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Nippon Pallet Pool Co (TSE:4690) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 03, 2025)


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What is Nippon Pallet Pool 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

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

TSE:4690' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Nippon Pallet Pool Co was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Nippon Pallet Pool Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Pallet Pool 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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Nippon Pallet Pool Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Nippon Pallet Pool Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
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Nippon Pallet Pool Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Nippon Pallet Pool Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Nippon Pallet Pool 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.


Nippon Pallet Pool Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Nippon Pallet Pool Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nippon Pallet Pool 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Net Income was 円527 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円3,213 Mil.
Revenue was 円7,583 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円1,857 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar23)
to the end of this year (Mar24) was (12102.17 + 11204.369) / 2 = 円11653.2695 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar23) was 円12,102 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,228 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円2,640 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円3,096 Mil.
Net Income was 円833 Mil.

Revenue was 円7,394 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円2,069 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar22)
to the end of last year (Mar23) was (10361.739 + 12102.17) / 2 = 円11231.9545 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar22) was 円10,362 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,638 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円1,980 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円3,767 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.

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 527. ==> 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.

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,213. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=527.487/12102.17
=0.04358615

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar22)
=833.29/10361.739
=0.0804199

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's return on assets of this year was 0.04358615. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's return on assets of last year was 0.0804199. ==> 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.

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current Net Income (TTM) was 527. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3,213. ==> 3,213 > 527 ==> 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: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=1228.37/11653.2695
=0.1054099

Gearing (Last Year: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=1638.394/11231.9545
=0.145869

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's gearing of this year was 0.1054099. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's gearing of last year was 0.145869. ==> 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: Mar24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2639.81/3095.968
=0.85266062

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1979.86/3767.254
=0.5255446

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current ratio of this year was 0.85266062. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's current ratio of last year was 0.5255446. ==> 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.

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's number of shares in issue this year was 1.683. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's number of shares in issue last year was 1.683. ==> 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
=1857.017/7582.612
=0.24490466

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2068.798/7394.203
=0.27978648

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's gross margin of this year was 0.24490466. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's gross margin of last year was 0.27978648. ==> 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 (Mar23)
=7582.612/12102.17
=0.62654978

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar22)
=7394.203/10361.739
=0.71360637

Nippon Pallet Pool Co's asset turnover of this year was 0.62654978. Nippon Pallet Pool Co's asset turnover of last year was 0.71360637. ==> 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
=1+1+0+1+1+1+1+0+0
=6

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

Nippon Pallet Pool Co has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Nippon Pallet Pool Co  (TSE:4690) 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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Nippon Pallet Pool Co Business Description

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Address
2-8-11 Shibata, Kyoei Building, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN, 530 0012
Nippon Pallet Pool Co Ltd is a Japan based company engaged in the business of providing a pallet pool system that enables corporate activities and supports physical distribution.

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