Ame Kaze Taiyo (TSE:5616) Piotroski F-Score: 3 (As of Jul. 14, 2026) — Near Median

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What is Ame Kaze Taiyo Piotroski F-Score?

Ame Kaze Taiyo TSE:5616 +0.47% 5 Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 14, 2026, which is at its 10-year median of 3.00. GuruFocus rates TSE:5616 with a GF Score™ of 5/100. The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,099 Retail - Cyclical companies, Ame Kaze Taiyo ranks worse than 86.81% on this metric.

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Ame Kaze Taiyo has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ame Kaze Taiyo's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:5616' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 3   Max: 4
Current: 3

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Ame Kaze Taiyo was 4. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.

Ame Kaze Taiyo  (TSE:5616) 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.


Ame Kaze Taiyo Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Ame Kaze Taiyo Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Ame Kaze Taiyo'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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo Piotroski F-Score Chart

Ame Kaze Taiyo Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 4.00 3.00 3.00

Ame Kaze Taiyo Quarterly Data
Dec21 Dec22 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Dec25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00

TSE:5616 vs AMZN, BABA, PDD: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Ame Kaze Taiyo'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.


Ame Kaze Taiyo Piotroski F-Score vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ame Kaze Taiyo's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ame Kaze Taiyo'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 (Dec25) TTM:Last Year (Dec24) TTM:
Net Income was 円-4.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円-4.4 Mil.
Revenue was 円1,027.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円674.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec24)
to the end of this year (Dec25) was (1042.916 + 1006.971) / 2 = 円1024.9435 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec24) was 円1,042.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円200.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円864.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円456.3 Mil.
Net Income was 円-163.9 Mil.

Revenue was 円1,021.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円666.8 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec23)
to the end of last year (Dec24) was (1290.715 + 1042.916) / 2 = 円1166.8155 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec23) was 円1,290.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円200.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円941.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円492.1 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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.1. ==> Negative ==> Score 0.

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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.4. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=-4.146/1042.916
=-0.00397539

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=-163.866/1290.715
=-0.12695754

Ame Kaze Taiyo's return on assets of this year was -0.00397539. Ame Kaze Taiyo's return on assets of last year was -0.12695754. ==> 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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Net Income (TTM) was -4.1. Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.4. ==> -4.4 <= -4.1 ==> 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: Dec25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec24 to Dec25
=200/1024.9435
=0.19513271

Gearing (Last Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=200/1166.8155
=0.1714067

Ame Kaze Taiyo's gearing of this year was 0.19513271. Ame Kaze Taiyo's gearing of last year was 0.1714067. ==> 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: Dec25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=864.617/456.289
=1.89488898

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=941.318/492.086
=1.9129136

Ame Kaze Taiyo's current ratio of this year was 1.89488898. Ame Kaze Taiyo's current ratio of last year was 1.9129136. ==> 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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo's number of shares in issue this year was 2.419. Ame Kaze Taiyo's number of shares in issue last year was 2.413. ==> 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
=674.797/1027.929
=0.65646265

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=666.821/1021.678
=0.65267237

Ame Kaze Taiyo's gross margin of this year was 0.65646265. Ame Kaze Taiyo's gross margin of last year was 0.65267237. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=1027.929/1042.916
=0.98562972

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec23)
=1021.678/1290.715
=0.79155972

Ame Kaze Taiyo's asset turnover of this year was 0.98562972. Ame Kaze Taiyo's asset turnover of last year was 0.79155972. ==> 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
=0+0+1+0+0+0+0+1+1
=3

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

Ame Kaze Taiyo has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

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What does a Piotroski F-Score of 3 mean?
Ame Kaze Taiyo (TSE:5616) has a Piotroski F-Score of 3 as of Jul. 14, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Ame Kaze Taiyo and its competitors. This is near median its historical median of 3.00. Over the past decade, Ame Kaze Taiyo's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 4.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Ame Kaze Taiyo ranks #954 out of 1099 companies in the Retail - Cyclical industry, placing it in the top 86.8%.
Is Ame Kaze Taiyo's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Piotroski F-Score of 3 is near median its 10-year median of 3.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 4.00. The Retail - Cyclical industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Ame Kaze Taiyo's value of 3 is 40% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Ame Kaze Taiyo ranks #954 out of 1099 companies in the Retail - Cyclical industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Ame Kaze Taiyo has a GF Score™ of 5/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Ame Kaze Taiyo's Piotroski F-Score compare to AMZN and BABA?
According to the Retail - Cyclical industry distribution chart, Ame Kaze Taiyo ranks #954 out of 1099 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Ame Kaze Taiyo in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Ame Kaze Taiyo's value of 3 is 40% below this benchmark. Historically, Ame Kaze Taiyo's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 4.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 3.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Ame Kaze Taiyo has consistently been below 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 Retail - Cyclical company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Retail - Cyclical companies is 5.00, based on 1,099 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. Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Piotroski F-Score of 3 is 40% below 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 Ame Kaze Taiyo and its competitors. For the Retail - Cyclical 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. Ame Kaze Taiyo's current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is near median its own 10-year median of 3.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Ame Kaze Taiyo stock overvalued right now?
Ame Kaze Taiyo (TSE:5616) has a current Piotroski F-Score of 3. The current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is near median its 10-year median of 3.00 and 40% below the Retail - Cyclical industry median of 5.00. Ame Kaze Taiyo's overall GF Score™ is 5/100 with 2 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 Ame Kaze Taiyo (TSE:5616), the current Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 14, 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.

Ame Kaze Taiyo Business Description

Address 1-43-2 Odori, Iwate Prefecture, Hanamaki, JPN, 025-0092
Ame Kaze Taiyo Inc operates an application called Pocket Marche. It is an app that allows customers to purchase fresh seasonal ingredients directly from farmers and fishermen across the country. It is cooperating with local governments to implement initiatives to grow sales pipelines for producers and providing study programs with producers.
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