Marche (TSE:7524) Piotroski F-Score: 3 (As of Jul. 13, 2026) — 40% Below Median

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TSE:7524 Marche Corp TSE:7524
54 GF Score
Price 円183.00
GF Value 円172.31
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Marche Piotroski F-Score?

Marche TSE:7524 -0.54% 54 Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 13, 2026, which is 40% below its 10-year median of 5.00. GuruFocus rates TSE:7524 with a GF Score™ of 54/100 and a GF Value™ of 円172.31 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 355 Restaurants companies, Marche ranks worse than 86.2% 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

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

TSE:7524' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Marche was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.

Marche  (TSE:7524) 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.


Marche Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Marche Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Marche'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.

Marche Piotroski F-Score Chart

Marche Annual Data
Trend Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24 Mar25 Mar26
Piotroski F-Score
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Marche Semi-Annual Data
Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24 Mar25 Sep25 Mar26
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TSE:7524 vs MCD, SBUX, YUM: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Restaurants subindustry, Marche'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.


Marche Piotroski F-Score vs Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Marche's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Marche's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


TSE:7524
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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 (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was 円-45 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円-77 Mil.
Revenue was 円4,768 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円2,897 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was (3426.932 + 2866.89) / 2 = 円3146.911 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was 円3,427 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円200 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円1,969 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円1,578 Mil.
Net Income was 円35 Mil.

Revenue was 円4,582 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円2,789 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was (3828.615 + 3426.932) / 2 = 円3627.7735 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was 円3,829 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円357 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円2,584 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円2,220 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.

Marche's current Net Income (TTM) was -45. ==> 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.

Marche's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -77. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=-45.294/3426.932
=-0.01321707

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=34.955/3828.615
=0.00912993

Marche's return on assets of this year was -0.01321707. Marche's return on assets of last year was 0.00912993. ==> 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.

Marche's current Net Income (TTM) was -45. Marche's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -77. ==> -77 <= -45 ==> 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: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=200/3146.911
=0.06355439

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=356.501/3627.7735
=0.09826992

Marche's gearing of this year was 0.06355439. Marche's gearing of last year was 0.09826992. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1969.489/1577.781
=1.24826513

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2583.592/2220.084
=1.16373615

Marche's current ratio of this year was 1.24826513. Marche's current ratio of last year was 1.16373615. ==> 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.

Marche's number of shares in issue this year was 9.612. Marche's number of shares in issue last year was 8.028. ==> 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
=2897.253/4767.664
=0.60768817

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=2789.494/4581.766
=0.60882507

Marche's gross margin of this year was 0.60768817. Marche's gross margin of last year was 0.60882507. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=4767.664/3426.932
=1.39123391

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=4581.766/3828.615
=1.19671631

Marche's asset turnover of this year was 1.39123391. Marche's asset turnover of last year was 1.19671631. ==> 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+0+0+1+1+0+0+1
=3

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 3 mean?
Marche (TSE:7524) has a Piotroski F-Score of 3 as of Jul. 13, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Marche and its competitors. This is 40% below median its historical median of 5.00. Over the past decade, Marche's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Marche ranks #306 out of 355 companies in the Restaurants industry, placing it in the top 86.2%.
Is Marche's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Marche's current Piotroski F-Score of 3 is 40% below median its 10-year median of 5.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 3.00 to a high of 8.00. The Restaurants industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Marche's value of 3 is 40% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Marche ranks #306 out of 355 companies in the Restaurants industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Marche has a GF Score™ of 54/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Marche's Piotroski F-Score compare to MCD and SBUX?
According to the Restaurants industry distribution chart, Marche ranks #306 out of 355 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Marche in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Marche's value of 3 is 40% below this benchmark. Historically, Marche's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 5.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Marche 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 Restaurants company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Restaurants companies is 5.00, based on 355 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. Marche'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 Marche and its competitors. For the Restaurants 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. Marche's current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is 40% below median its own 10-year median of 5.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Marche stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Marche (TSE:7524) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is 円172.31, compared to a current price of 円183.00 — trading 6.2% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 3, which is 40% below median its 10-year median of 5.00 and 40% below the Restaurants industry median of 5.00. Marche's overall GF Score™ is 54/100 with 3 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 Marche (TSE:7524), the current Piotroski F-Score is 3 as of Jul. 13, 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.

Is Marche (TSE:7524) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Marche stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of 円183.00 is trading 6.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of 円172.31. GuruFocus considers Marche to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for TSE:7524:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 3 (40% below median its 10-year median of 5.00)
  • GF Value™: 円172.31 vs. price of 円183.00 (6.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 54/100 with 3 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 40% below the Restaurants median (#306 of 355)

No single metric tells the full story. See the TSE:7524 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Marche Business Description

Address 2-20-14 Hannan-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka, JPN
Marche Corp is a Japan-based Company mainly engaged in the food and beverages business. It operates restaurants, namely, Suikoden and Hakkenden in Kansai, Tokai and Hokuriku regions.
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