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Wireless Telecom Group (Wireless Telecom Group) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Wireless Telecom Group 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

Wireless Telecom Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

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

WTT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Wireless Telecom Group was 7. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Wireless Telecom Group Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wireless Telecom Group'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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Wireless Telecom Group Piotroski F-Score Chart

Wireless Telecom Group Annual Data
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Wireless Telecom Group Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Wireless Telecom Group's Piotroski F-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Wireless Telecom Group'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.


Wireless Telecom Group's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Wireless Telecom Group's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wireless Telecom Group'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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Net Income was -1.36 + -2.181 + 7.931 + -0.941 = $3.45 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1.959 + -2.164 + -1.956 + -1.005 = $-7.08 Mil.
Revenue was 6.068 + 5.33 + 3.373 + 5.175 = $19.95 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3.415 + 2.658 + 2.405 + 2.948 = $11.43 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar22)
to the end of this year (Mar23) was
(48.497 + 43.004 + 39.962 + 44.973 + 44.379) / 5 = $44.163 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar22) was $48.50 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.33 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $31.84 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3.94 Mil.
Net Income was 1.537 + -0.187 + 0.384 + 10.197 = $11.93 Mil.

Revenue was 7.788 + 7.376 + -0.672 + 6.059 = $20.55 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.378 + 4.042 + -0.309 + 3.508 = $11.62 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar21)
to the end of last year (Mar22) was
(48.099 + 47.54 + 45.747 + 44.351 + 48.497) / 5 = $46.8468 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar21) was $48.10 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.73 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $30.16 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8.48 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.

Wireless Telecom Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.45. ==> 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.

Wireless Telecom Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -7.08. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=3.449/48.497
=0.0711178

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar21)
=11.931/48.099
=0.2480509

Wireless Telecom Group's return on assets of this year was 0.0711178. Wireless Telecom Group's return on assets of last year was 0.2480509. ==> 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.

Wireless Telecom Group's current Net Income (TTM) was 3.45. Wireless Telecom Group's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -7.08. ==> -7.08 <= 3.45 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Mar23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar22 to Mar23
=0.33/44.163
=0.00747232

Gearing (Last Year: Mar22)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar21 to Mar22
=0.729/46.8468
=0.01556136

Wireless Telecom Group's gearing of this year was 0.00747232. Wireless Telecom Group's gearing of last year was 0.01556136. ==> 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: Mar23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=31.835/3.941
=8.07789901

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar22)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=30.156/8.479
=3.55655148

Wireless Telecom Group's current ratio of this year was 8.07789901. Wireless Telecom Group's current ratio of last year was 3.55655148. ==> This year's current ratio is higher. ==> Score 1.

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.

Wireless Telecom Group's number of shares in issue this year was 21.363. Wireless Telecom Group's number of shares in issue last year was 22.603. ==> 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
=11.426/19.946
=0.57284669

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=11.619/20.551
=0.56537395

Wireless Telecom Group's gross margin of this year was 0.57284669. Wireless Telecom Group's gross margin of last year was 0.56537395. ==> 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 (Mar22)
=19.946/48.497
=0.41128317

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar21)
=20.551/48.099
=0.4272646

Wireless Telecom Group's asset turnover of this year was 0.41128317. Wireless Telecom Group's asset turnover of last year was 0.4272646. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+0+0+0+1+1+1+1+0
=5

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

Wireless Telecom Group has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Wireless Telecom Group  (AMEX:WTT) 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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Wireless Telecom Group (Wireless Telecom Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
25 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ, USA, 07054
Wireless Telecom Group Inc is a designer and manufacturer of advanced radio frequency (RF) and microwave components, modules, systems, and instruments. Serving aerospace and defense companies, military and government agencies, satellite communication companies, semiconductor manufacturers, and other technology companies. The company's products include RF power meters, sensors and analyzers, RF synthesizers, noise generators and components and phased noise analyzers. The company's services include calibration, repair and maintenance.
Executives
Manko Joseph M. Jr. 10 percent owner 1717 ARCH STREET, 37TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
C Scott Gibson director PMB 316, PO BOX 30,000, JACKSON WY 83002
Jennifer M Fritzsche director 11780 U.S. HIGHWAY 1, SUITE 600, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33408
Alfred Rodriguez officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Timothy Whelan director C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS ROAD, PARSIPANNY NJ 07054
Michael Kandell officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Horton Capital Partners Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 1717 ARCH STREET, 37TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Horton Capital Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 1717 ARCH STREET, 37TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Horton Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 1717 ARCH STREET, 37TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Daniel Monopoli officer: Chief Technology Officer WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Michael Millegan director C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Weinstein Allan D.l. director C/O WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP, INC., 25 EASTMANS RD., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Bell Don Carlos Iii director 3713 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD, DALLAS TX 75225
E Wayne Nordberg 10 percent owner C/O HOLLOW BROOK WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC, 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2840, NEW YORK NY 10170
Philip E. Richter 10 percent owner C/O HOLLOW BROOK WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC, 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2840, NEW YORK NY 10170