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Cleanaway Co (TPE:8422) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Apr. 02, 2025)


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What is Cleanaway 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

Cleanaway Co has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

TPE:8422' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Cleanaway Co was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Cleanaway Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cleanaway 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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Cleanaway Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Cleanaway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
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Cleanaway Co Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of Cleanaway Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, Cleanaway 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.


Cleanaway Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Cleanaway Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cleanaway 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 247.169 + 273.707 + 283.458 + 367.799 = NT$1,172 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 95.139 + 468.481 + 612.534 + 39.618 = NT$1,216 Mil.
Revenue was 1280.094 + 1450.021 + 1142.284 + 1296.507 = NT$5,169 Mil.
Gross Profit was 417.673 + 514.505 + 523.503 + 571.838 = NT$2,028 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(15305.58 + 16858.192 + 18687.276 + 18668.432 + 20041.133) / 5 = NT$17912.1226 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was NT$15,306 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$6,336 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,601 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$6,128 Mil.
Net Income was 313.431 + 308.253 + 148.777 + 223.526 = NT$994 Mil.

Revenue was 1286.269 + 1243.455 + 678.851 + 1056.691 = NT$4,265 Mil.
Gross Profit was 543.521 + 511.725 + 333.316 + 420.823 = NT$1,809 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(12569.822 + 13641.144 + 13688.698 + 14163.58 + 15305.58) / 5 = NT$13873.7648 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was NT$12,570 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$5,540 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,526 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$2,762 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.

Cleanaway Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,172. ==> 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.

Cleanaway Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,216. ==> 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)
=1172.133/15305.58
=0.07658207

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=993.987/12569.822
=0.07907725

Cleanaway Co's return on assets of this year was 0.07658207. Cleanaway Co's return on assets of last year was 0.07907725. ==> 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.

Cleanaway Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,172. Cleanaway Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,216. ==> 1,216 > 1,172 ==> 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
=6336.319/17912.1226
=0.35374473

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=5539.662/13873.7648
=0.39929047

Cleanaway Co's gearing of this year was 0.35374473. Cleanaway Co's gearing of last year was 0.39929047. ==> 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
=4601.441/6128.302
=0.75085089

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3525.775/2762.344
=1.27637072

Cleanaway Co's current ratio of this year was 0.75085089. Cleanaway Co's current ratio of last year was 1.27637072. ==> 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.

Cleanaway Co's number of shares in issue this year was 125.566. Cleanaway Co's number of shares in issue last year was 124.629. ==> 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
=2027.519/5168.906
=0.39225302

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1809.385/4265.266
=0.42421387

Cleanaway Co's gross margin of this year was 0.39225302. Cleanaway Co's gross margin of last year was 0.42421387. ==> 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)
=5168.906/15305.58
=0.33771383

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=4265.266/12569.822
=0.33932589

Cleanaway Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.33771383. Cleanaway Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.33932589. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+0+0+0
=4

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

Cleanaway Co has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Cleanaway Co  (TPE:8422) 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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Cleanaway Co Business Description

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Address
No. 308, Zhongshan South Road, 1st Floor, Houhong Village, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung, TWN, 820
Cleanaway Co Ltd offers one-stop-shop services for treating forms of waste. It treats various industrial and hazardous waste materials and owns private landfills for final disposal in Taiwan. The company provides systems for daily activities and solutions for cleaning up contaminated sites. Cleaning an entire location can require on-site sampling and experimental studies to return the location to its natural form. Cleanway provides technologies, contracts, clearance, and transportation to the designated landfill, and it enforces strict compliance with all regulations. Part of the process focuses on quality control and random testing to prevent non-treated or unapproved wastes from entering the company's landfills.

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