Project Holdings (TSE:9246) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Jul. 02, 2026) — 167% Above Median


TSE:9246 Project Holdings Inc TSE:9246
76 GF Score
Price 円988.00
GF Value 円1,650.09
Valuation Significantly Undervalued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Project Holdings Piotroski F-Score?

Project Holdings TSE:9246 -1.20% 76 Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jul. 02, 2026, which is 167% above its 10-year median of 3.00. GuruFocus rates TSE:9246 with a GF Score™ of 76/100 and a GF Value™ of 円1,650.09 (Significantly Undervalued). The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,064 Business Services companies, Project Holdings ranks better than 97.65% on this metric.

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

Project Holdings has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

TSE:9246' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 3   Max: 8
Current: 8

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Project Holdings was 8. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.

Project Holdings  (TSE:9246) 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.


Project Holdings Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Project Holdings Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Project 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.

Project Holdings Piotroski F-Score Chart

Project Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 7.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 8.00

Project Holdings Quarterly Data
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TSE:9246 vs VRSK, EFX, BAH: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Project 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.


Project Holdings Piotroski F-Score vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Project Holdings's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


TSE:9246
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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127 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円570 Mil.
Revenue was 円5,486 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円1,978 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec24)
to the end of this year (Dec25) was (5540.358 + 4632.541) / 2 = 円5086.4495 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec24) was 円5,540 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円736 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円2,914 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円1,496 Mil.
Net Income was 円-394 Mil.

Revenue was 円5,280 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円1,757 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec23)
to the end of last year (Dec24) was (5712.648 + 5540.358) / 2 = 円5626.503 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec23) was 円5,713 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円1,591 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円3,683 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円1,496 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.

Project Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 127. ==> 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.

Project Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 570. ==> 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 (Dec24)
=126.639/5540.358
=0.02285755

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=-393.64/5712.648
=-0.06890675

Project Holdings's return on assets of this year was 0.02285755. Project Holdings's return on assets of last year was -0.06890675. ==> 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.

Project Holdings's current Net Income (TTM) was 127. Project Holdings's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 570. ==> 570 > 127 ==> 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: Dec25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec24 to Dec25
=735.968/5086.4495
=0.14469189

Gearing (Last Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=1590.812/5626.503
=0.28273548

Project Holdings's gearing of this year was 0.14469189. Project Holdings's gearing of last year was 0.28273548. ==> 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: Dec25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2914.408/1495.62
=1.94862866

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=3683.06/1495.95
=2.46202079

Project Holdings's current ratio of this year was 1.94862866. Project Holdings's current ratio of last year was 2.46202079. ==> 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.

Project Holdings's number of shares in issue this year was 5.375. Project Holdings's number of shares in issue last year was 5.423. ==> 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
=1978.029/5485.518
=0.36059111

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1756.835/5279.803
=0.33274632

Project Holdings's gross margin of this year was 0.36059111. Project Holdings's gross margin of last year was 0.33274632. ==> 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)
=5485.518/5540.358
=0.99010172

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec23)
=5279.803/5712.648
=0.92423041

Project Holdings's asset turnover of this year was 0.99010172. Project Holdings's asset turnover of last year was 0.92423041. ==> 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+1+1+1+0+1+1+1
=8

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

Project Holdings has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 8 mean?
Project Holdings (TSE:9246) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Jul. 02, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Project Holdings and its competitors. This is 167% above median its historical median of 3.00. Over the past decade, Project Holdings' Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Project Holdings ranks #25 out of 1064 companies in the Business Services industry, placing it in the top 2.3%.
Is Project Holdings' Piotroski F-Score too high?
Project Holdings' current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 167% above 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 8.00. The Business Services industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Project Holdings' value of 8 is 60% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Project Holdings ranks #25 out of 1064 companies in the Business Services industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Project Holdings has a GF Score™ of 76/100 and is considered Significantly Undervalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Project Holdings' Piotroski F-Score compare to VRSK and EFX?
According to the Business Services industry distribution chart, Project Holdings ranks #25 out of 1064 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Project Holdings in the top 2% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Project Holdings' value of 8 is 60% above this benchmark. Historically, Project Holdings' own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 3.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 3.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, Project Holdings has consistently been above 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 Business Services company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Business Services companies is 5.00, based on 1,064 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. Project Holdings's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 60% above 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 Project Holdings and its competitors. For the Business Services 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. Project Holdings's current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 167% above 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 Project Holdings stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Project Holdings (TSE:9246) is currently considered Significantly Undervalued. The stock's GF Value™ is 円1,650.09, compared to a current price of 円988.00 — trading 40.1% below its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 167% above median its 10-year median of 3.00 and 60% above the Business Services industry median of 5.00. Project Holdings' overall GF Score™ is 76/100 with 5 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 Project Holdings (TSE:9246), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jul. 02, 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 Project Holdings (TSE:9246) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Project Holdings stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of 円988.00 is trading 40.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of 円1,650.09. GuruFocus considers Project Holdings to be Significantly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for TSE:9246:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 8 (167% above median its 10-year median of 3.00)
  • GF Value™: 円1,650.09 vs. price of 円988.00 (40.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 76/100 with 5 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 60% above the Business Services median (#25 of 1064)

No single metric tells the full story. See the TSE:9246 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Project Holdings Business Description

Address 1-3-1 Azabudai, 24th Floor, Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 106-0041
Project Holdings Inc is engaged in providing consulting services for new business development and the reform of existing businesses through the use of digital technologies. The company plans digital marketing strategies and improves the UI/UX of smartphone applications. Its services include business solutions, marketing solutions, and UI/UX solutions.
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