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CHAR Technologies (TSXV:YES) Piotroski F-Score : 4 (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is CHAR Technologies 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

CHAR Technologies has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

TSXV:YES' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 3   Max: 5
Current: 4

During the past 11 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of CHAR Technologies was 5. The lowest was 2. And the median was 3.


CHAR Technologies Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for CHAR Technologies'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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CHAR Technologies Piotroski F-Score Chart

CHAR Technologies Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score
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CHAR Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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Competitive Comparison of CHAR Technologies's Piotroski F-Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, CHAR Technologies'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.


CHAR Technologies's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, CHAR Technologies's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CHAR Technologies'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 -2.377 + -1.314 + -2.271 + -1.8 = C$-7.76 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.456 + -0.912 + -1.944 + -1.69 = C$-4.09 Mil.
Revenue was 0.881 + 1.164 + 0.704 + 0.405 = C$3.15 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.096 + 0.16 + 0.193 + 0.066 = C$0.52 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(17.047 + 16.878 + 16.827 + 15.352 + 14.563) / 5 = C$16.1334 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was C$17.05 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$3.70 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$3.00 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$3.65 Mil.
Net Income was -2.182 + -1.928 + -3.367 + -2.371 = C$-9.85 Mil.

Revenue was 0.402 + 0.427 + 0.672 + 0.235 = C$1.74 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.231 + 0.219 + -0.029 + 0.151 = C$0.57 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(12.015 + 14.942 + 13.793 + 18.868 + 17.047) / 5 = C$15.333 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was C$12.02 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$4.02 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$5.58 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$2.93 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.

CHAR Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -7.76. ==> 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.

CHAR Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.09. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=-7.762/17.047
=-0.45532938

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=-9.848/12.015
=-0.81964211

CHAR Technologies's return on assets of this year was -0.45532938. CHAR Technologies's return on assets of last year was -0.81964211. ==> 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.

CHAR Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -7.76. CHAR Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -4.09. ==> -4.09 > -7.76 ==> 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
=3.704/16.1334
=0.22958583

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=4.023/15.333
=0.26237527

CHAR Technologies's gearing of this year was 0.22958583. CHAR Technologies's gearing of last year was 0.26237527. ==> 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
=2.999/3.646
=0.82254526

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=5.582/2.933
=1.90317081

CHAR Technologies's current ratio of this year was 0.82254526. CHAR Technologies's current ratio of last year was 1.90317081. ==> 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.

CHAR Technologies's number of shares in issue this year was 104.236. CHAR Technologies's number of shares in issue last year was 100.359. ==> 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
=0.515/3.154
=0.16328472

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0.572/1.736
=0.32949309

CHAR Technologies's gross margin of this year was 0.16328472. CHAR Technologies's gross margin of last year was 0.32949309. ==> 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 (Dec23)
=3.154/17.047
=0.18501789

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=1.736/12.015
=0.14448606

CHAR Technologies's asset turnover of this year was 0.18501789. CHAR Technologies's asset turnover of last year was 0.14448606. ==> 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+1+1+0+0+0+1
=4

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

CHAR Technologies has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

CHAR Technologies  (TSXV:YES) 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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CHAR Technologies Business Description

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Address
895 Don Mills Road, Suite 400, Morneau Shepell Centre II, Toronto, ON, CAN, M3C 1W3
CHAR Technologies Ltd. is a Canada-based cleantech development and environmental services company. The Company is specialized in high temperature pyrolysis (HTP), converting woody biomass and organic materials into renewable energy (renewable natural gas (RNG) or green hydrogen) and valuable biocarbon (biocoal CleanFyre, biochar, or activated biochar SulfaCHAR). Its additional services include environmental compliance, environmental management, engineering and resource efficiency. The Company's subsidiaries include Char Biocarbon Inc., Altech Environmental Consulting Ltd., Char Technologies Thorold Inc., and Char Technologies USA.
Executives
James Sbrolla 10% Security Holder, Director
Nikita James Nanos Director
Mark Korol Senior Officer
William White Director, Senior Officer
Robert John Sinyard Senior Officer
Eric Marshall Beutel Director, Senior Officer
Jane Elizabeth Pagel Director
Paul Pellegrini Director
Dimitris Stubos Senior Officer
Ian Anderson Director
Brian Andrew Bobbie Senior Officer

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