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Change Holdings (TSE:3962) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Jan. 18, 2025)


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What is Change Holdings 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

Change Holdings 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 Change Holdings's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:3962' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Change Holdings was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Change Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Change Holdings'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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Change Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Change Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Mar23 Mar24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 3.00 5.00 6.00 N/A N/A

Change Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 7.00 N/A N/A 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Change Holdings's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Change Holdings'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.


Change Holdings's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Change Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Change Holdings'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was 3851 + -2657 + 1432 + 672 = 円3,298 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2477 + 6321 + -212 + 641 = 円9,227 Mil.
Revenue was 14141 + 8216 + 8139 + 8373 = 円38,869 Mil.
Gross Profit was 9720 + 3369 + 3251 + 3917 = 円20,257 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(59516 + 93787 + 89325 + 0 + 83796) / 5 = 円81606 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was 円59,516 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円19,259 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円43,763 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円17,062 Mil.
Net Income was 3454 + 233 + 855 + 2276 = 円6,818 Mil.

Revenue was 9581 + 4502 + 5118 + 9538 = 円28,739 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7421 + 2215 + 2715 + 7237 = 円19,588 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(45213 + 57907 + 52943 + 51715 + 59516) / 5 = 円53458.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was 円45,213 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,924 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円38,485 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円15,185 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.

Change Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,298. ==> 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.

Change Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,227. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=3298/59516
=0.05541367

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=6818/45213
=0.15079734

Change Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.05541367. Change Holdings's return on assets of last year was 0.15079734. ==> 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.

Change Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,298. Change Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 9,227. ==> 9,227 > 3,298 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=19259/81606
=0.2359998

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=1924/53458.8
=0.03599033

Change Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.2359998. Change Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.03599033. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=43763/17062
=2.56493963

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=38485/15185
=2.53440896

Change Holdings's current ratio of this year was 2.56493963. Change Holdings's current ratio of last year was 2.53440896. ==> 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.

Change Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 71.252. Change Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 73.584. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

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
=20257/38869
=0.52116082

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=19588/28739
=0.68158252

Change Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.52116082. Change Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.68158252. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=38869/59516
=0.65308488

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=28739/45213
=0.63563577

Change Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.65308488. Change Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.63563577. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1
=6

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

Change Holdings has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Change Holdings  (TSE:3962) 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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Change Holdings Business Description

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Address
3-17-1 Toranomon, 6th Floor, TOKYU REIT Toranomon Building, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-0001
Change Holdings Inc provides mobility, IoT (Internet of Things) data, security and IT human resources training services. It segments are: Public Tech and NEW-IT Transformation Business. The Public Tech segment covers local government support projects that aims to realize high value-added resident services by utilizing ICT technology to promote the improvement of local government business productivity. The NEW-IT Transformation Business segment promotes digital transformation through various algorithms such as AI, voice Internet, mobility, IoT, cloud, security, services utilizing basic technology, and training for digital human resources. It also provides digital transformation solutions by combining libraries based on customer needs to realize customer digital transformation.

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