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WILL Co (TSE:3241) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Jul. 24, 2025)


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What is WILL 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

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

TSE:3241' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of WILL Co was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


WILL Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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

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

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, WILL 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.


WILL Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, WILL Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WILL 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 円710 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円-435 Mil.
Revenue was 円13,213 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円2,120 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was (14390 + 15335) / 2 = 円14862.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was 円14,390 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円3,648 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円9,662 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円6,628 Mil.
Net Income was 円521 Mil.

Revenue was 円11,552 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円1,812 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was (13427 + 14390) / 2 = 円13908.5 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was 円13,427 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円5,726 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円8,824 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円4,110 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.

WILL Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 710. ==> 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.

WILL Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -435. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=710/14390
=0.04933982

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=521/13427
=0.03880241

WILL Co's return on assets of this year was 0.04933982. WILL Co's return on assets of last year was 0.03880241. ==> 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.

WILL Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 710. WILL Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -435. ==> -435 <= 710 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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
=3648/14862.5
=0.24544996

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=5726/13908.5
=0.41169069

WILL Co's gearing of this year was 0.24544996. WILL Co's gearing of last year was 0.41169069. ==> 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
=9662/6628
=1.45775498

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=8824/4110
=2.14695864

WILL Co's current ratio of this year was 1.45775498. WILL Co's current ratio of last year was 2.14695864. ==> 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.

WILL Co's number of shares in issue this year was 11.491. WILL Co's number of shares in issue last year was 11.423. ==> 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
=2120/13213
=0.16044804

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1812/11552
=0.15685596

WILL Co's gross margin of this year was 0.16044804. WILL Co's gross margin of last year was 0.15685596. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=13213/14390
=0.91820709

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=11552/13427
=0.860356

WILL Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.91820709. WILL Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.860356. ==> 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+0+1+0+1+0+0+1+1
=5

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

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

WILL Co  (TSE:3241) 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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WILL Co Business Description

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Address
1-14-39 Sakasegawa, Takarazuka, JPN, 665-0035
WILL Co Ltd is a real estate service provider operating in Japan. The business of the company includes distribution business, remodeling business, renovation business, consignment sales, financial planning, advertising agency business, consulting business, and share house business.

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