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Alphax Food System Co (TSE:3814) Piotroski F-Score

: 6 (As of Today)
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The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Alphax Food System Co has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

TSE:3814' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Alphax Food System Co was 9. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Alphax Food System Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alphax Food System 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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Alphax Food System Co Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Piotroski F-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.00 3.00 6.00 2.00 6.00

Alphax Food System Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 6.00 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Alphax Food System 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.


Alphax Food System Co Piotroski F-Score Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Alphax Food System Co's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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 (Sep23) TTM:Last Year (Sep22) TTM:
Net Income was 円105 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円-23 Mil.
Revenue was 円1,781 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円755 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep22)
to the end of this year (Sep23) was (1426.946 + 1577.296) / 2 = 円1502.121 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep22) was 円1,427 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円779 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円739 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円754 Mil.
Net Income was 円-599 Mil.

Revenue was 円1,337 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円158 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep21)
to the end of last year (Sep22) was (1798.864 + 1426.946) / 2 = 円1612.905 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep21) was 円1,799 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円940 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円474 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円877 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.

Alphax Food System Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 105. ==> 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.

Alphax Food System Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -23. ==> 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 (Sep22)
=104.907/1426.946
=0.07351855

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep21)
=-598.881/1798.864
=-0.33292178

Alphax Food System Co's return on assets of this year was 0.07351855. Alphax Food System Co's return on assets of last year was -0.33292178. ==> 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.

Alphax Food System Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 105. Alphax Food System Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -23. ==> -23 <= 105 ==> 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: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=779.47/1502.121
=0.51891292

Gearing (Last Year: Sep22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep21 to Sep22
=939.751/1612.905
=0.58264498

Alphax Food System Co's gearing of this year was 0.51891292. Alphax Food System Co's gearing of last year was 0.58264498. ==> 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: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=738.508/754.131
=0.97928344

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=473.531/876.594
=0.54019421

Alphax Food System Co's current ratio of this year was 0.97928344. Alphax Food System Co's current ratio of last year was 0.54019421. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

Alphax Food System Co's number of shares in issue this year was 3.538. Alphax Food System Co's number of shares in issue last year was 2.861. ==> 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
=755.16/1780.779
=0.4240616

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=158.432/1336.715
=0.1185234

Alphax Food System Co's gross margin of this year was 0.4240616. Alphax Food System Co's gross margin of last year was 0.1185234. ==> 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 (Sep22)
=1780.779/1426.946
=1.24796523

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep21)
=1336.715/1798.864
=0.74308842

Alphax Food System Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.24796523. Alphax Food System Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.74308842. ==> 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+1+0+1+1
=6

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

Alphax Food System Co has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Alphax Food System Co  (TSE:3814) 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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Alphax Food System Co (TSE:3814) Business Description

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Address
128 Senzaki Sanyo Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Ube, JPN, 756-0039
Alphax Food System Co LTD provides ASP intranet services through various mission-critical systems; engages in planning and selling system equipment; offers hardware and software maintenance services; and operates e-restaurant marketplace. It operates store chain systems and supply chain systems. It also provides magazine services to the information magazine service industry.

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