MTAG Group Bhd (XKLS:0213) Piotroski F-Score: 5 (As of Jun. 27, 2026) — 17% Below Median


XKLS:0213 MTAG Group Bhd XKLS:0213
49 GF Score
Price RM0.22
GF Value RM0.19
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is MTAG Group Bhd Piotroski F-Score?

MTAG Group Bhd XKLS:0213 49 Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jun. 27, 2026, which is 17% below its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates XKLS:0213 with a GF Score™ of 49/100 and a GF Value™ of RM0.19 (Modestly Overvalued). The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,063 Business Services companies, MTAG Group Bhd ranks better than 51.55% on this metric.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

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

MTAG Group Bhd 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 MTAG Group Bhd's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:0213' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 5

During the past 10 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of MTAG Group Bhd was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.

MTAG Group Bhd  (XKLS:0213) 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.


MTAG Group Bhd Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


MTAG Group Bhd Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for MTAG Group Bhd'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.

MTAG Group Bhd Piotroski F-Score Chart

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XKLS:0213 vs CTAS, CPRT, GPN: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, MTAG Group Bhd'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.


MTAG Group Bhd Piotroski F-Score vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, MTAG Group Bhd's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MTAG Group Bhd'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 (Mar26) TTM:Last Year (Mar25) TTM:
Net Income was 1.746 + 2.409 + 2.364 + 1.19 = RM7.71 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 25.131 + 3.319 + 4.181 + -3.666 = RM28.97 Mil.
Revenue was 15.908 + 15.146 + 14.522 + 11.962 = RM57.54 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.263 + 4.508 + 4.731 + 3.366 = RM16.87 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was
(240.656 + 244.47 + 231.861 + 233.104 + 233.841) / 5 = RM236.7864 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was RM240.66 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.01 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM170.79 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM5.99 Mil.
Net Income was 3.07 + 2.689 + 3.147 + 4.764 = RM13.67 Mil.

Revenue was 25.175 + 20.454 + 18.131 + 19.553 = RM83.31 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.396 + 7.558 + 5.653 + 7.006 = RM27.61 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was
(238.067 + 235.277 + 234.796 + 237.993 + 240.656) / 5 = RM237.3578 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was RM238.07 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.17 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM187.39 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM5.45 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.

MTAG Group Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 7.71. ==> 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.

MTAG Group Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 28.97. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=7.709/240.656
=0.03203328

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=13.67/238.067
=0.05742081

MTAG Group Bhd's return on assets of this year was 0.03203328. MTAG Group Bhd's return on assets of last year was 0.05742081. ==> 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.

MTAG Group Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 7.71. MTAG Group Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 28.97. ==> 28.97 > 7.71 ==> 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: Mar26)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar25 to Mar26
=0.01/236.7864
=4.223E-5

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=0.167/237.3578
=0.00070358

MTAG Group Bhd's gearing of this year was 4.223E-5. MTAG Group Bhd's gearing of last year was 0.00070358. ==> 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: Mar26)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=170.788/5.99
=28.51218698

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=187.385/5.448
=34.3951909

MTAG Group Bhd's current ratio of this year was 28.51218698. MTAG Group Bhd's current ratio of last year was 34.3951909. ==> 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.

MTAG Group Bhd's number of shares in issue this year was 678.707. MTAG Group Bhd's number of shares in issue last year was 681.118. ==> 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
=16.868/57.538
=0.29316278

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=27.613/83.313
=0.33143687

MTAG Group Bhd's gross margin of this year was 0.29316278. MTAG Group Bhd's gross margin of last year was 0.33143687. ==> 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 (Mar25)
=57.538/240.656
=0.23908816

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=83.313/238.067
=0.3499561

MTAG Group Bhd's asset turnover of this year was 0.23908816. MTAG Group Bhd's asset turnover of last year was 0.3499561. ==> 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+1+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=5

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 5 mean?
MTAG Group Bhd (XKLS:0213) has a Piotroski F-Score of 5 as of Jun. 27, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on MTAG Group Bhd and its competitors. This is 17% below median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, MTAG Group Bhd's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, MTAG Group Bhd ranks #515 out of 1063 companies in the Business Services industry, placing it in the top 48.4%.
Is MTAG Group Bhd's Piotroski F-Score too high?
MTAG Group Bhd's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 17% below median its 10-year median of 6.00. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 4.00 to a high of 8.00. The Business Services industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. MTAG Group Bhd's value of 5 is 0% at this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, MTAG Group Bhd ranks #515 out of 1063 companies in the Business Services industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, MTAG Group Bhd has a GF Score™ of 49/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does MTAG Group Bhd's Piotroski F-Score compare to CTAS and CPRT?
According to the Business Services industry distribution chart, MTAG Group Bhd ranks #515 out of 1063 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This puts MTAG Group Bhd in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. MTAG Group Bhd's value of 5 is 0% at this benchmark. Historically, MTAG Group Bhd's own Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 8.00 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 6.00 vs. the industry median of 5.00, MTAG Group Bhd has consistently been at the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Piotroski F-Score for a Business Services company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Business Services companies is 5.00, based on 1,063 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Piotroski F-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Piotroski F-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. MTAG Group Bhd's current Piotroski F-Score of 5 is 0% at the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Piotroski F-Score mean?
A high Piotroski F-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on MTAG Group Bhd and its competitors. For the Business Services industry, the median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. MTAG Group Bhd's current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 17% below median its own 10-year median of 6.00. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is MTAG Group Bhd stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, MTAG Group Bhd (XKLS:0213) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is RM0.19, compared to a current price of RM0.22 — trading 15.8% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 5, which is 17% below median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 0% at the Business Services industry median of 5.00. MTAG Group Bhd's overall GF Score™ is 49/100 with 4 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Piotroski F-Score calculated?
Piotroski F-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For MTAG Group Bhd (XKLS:0213), the current Piotroski F-Score is 5 as of Jun. 27, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is MTAG Group Bhd (XKLS:0213) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, MTAG Group Bhd stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of RM0.22 is trading 15.8% above its estimated GF Value™ of RM0.19. GuruFocus considers MTAG Group Bhd to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for XKLS:0213:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 5 (17% below median its 10-year median of 6.00)
  • GF Value™: RM0.19 vs. price of RM0.22 (15.8% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 49/100 with 4 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 0% at the Business Services median (#515 of 1063)

No single metric tells the full story. See the XKLS:0213 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


MTAG Group Bhd Business Description

Address Kawasan Perindustrian Tebrau III, PLO 226, Jalan Kencana Mas, Johor Bahru, Johor, MYS, 81100
MTAG Group Bhd is a converter company providing the services of label and sticker printing and customized converting services for various materials. In addition, it distributes industrial tapes and adhesive products under the brands 3M and Henkel. Its segments consist of Converting, Distribution and Investment holding. The company operates in Malaysia. It derives maximum revenue from Converting Segment. The products of the company include Toyo Sho, Intag Industrial and Intag Steel.
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