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Top Culture Co (TSE:7640) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 06, 2025)


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What is Top Culture 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

Top Culture 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 Top Culture Co's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:7640' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Top Culture Co was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Top Culture Co Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Top Culture 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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Top Culture Co Piotroski F-Score Chart

Top Culture Co Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 6.00

Top Culture Co Quarterly Data
Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Oct24
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 - 3.00 - - 6.00

Competitive Comparison of Top Culture Co's Piotroski F-Score

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Top Culture 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.


Top Culture Co's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Top Culture Co's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Top Culture 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 (Oct24) TTM:Last Year (Oct23) TTM:
Net Income was 円-718 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円796 Mil.
Revenue was 円18,414 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円6,321 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Oct23)
to the end of this year (Oct24) was (17236.835 + 15780.36) / 2 = 円16508.5975 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Oct23) was 円17,237 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円4,317 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円8,749 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円9,334 Mil.
Net Income was 円-1,377 Mil.

Revenue was 円18,954 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円6,005 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Oct22)
to the end of last year (Oct23) was (18178.038 + 17236.835) / 2 = 円17707.4365 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Oct22) was 円18,178 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円5,117 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円9,717 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円9,107 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.

Top Culture Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -718. ==> 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.

Top Culture Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 796. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=-717.624/17236.835
=-0.04163317

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Oct22)
=-1376.505/18178.038
=-0.07572352

Top Culture Co's return on assets of this year was -0.04163317. Top Culture Co's return on assets of last year was -0.07572352. ==> 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.

Top Culture Co's current Net Income (TTM) was -718. Top Culture Co's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 796. ==> 796 > -718 ==> 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: Oct24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct23 to Oct24
=4316.657/16508.5975
=0.26147933

Gearing (Last Year: Oct23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Oct22 to Oct23
=5116.544/17707.4365
=0.28894888

Top Culture Co's gearing of this year was 0.26147933. Top Culture Co's gearing of last year was 0.28894888. ==> 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: Oct24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=8748.797/9334.123
=0.93729181

Current Ratio (Last Year: Oct23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=9716.632/9106.629
=1.0669845

Top Culture Co's current ratio of this year was 0.93729181. Top Culture Co's current ratio of last year was 1.0669845. ==> 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.

Top Culture Co's number of shares in issue this year was 15.611. Top Culture Co's number of shares in issue last year was 12.403. ==> 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
=6321.132/18414.028
=0.34327807

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6004.709/18953.534
=0.3168121

Top Culture Co's gross margin of this year was 0.34327807. Top Culture Co's gross margin of last year was 0.3168121. ==> 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 (Oct23)
=18414.028/17236.835
=1.06829519

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Oct22)
=18953.534/18178.038
=1.04266115

Top Culture Co's asset turnover of this year was 1.06829519. Top Culture Co's asset turnover of last year was 1.04266115. ==> 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+1+1+1+1+0+0+1+1
=6

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

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

Top Culture Co  (TSE:7640) 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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Top Culture Co Business Description

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4-9-1 Kobari, Nishi-ku, Niigata, JPN, 950-2022
Top Culture Co Ltd is a speciality retail company. The firm mainly sells books, stationery, music and video software. The company owns and operates approximately 74 retail stores in Japan. In addition, the company is engaged in the management of sports facilities and maintenance of store facilities.

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