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Scope Technologies (XCNQ:SCPE) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 03, 2025)


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What is Scope Technologies 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

Scope Technologies 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 Scope Technologies's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XCNQ:SCPE' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 3   Max: 3
Current: 3

During the past 4 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Scope Technologies was 3. The lowest was 3. And the median was 3.


Scope Technologies Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scope Technologies'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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Scope Technologies Piotroski F-Score Chart

Scope Technologies Annual Data
Trend Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score
N/A N/A 3.00 3.00

Scope Technologies Quarterly Data
Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.00 N/A N/A 3.00 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Scope Technologies's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Scope Technologies'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.


Scope Technologies's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Scope Technologies's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scope Technologies'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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Net Income was -1.376 + -0.825 + -0.986 + -8.242 = C$-11.43 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.216 + -0.29 + -0.454 + -2.184 = C$-3.14 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = C$0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = C$0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(0.147 + 1.312 + 1.759 + 1.325 + 1.816) / 5 = C$1.2718 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was C$0.15 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$1.82 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$0.49 Mil.
Net Income was -0.858 + -0.497 + -0.895 + -0.955 = C$-3.21 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = C$0.00 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = C$0.00 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(1.216 + 0.948 + 0.723 + 0.584 + 0.147) / 5 = C$0.7236 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was C$1.22 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was C$0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was C$0.15 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was C$0.36 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.

Scope Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -11.43. ==> 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.

Scope Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -3.14. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=-11.429/0.147
=-77.74829932

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=-3.205/1.216
=-2.63569079

Scope Technologies's return on assets of this year was -77.74829932. Scope Technologies's return on assets of last year was -2.63569079. ==> 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.

Scope Technologies's current Net Income (TTM) was -11.43. Scope Technologies's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -3.14. ==> -3.14 > -11.43 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=0/1.2718
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=0/0.7236
=0

Scope Technologies's gearing of this year was 0. Scope Technologies's gearing of last year was 0. ==> 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: Sep24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=1.816/0.488
=3.72131148

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=0.147/0.358
=0.41061453

Scope Technologies's current ratio of this year was 3.72131148. Scope Technologies's current ratio of last year was 0.41061453. ==> 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.

Scope Technologies's number of shares in issue this year was 52.816. Scope Technologies's number of shares in issue last year was 38.397. ==> 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
=0/0
=

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=0/0
=

Scope Technologies's gross margin of this year was . Scope Technologies's gross margin of last year was . ==> 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 (Sep23)
=0/0.147
=0

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=0/1.216
=0

Scope Technologies's asset turnover of this year was 0. Scope Technologies's asset turnover of last year was 0. ==> 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
=0+0+0+1+1+1+0+0+0
=3

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

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

Scope Technologies  (XCNQ:SCPE) 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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Scope Technologies Business Description

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Address
1800 - 510 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6B 0M3
Scope Technologies Corp is a pioneering technology company specializing in quantum security and machine learning. Through its flagship brands, QSE Group and GEM AI, the company provides next-generation solutions in data security, quantum encryption, and neural networks, empowering businesses and individuals with secure, scalable technologies that drive growth and operational efficiency.