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VCIGF (Vitreous Glass) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Mar. 24, 2025)


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What is Vitreous Glass Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, 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

Vitreous Glass has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

VCIGF' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 7   Max: 9
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Vitreous Glass was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 7.


Vitreous Glass Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vitreous Glass'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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Vitreous Glass Piotroski F-Score Chart

Vitreous Glass Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score
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Vitreous Glass Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 7.00 5.00 9.00 5.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Vitreous Glass's Piotroski F-Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, Vitreous Glass'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.


Vitreous Glass's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Vitreous Glass'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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was 0.478 + 0.481 + 0.388 + 0.284 = $1.63 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.561 + 0.596 + 0.416 + 0.641 = $2.21 Mil.
Revenue was 1.803 + 1.816 + 1.761 + 1.726 = $7.11 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.929 + 0.963 + 0.897 + 0.769 = $3.56 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(3.8 + 3.766 + 3.834 + 3.782 + 4.055) / 5 = $3.8474 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was $3.80 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.02 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.64 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.74 Mil.
Net Income was 0.493 + 0.463 + 0.381 + 0.423 = $1.76 Mil.

Revenue was 1.819 + 1.845 + 1.728 + 1.746 = $7.14 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.96 + 0.952 + 0.811 + 0.871 = $3.59 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(4.346 + 3.861 + 3.893 + 4 + 3.8) / 5 = $3.98 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was $4.35 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.25 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.46 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.

Vitreous Glass's current Net Income (TTM) was 1.63. ==> 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.

Vitreous Glass's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2.21. ==> 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)
=1.631/3.8
=0.42921053

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=1.76/4.346
=0.40497009

Vitreous Glass's return on assets of this year was 0.42921053. Vitreous Glass's return on assets of last year was 0.40497009. ==> 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.

Vitreous Glass's current Net Income (TTM) was 1.63. Vitreous Glass's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2.21. ==> 2.21 > 1.63 ==> 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
=0.022/3.8474
=0.00571815

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=0.04/3.98
=0.01005025

Vitreous Glass's gearing of this year was 0.00571815. Vitreous Glass's gearing of last year was 0.01005025. ==> 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
=2.642/0.737
=3.58480326

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=2.252/0.456
=4.93859649

Vitreous Glass's current ratio of this year was 3.58480326. Vitreous Glass's current ratio of last year was 4.93859649. ==> 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.

Vitreous Glass's number of shares in issue this year was 6.336. Vitreous Glass's number of shares in issue last year was 6.36. ==> 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
=3.558/7.106
=0.50070363

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=3.594/7.138
=0.50350238

Vitreous Glass's gross margin of this year was 0.50070363. Vitreous Glass's gross margin of last year was 0.50350238. ==> 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)
=7.106/3.8
=1.87

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=7.138/4.346
=1.64242982

Vitreous Glass's asset turnover of this year was 1.87. Vitreous Glass's asset turnover of last year was 1.64242982. ==> 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+0+1
=7

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

Vitreous Glass has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Vitreous Glass  (OTCPK:VCIGF) 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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Vitreous Glass Business Description

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212 East Lake Boulevard, Airdrie, AB, CAN, T4A 0H5
Vitreous Glass Inc cleans, crushes, and sells waste glass to the fiberglass manufacturing industry. The company also removes the contaminates and crushes the glass into sand and then this sand is sold to fiberglass insulation manufacturers as furnace-ready cullet for use in their production facilities. The sole source of revenue of the company is generated by providing crushed glass to its customers.

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