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Converge Technology Solutions (TSX:CTS) Piotroski F-Score : 6 (As of Apr. 06, 2025)


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What is Converge Technology Solutions 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

Converge Technology Solutions 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 Converge Technology Solutions's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:CTS' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 6

During the past 7 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Converge Technology Solutions was 7. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.


Converge Technology Solutions Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Converge Technology Solutions'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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Converge Technology Solutions Piotroski F-Score Chart

Converge Technology Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 6.00 7.00 4.00 5.00 6.00

Converge Technology Solutions Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Converge Technology Solutions's Piotroski F-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Converge Technology Solutions'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.


Converge Technology Solutions's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Converge Technology Solutions's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Converge Technology Solutions'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was -1.912 + -163.318 + -3.309 + -9.174 = C$-178 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 110.935 + 52.384 + 48.859 + 56.973 = C$269 Mil.
Revenue was 628.766 + 651.847 + 630.69 + 680.778 = C$2,592 Mil.
Gross Profit was 175.272 + 179.284 + 158.257 + 178.629 = C$691 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(2153.362 + 2154.168 + 2064.63 + 2015.842 + 2186.264) / 5 = C$2114.8532 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was C$2,153 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$255 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$1,237 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$1,325 Mil.
Net Income was -1.957 + -3.548 + -1.802 + 5.861 = C$-1 Mil.

Revenue was 678.198 + 665.813 + 710.106 + 651.09 = C$2,705 Mil.
Gross Profit was 171.588 + 175.672 + 174.09 + 181.529 = C$703 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(2248.876 + 2216.891 + 2118.42 + 2159.785 + 2153.362) / 5 = C$2179.4668 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was C$2,249 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$378 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$1,074 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$978 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.

Converge Technology Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -178. ==> 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.

Converge Technology Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 269. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=-177.713/2153.362
=-0.08252816

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-1.446/2248.876
=-0.00064299

Converge Technology Solutions's return on assets of this year was -0.08252816. Converge Technology Solutions's return on assets of last year was -0.00064299. ==> 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.

Converge Technology Solutions's current Net Income (TTM) was -178. Converge Technology Solutions's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 269. ==> 269 > -178 ==> 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: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=255.464/2114.8532
=0.12079515

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=378.007/2179.4668
=0.17344013

Converge Technology Solutions's gearing of this year was 0.12079515. Converge Technology Solutions's gearing of last year was 0.17344013. ==> 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: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1236.972/1324.573
=0.93386472

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1073.765/978.025
=1.09789116

Converge Technology Solutions's current ratio of this year was 0.93386472. Converge Technology Solutions's current ratio of last year was 1.09789116. ==> 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.

Converge Technology Solutions's number of shares in issue this year was 192.498. Converge Technology Solutions's number of shares in issue last year was 204.326. ==> 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
=691.442/2592.081
=0.26675169

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=702.879/2705.207
=0.25982448

Converge Technology Solutions's gross margin of this year was 0.26675169. Converge Technology Solutions's gross margin of last year was 0.25982448. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=2592.081/2153.362
=1.20373676

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=2705.207/2248.876
=1.20291515

Converge Technology Solutions's asset turnover of this year was 1.20373676. Converge Technology Solutions's asset turnover of last year was 1.20291515. ==> 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+0+1+1+0+1+1+1
=6

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

Converge Technology Solutions has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Converge Technology Solutions  (TSX:CTS) 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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Converge Technology Solutions Business Description

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Address
161 Bay Street, Suite 2325, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2S1
Converge Technology Solutions Corp is a Canadian company building a platform of regionally focused Hybrid IT infrastructure providers that deliver breed solutions and services in the United States. The solutions provided include multi-cloud solutions, the blockchain, resiliency, and managed services, enabling the company to address the business and IT issues that public and private-sector organizations face. It has three operating segments: North America, Germany, and UK.
Executives
Greg Berard Senior Officer
John Teltsch Senior Officer
Avjit Kamboj Senior Officer
Toni Rinow Director
Cory Reid Senior Officer
Brian Arthur Phillips Director
Shaun Maine Director, Senior Officer
Thomas Volk Director
Darlene Kelly Director
Donald Lawrence Cuthbertson Senior Officer
Richard Lecoutre Senior Officer
Winton Smith Senior Officer
Carl Gilbert Smith Senior Officer
Gordon Mcmillan 10% Security Holder, Director
Ralph Garcea Director