Section 1, Neihu District, Taipei City, TWN, 11493
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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