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Aten International Co (TPE:6277) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Mar. 30, 2025)


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What is Aten International Co 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

Aten International Co 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 Aten International Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:6277' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Aten International Co was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Aten International Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aten International 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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Aten International Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Aten International Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
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Aten International Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Aten International Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Aten International 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.


Aten International Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Aten International Co'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 110.618 + 105.405 + 109.425 + 169.162 = NT$495 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 130.458 + 282.541 + -0.49 + 472.824 = NT$885 Mil.
Revenue was 1175.022 + 1211.679 + 1260.046 + 1346.427 = NT$4,993 Mil.
Gross Profit was 715.036 + 715.374 + 753.214 + 799.788 = NT$2,983 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(7089.973 + 6920.744 + 7068.551 + 6947.501 + 7123.598) / 5 = NT$7030.0734 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was NT$7,090 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$166 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,694 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$1,808 Mil.
Net Income was 190.528 + 112.798 + 123.743 + 138.472 = NT$566 Mil.

Revenue was 1385.134 + 1234.72 + 1217.012 + 1319.376 = NT$5,156 Mil.
Gross Profit was 839.225 + 740.493 + 731.38 + 779.778 = NT$3,091 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(7350.454 + 7343.323 + 7463.087 + 7017.939 + 7089.973) / 5 = NT$7252.9552 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was NT$7,350 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$195 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,763 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$1,779 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.

Aten International Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 495. ==> 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.

Aten International Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 885. ==> 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)
=494.61/7089.973
=0.0697619

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=565.541/7350.454
=0.0769396

Aten International Co's return on assets of this year was 0.0697619. Aten International Co's return on assets of last year was 0.0769396. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

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.

Aten International Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 495. Aten International Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 885. ==> 885 > 495 ==> 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
=166.044/7030.0734
=0.0236191

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=194.75/7252.9552
=0.02685112

Aten International Co's gearing of this year was 0.0236191. Aten International Co's gearing of last year was 0.02685112. ==> 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
=3693.625/1808.141
=2.04277487

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3763.172/1779.493
=2.11474392

Aten International Co's current ratio of this year was 2.04277487. Aten International Co's current ratio of last year was 2.11474392. ==> 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.

Aten International Co's number of shares in issue this year was 122.278. Aten International Co's number of shares in issue last year was 122.238. ==> 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
=2983.412/4993.174
=0.5974981

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3090.876/5156.242
=0.59944355

Aten International Co's gross margin of this year was 0.5974981. Aten International Co's gross margin of last year was 0.59944355. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

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)
=4993.174/7089.973
=0.70425854

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=5156.242/7350.454
=0.70148619

Aten International Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.70425854. Aten International Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.70148619. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+0+0+1
=5

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

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

Aten International Co  (TPE:6277) 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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Aten International Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3rd Floor, Number 125, Sector 2, Datung Road, Xizhi District, New Taipei City, TWN, 221
Aten International Co Ltd is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of components for connectivity and access management hardware. Its product portfolio includes keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switches, audiovisual switches and matrices, intelligent power distribution units, information technology management systems, and interface adapters. Aten's solutions include high-end server management solutions, integrated video solutions for corporate and commercial home theater applications, and energy efficiency solutions. Its segments include computer peripheral equipment and specialized printing segment. The firm has operations in the United States, Belgium, Japan, and China.

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