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
Lotus Bakeries NV 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 Lotus Bakeries NV's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:
XBRU:LOTB'
s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5 Med: 5 Max: 8
Current: 7
During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Lotus Bakeries NV was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 5.
Lotus Bakeries NV Piotroski F-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lotus Bakeries NV'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.
Competitive Comparison of Lotus Bakeries NV's Piotroski F-Score
For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lotus Bakeries NV'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.
Lotus Bakeries NV's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lotus Bakeries NV's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lotus Bakeries NV'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.
*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.
Lotus Bakeries NV's current Net Income (TTM) was 129.
==> 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.
Lotus Bakeries NV's return on assets of this year was 0.11804269. Lotus Bakeries NV's return on assets of last year was 0.10406293.
==> This year is higher. ==> Score 1.
Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)
Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)
Lotus Bakeries NV's gearing of this year was 0.23590284. Lotus Bakeries NV's gearing of last year was 0.18788115.
==> 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
Lotus Bakeries NV's current ratio of this year was 1.5501028. Lotus Bakeries NV's current ratio of last year was 1.07139212.
==> 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.
Lotus Bakeries NV's number of shares in issue this year was 0.812. Lotus Bakeries NV's number of shares in issue last year was 0.812.
==> 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.
Lotus Bakeries NV's gross margin of this year was 0.39233293. Lotus Bakeries NV's gross margin of last year was 0.39644835.
==> 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
Lotus Bakeries NV's asset turnover of this year was 0.97070964. Lotus Bakeries NV's asset turnover of last year was 0.88444519.
==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.
Evaluation
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Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3
Lotus Bakeries NV has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.
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.
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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Lotus Bakeries NV (XBRU:LOTB) Business Description
Lotus Bakeries NV produces and sells snacks under a range of brands. Under the Peijnenburg and Snelle Jelle brands, the company supplies gingerbread in Netherlands. With the Nakd, Trek, Bear, and Urban Fruit brands, the company offers snacks made from natural ingredients and no added sugar. Lotus Bakeries operates in Belgium, with production facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Sweden, and a number of sales units in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. The company's product portfolio is divided into six product lines: the caramelized biscuits line, the waffles and galettes line, the cake specialties line, the gingerbread line, the pepparkakor biscuits line, and the Dinosaurs biscuits line. Lotus Bakeries distributes its products through retail, catering, and food services.
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