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Television Broadcasts (Television Broadcasts) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Television Broadcasts Piotroski F-Score?

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

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

TVBCY' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 6
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Television Broadcasts was 6. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Television Broadcasts Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Television Broadcasts'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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Television Broadcasts Piotroski F-Score Chart

Television Broadcasts Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Piotroski F-Score
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Television Broadcasts Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Television Broadcasts's Piotroski F-Score

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Television Broadcasts'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.


Television Broadcasts's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Television Broadcasts's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Net Income was $-97.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $-19.8 Mil.
Revenue was $425.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was $131.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec22)
to the end of this year (Dec23) was (904.905 + 800.165) / 2 = $852.535 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec22) was $904.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $215.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $483.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $222.7 Mil.
Net Income was $-103.7 Mil.

Revenue was $460.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was $129.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Dec22) was (980.868 + 904.905) / 2 = $942.8865 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was $980.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $207.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $522.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $227.2 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.

Television Broadcasts's current Net Income (TTM) was -97.7. ==> 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.

Television Broadcasts's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -19.8. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=-97.672/904.905
=-0.10793619

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=-103.673/980.868
=-0.10569516

Television Broadcasts's return on assets of this year was -0.10793619. Television Broadcasts's return on assets of last year was -0.10569516. ==> 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.

Television Broadcasts's current Net Income (TTM) was -97.7. Television Broadcasts's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -19.8. ==> -19.8 > -97.7 ==> 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: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=215.705/852.535
=0.25301601

Gearing (Last Year: Dec22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Dec22
=207.303/942.8865
=0.21985997

Television Broadcasts's gearing of this year was 0.25301601. Television Broadcasts's gearing of last year was 0.21985997. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

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: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=483.547/222.658
=2.17170279

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=522.367/227.196
=2.29919101

Television Broadcasts's current ratio of this year was 2.17170279. Television Broadcasts's current ratio of last year was 2.29919101. ==> 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.

Television Broadcasts's number of shares in issue this year was 219.061. Television Broadcasts's number of shares in issue last year was 219. ==> 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
=131.026/425.463
=0.30796097

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=129.437/460.574
=0.2810341

Television Broadcasts's gross margin of this year was 0.30796097. Television Broadcasts's gross margin of last year was 0.2810341. ==> 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 (Dec22)
=425.463/904.905
=0.47017422

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=460.574/980.868
=0.46955758

Television Broadcasts's asset turnover of this year was 0.47017422. Television Broadcasts's asset turnover of last year was 0.46955758. ==> 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+1+0+0+0+1+1
=3

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

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

Television Broadcasts  (OTCPK:TVBCY) 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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Television Broadcasts (Television Broadcasts) Business Description

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TVB City, 77 Chun Choi Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong, HKG
Television Broadcasts Ltd is a Hong Kong-based company whose activities involve terrestrial television broadcasting, together with programme production and other television-related activities. Its operating segments include Hong Kong TV broadcasting; OTT Streaming; e-Commerce business; Mainland China operations and International operations. The company derives a majority of revenue from the Hong Kong TV broadcasting segment involving the broadcasting of television programmes, commercials on terrestrial TV platforms, production of programmes, online social media platform, music entertainment, event and digital marketing. The group derives revenue from Hong Kong and other countries, of which prime revenue is derived from Hong Kong.

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