Kuroda Group Co (TSE:287A) Piotroski F-Score: 5 (As of Jul. 25, 2026) — Near Median

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What is Kuroda Group Co Piotroski F-Score?

Kuroda Group Co TSE:287A 13 Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jul. 25, 2026, which is at its 10-year median of 5.00. GuruFocus rates TSE:287A with a GF Score™ of 13/100. The stock has 7 warning signs investors should review. Among 557 Conglomerates companies, Kuroda Group Co ranks better than 51.17% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

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

TSE:287A' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Kuroda Group Co was 7. The lowest was 5. And the median was 5.

Kuroda Group Co  (TSE:287A) 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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Kuroda Group Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Kuroda Group 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.

Kuroda Group Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Kuroda Group Co Annual Data
Trend Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 5.00 7.00 5.00

Kuroda Group Co Semi-Annual Data
Mar22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25 Sep25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial 5.00 0.00 7.00 0.00 5.00

TSE:287A vs HON, MMM: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Kuroda Group 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.


Kuroda Group Co Piotroski F-Score vs Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Kuroda Group Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kuroda Group 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 (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was 円3,521 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円9,682 Mil.
Revenue was 円122,796 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円20,871 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was (95782 + 97985) / 2 = 円96883.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was 円95,782 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円19,383 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円55,195 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円33,778 Mil.
Net Income was 円3,914 Mil.

Revenue was 円121,327 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円21,384 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was (98316 + 95782) / 2 = 円97049 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was 円98,316 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円21,399 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円56,158 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円32,630 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.

Kuroda Group Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,521. ==> 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.

Kuroda Group Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,682. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=3521/95782
=0.03676056

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=3914/98316
=0.03981041

Kuroda Group Co's return on assets of this year was 0.03676056. Kuroda Group Co's return on assets of last year was 0.03981041. ==> 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.

Kuroda Group Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,521. Kuroda Group Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,682. ==> 9,682 > 3,521 ==> 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: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=19383/96883.5
=0.20006503

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=21399/97049
=0.22049686

Kuroda Group Co's gearing of this year was 0.20006503. Kuroda Group Co's gearing of last year was 0.22049686. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=55195/33778
=1.63405175

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=56158/32630
=1.72105424

Kuroda Group Co's current ratio of this year was 1.63405175. Kuroda Group Co's current ratio of last year was 1.72105424. ==> 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.

Kuroda Group Co's number of shares in issue this year was 42.753. Kuroda Group Co's number of shares in issue last year was 42.522. ==> 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
=20871/122796
=0.16996482

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=21384/121327
=0.17625096

Kuroda Group Co's gross margin of this year was 0.16996482. Kuroda Group Co's gross margin of last year was 0.17625096. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=122796/95782
=1.28203629

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=121327/98316
=1.23405143

Kuroda Group Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.28203629. Kuroda Group Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.23405143. ==> 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

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

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What does a Piotroski F-Score of 5 mean?
Kuroda Group Co (TSE:287A) has a Piotroski F-Score of 5 as of Jul. 25, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Kuroda Group Co and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 5.00. Over the past decade, Kuroda Group Co's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 7.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Kuroda Group Co ranks #272 out of 557 companies in the Conglomerates industry, placing it in the top 48.8%.
Is Kuroda Group Co's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Kuroda Group Co's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is near median its 10-year median of 5.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 5.00 to a high of 7.00. The Conglomerates industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Kuroda Group Co's value of 5 is 0% at this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Kuroda Group Co ranks #272 out of 557 companies in the Conglomerates industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Kuroda Group Co has a GF Score™ of 13/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Kuroda Group Co's Piotroski F-Score compare to HON and MMM?
According to the Conglomerates industry distribution chart, Kuroda Group Co ranks #272 out of 557 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This puts Kuroda Group Co in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Kuroda Group Co's value of 5 is 0% at this benchmark. Historically, Kuroda Group Co's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 5.00 to 7.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 5.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Kuroda Group Co has consistently been at the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Conglomerates company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Conglomerates companies is 5.00, based on 557 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Kuroda Group Co's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 0% at the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Kuroda Group Co and its competitors. For the Conglomerates industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Kuroda Group Co's current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is near median its own 10-year median of 5.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Kuroda Group Co stock overvalued right now?
Kuroda Group Co (TSE:287A) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 5. The current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is near median its 10-year median of 5.00 and 0% at the Conglomerates industry median of 5.00. Kuroda Group Co's overall GF Score™ is 13/100 with 7 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Kuroda Group Co (TSE:287A), the current Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jul. 25, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Kuroda Group Co Business Description

Address 5-17-9 Minami-Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 140-0013
Kuroda Group Co Ltd is engaged in Manufacturing and sales of oriented film printing plates for liquid crystal displays, automation equipment, plastic injection molds, parts for HDD, electrical facilities materials and power materials, and aluminium die-cast products, design and contract development of printed circuit boards, sales of electronic parts and electrical materials to the electronics and automotive industries.
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