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Ecobank Transnational (XBRV:ETIT) Piotroski F-Score : 9 (As of Jul. 24, 2025)


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What is Ecobank Transnational Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 9, 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

Ecobank Transnational has an F-score of 9. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

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

XBRV:ETIT' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2   Med: 5   Max: 9
Current: 9

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Ecobank Transnational was 9. The lowest was 2. And the median was 5.


Ecobank Transnational Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecobank Transnational'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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Ecobank Transnational Piotroski F-Score Chart

Ecobank Transnational Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 7.00 8.00 4.00 8.00

Ecobank Transnational Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 5.00 5.00 5.00 8.00 9.00

Competitive Comparison of Ecobank Transnational's Piotroski F-Score

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Ecobank Transnational'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.


Ecobank Transnational's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Ecobank Transnational's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ecobank Transnational'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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Net Income was 49737.319 + 43311.95 + 56576.165 + 48787.045 = XOF198,412 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 151353.002 + 507929.429 + 678628.287 + 122985.404 = XOF1,460,896 Mil.
Revenue was 245329.109 + 247498.054 + 322016.705 + 272524.906 = XOF1,087,369 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar24)
to the end of this year (Mar25) was
(14801520.84 + 14472658.592 + 14819170.934 + 15598982.454 + 16120880.852) / 5 = XOF15162642.7344 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar24) was XOF14,801,521 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was XOF1,209,292 Mil.
Total Assets was XOF16,120,881 Mil.
Total Liabilities was XOF15,035,050 Mil.
Net Income was 54714.12 + 37168.372 + 35685.208 + 40366.827 = XOF167,935 Mil.

Revenue was 262096.447 + 220062.874 + 310524.14 + 271728.083 = XOF1,064,412 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar23)
to the end of last year (Mar24) was
(16023423.942 + 15085927.796 + 14867273.871 + 15194428.639 + 14801520.84) / 5 = XOF15194515.0176 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar23) was XOF16,023,424 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was XOF1,415,694 Mil.
Total Assets was XOF14,801,521 Mil.
Total Liabilities was XOF13,906,819 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.

Ecobank Transnational's current Net Income (TTM) was 198,412. ==> 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.

Ecobank Transnational's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,460,896. ==> 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 (Mar24)
=198412.479/14801520.84
=0.01340487

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar23)
=167934.527/16023423.942
=0.01048056

Ecobank Transnational's return on assets of this year was 0.01340487. Ecobank Transnational's return on assets of last year was 0.01048056. ==> 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.

Ecobank Transnational's current Net Income (TTM) was 198,412. Ecobank Transnational's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,460,896. ==> 1,460,896 > 198,412 ==> 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: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=1209291.747/15162642.7344
=0.07975468

Gearing (Last Year: Mar24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar23 to Mar24
=1415693.668/15194515.0176
=0.09317136

Ecobank Transnational's gearing of this year was 0.07975468. Ecobank Transnational's gearing of last year was 0.09317136. ==> 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

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Total Current Assets and Total Current Liabilities reported. Thus, we use Total Assets and Total Liabilities to calculate current ratio for banks and insurance companies.

Current Ratio (This Year: Mar25)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=16120880.852/15035050.483
=1.07221994

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar24)=Total Assets/Total Liabilities
=14801520.84/13906818.82
=1.06433549

Ecobank Transnational's current ratio of this year was 1.07221994. Ecobank Transnational's current ratio of last year was 1.06433549. ==> 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.

Ecobank Transnational's number of shares in issue this year was 24592.619. Ecobank Transnational's number of shares in issue last year was 24592.619. ==> 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.

* Note that for banks and insurance companies, there's no Gross Profit reported. Thus, we use net income instead of gross profit and calculate Net Margin for this score.

Net Margin (This Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=198412.479/1087368.774
=0.18247027

Net Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Net Income/Revenue
=167934.527/1064411.544
=0.15777218

Ecobank Transnational's net margin of this year was 0.18247027. Ecobank Transnational's net margin of last year was 0.15777218. ==> This year's net 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 (Mar24)
=1087368.774/14801520.84
=0.07346331

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar23)
=1064411.544/16023423.942
=0.06642847

Ecobank Transnational's asset turnover of this year was 0.07346331. Ecobank Transnational's asset turnover of last year was 0.06642847. ==> 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+1+1+1+1
=9

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

Ecobank Transnational has an F-score of 9. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Ecobank Transnational  (XBRV:ETIT) 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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Ecobank Transnational Business Description

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Ecobank Transnational Inc is a pan-African banking group that through its subsidiaries provides retail, investment, and corporate banking services to governments, financial institutions, multinationals, local companies, small and mid-size enterprises(SMEs), and individuals. It provides banking services throughout sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa. Its activities are grouped into three customer-focused business segments namely Corporate and Investment Banking, Commercial Banking, and Consumer Banking. The company's geographical segments include Francophone West Africa (UEMOA), Nigeria, Anglophone West Africa (AWA), Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (CESA), and others.

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