TRCNF (Transnational Cannabis) Piotroski F-Score: 0 (As of Jul. 18, 2026)

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What is Transnational Cannabis 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

Transnational Cannabis has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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

Transnational Cannabis  (OTCPK:TRCNF) 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.


Transnational Cannabis Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Transnational Cannabis Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Transnational Cannabis'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.

Transnational Cannabis Piotroski F-Score Chart

Transnational Cannabis Annual Data
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Transnational Cannabis Quarterly Data
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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 (Nov19) TTM:Last Year (Nov18) TTM:
Net Income was -33.815 + -39.204 + -12.214 + -19.665 = $-104.90 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -2.302 + -6.986 + -1.897 + -0.947 = $-12.13 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Nov18)
to the end of this year (Nov19) was
(86.871 + 52.812 + 130.092 + 132.467 + 60.773) / 5 = $92.603 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Nov18) was $86.87 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $24.41 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.35 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.83 Mil.
Net Income was -0.612 + -0.079 + -3.966 + -7.852 = $-12.51 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Nov17)
to the end of last year (Nov18) was
(0.15 + 0.084 + 3.094 + 53.346 + 86.871) / 5 = $28.709 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Nov17) was $0.15 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.82 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3.80 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.20 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.

Transnational Cannabis's current Net Income (TTM) was -104.90. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Transnational Cannabis's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -12.13. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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 (Nov18)
=-104.898/86.871
=-1.20751459

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Nov17)
=-12.509/0.15
=-83.39333333

Transnational Cannabis's return on assets of this year was -1.20751459. Transnational Cannabis's return on assets of last year was -83.39333333. ==> 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.

Transnational Cannabis's current Net Income (TTM) was -104.90. Transnational Cannabis's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -12.13. ==> -12.13 > -104.90 ==> 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: Nov19)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Nov18 to Nov19
=24.406/92.603
=0.26355518

Gearing (Last Year: Nov18)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Nov17 to Nov18
=2.822/28.709
=0.0982967

Transnational Cannabis's gearing of this year was 0.26355518. Transnational Cannabis's gearing of last year was 0.0982967. ==> 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: Nov19)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.348/0.829
=2.83232811

Current Ratio (Last Year: Nov18)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3.8/0.195
=19.48717949

Transnational Cannabis's current ratio of this year was 2.83232811. Transnational Cannabis's current ratio of last year was 19.48717949. ==> 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.

Transnational Cannabis's number of shares in issue this year was 706.106. Transnational Cannabis's number of shares in issue last year was 213.145. ==> 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
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0/0
=

Transnational Cannabis's gross margin of this year was . Transnational Cannabis's gross margin of last year was . ==> 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 (Nov18)
=0/86.871
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Nov17)
=0/0.15
=0

Transnational Cannabis's asset turnover of this year was 0. Transnational Cannabis's asset turnover of last year was 0. ==> 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
=0+0+1+1+0+0+0+0+0
=2

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

Transnational Cannabis has an F-score of 2. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.


Transnational Cannabis Business Description

Address 37 King Street East, Suite 409, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5C 1E9
Transnational Cannabis Ltd, formerly ICC International Cannabis Corp is a Canadian company which is engaged in planning, designing, building and operating cannabis production, processing, and distribution facilities. The company through its holdings is engaged in the pharmaceutical distribution, wholesale importation, research, and development, as well as working interests in industrial hemp licenses in Greece, licenses to cultivate, produce, distribute, store, and export Cannabis and Cannabis derivatives in Colombia, the Kingdom of Lesotho, Africa, and Denmark.