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Autocount Dotcom Bhd (XKLS:0276) Piotroski F-Score : 7 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Autocount Dotcom Bhd Piotroski F-Score?

Good Sign:

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

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

XKLS:0276' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 7   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 5 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Autocount Dotcom Bhd was 8. The lowest was 5. And the median was 7.


Autocount Dotcom Bhd Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Autocount Dotcom 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.

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Autocount Dotcom Bhd Piotroski F-Score Chart

Autocount Dotcom Bhd Annual Data
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Autocount Dotcom Bhd Quarterly Data
Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 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 N/A N/A 8.00 5.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Autocount Dotcom Bhd's Piotroski F-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Autocount Dotcom 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.


Autocount Dotcom Bhd's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Autocount Dotcom Bhd'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 3.607 + 4.068 + 4.524 + 5.765 = RM17.96 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 8.666 + -0.014 + 8.961 + 2.007 = RM19.62 Mil.
Revenue was 12.505 + 13.668 + 13.512 + 18.351 = RM58.04 Mil.
Gross Profit was 8.268 + 9.112 + 10.352 + 12.239 = RM39.97 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(59.47 + 71.103 + 69.237 + 82.402 + 69.925) / 5 = RM70.4274 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was RM59.47 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM51.82 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM13.04 Mil.
Net Income was 0 + 3.664 + 2.348 + 3.364 = RM9.38 Mil.

Revenue was 0 + 10.416 + 8.823 + 9.747 = RM28.99 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 8.289 + 6.839 + 7.61 = RM22.74 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec21)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(40.518 + 37.302 + 39.264 + 67.149 + 59.47) / 5 = RM48.7406 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec21) was RM40.52 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM0.05 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM41.67 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM9.26 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.

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 17.96. ==> 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.

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 19.62. ==> 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 (Sep23)
=17.964/59.47
=0.30206827

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec21)
=9.376/40.518
=0.23140333

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's return on assets of this year was 0.30206827. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's return on assets of last year was 0.23140333. ==> 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.

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 17.96. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 19.62. ==> 19.62 > 17.96 ==> 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
=0/70.4274
=0

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec21 to Sep23
=0.05/48.7406
=0.00102584

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's gearing of this year was 0. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's gearing of last year was 0.00102584. ==> 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
=51.818/13.036
=3.97499233

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=41.671/9.259
=4.50059402

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current ratio of this year was 3.97499233. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's current ratio of last year was 4.50059402. ==> 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.

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's number of shares in issue this year was 550.5. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's number of shares in issue last year was 550.5. ==> 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
=39.971/58.036
=0.68872769

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=22.738/28.986
=0.78444766

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's gross margin of this year was 0.68872769. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's gross margin of last year was 0.78444766. ==> 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)
=58.036/59.47
=0.975887

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec21)
=28.986/40.518
=0.71538575

Autocount Dotcom Bhd's asset turnover of this year was 0.975887. Autocount Dotcom Bhd's asset turnover of last year was 0.71538575. ==> 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+0+1+0+1
=7

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

Autocount Dotcom Bhd has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

Autocount Dotcom Bhd  (XKLS:0276) 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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Autocount Dotcom Bhd Business Description

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Address
No. 2, Jalan PJU 1A/2, Ara Damansara, B2-3A01 & B2-3A02, Meritus Tower @ Oasis Corporate Park, Oasis Damansara (Pusat Korporat Oasis), Petaling Jaya, SGR, MYS, 47301
Autocount Dotcom Bhd is principally involved in the development and distribution of financial management software comprising accounting, POS, and payroll under the AutoCount brand. The range of AutoCount software is comprehensive as is designed to support a wide range of fundamental finance and accounting functions of a business. Its geographic areas are Malaysia, Singapore, and Others. It generates the majority of its revenue from Malaysia.

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