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Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd (XKLS:7033) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Apr. 22, 2025)


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What is Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd 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

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd 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 Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:7033' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 5   Max: 7
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd was 7. The lowest was 3. And the median was 5.


Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kumpulan H & L High-Tech 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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Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd Piotroski F-Score Chart

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd Annual Data
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Piotroski F-Score
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Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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Competitive Comparison of Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's Piotroski F-Score

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Kumpulan H & L High-Tech 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.


Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kumpulan H & L High-Tech 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 (Jan25) TTM:Last Year (Jan24) TTM:
Net Income was 0.085 + 0.392 + 6.597 + 0.258 = RM7.33 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.312 + 0.14 + 0.955 + 1.032 = RM3.44 Mil.
Revenue was 5.206 + 5.246 + 5.999 + 7.069 = RM23.52 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5.206 + 5.246 + 5.999 + 7.069 = RM23.52 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jan24)
to the end of this year (Jan25) was
(173.147 + 171.635 + 170.543 + 175.123 + 176.728) / 5 = RM173.4352 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jan24) was RM173.15 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM21.86 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM42.85 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM4.83 Mil.
Net Income was 0.689 + 1.948 + 7.187 + 0.199 = RM10.02 Mil.

Revenue was 6.103 + 6.917 + 7.025 + 5.243 = RM25.29 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6.103 + 6.917 + 7.025 + 5.243 = RM25.29 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jan23)
to the end of last year (Jan24) was
(168.89 + 167.463 + 168.571 + 172.852 + 173.147) / 5 = RM170.1846 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jan23) was RM168.89 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM20.98 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM48.65 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM5.13 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.

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 7.33. ==> 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.

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3.44. ==> 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 (Jan24)
=7.332/173.147
=0.04234552

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jan23)
=10.023/168.89
=0.05934632

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's return on assets of this year was 0.04234552. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's return on assets of last year was 0.05934632. ==> 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.

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was 7.33. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 3.44. ==> 3.44 <= 7.33 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

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: Jan25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jan24 to Jan25
=21.856/173.4352
=0.12601825

Gearing (Last Year: Jan24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jan23 to Jan24
=20.982/170.1846
=0.12328965

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's gearing of this year was 0.12601825. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's gearing of last year was 0.12328965. ==> 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

Current Ratio (This Year: Jan25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=42.846/4.833
=8.86530106

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jan24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=48.653/5.126
=9.49141631

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current ratio of this year was 8.86530106. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's current ratio of last year was 9.49141631. ==> 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.

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's number of shares in issue this year was 116.613. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's number of shares in issue last year was 117.059. ==> 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
=23.52/23.52
=1

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=25.288/25.288
=1

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's gross margin of this year was 1. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's gross margin of last year was 1. ==> 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 (Jan24)
=23.52/173.147
=0.13583833

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jan23)
=25.288/168.89
=0.14973059

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's asset turnover of this year was 0.13583833. Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd's asset turnover of last year was 0.14973059. ==> 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+0+0+0+1+0+0
=3

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

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd  (XKLS:7033) 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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Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd Business Description

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Address
No. 6, Jalan TSB 1, Taman Industri Sungai Buloh, Sungai Buloh, SGR, MYS, 47000
Kumpulan H & L High-Tech Bhd is engaged in manufacturing precision engineering moulds and machine parts and customized precision engineering plastic injection moulds and components, property investment and property development, and cultivation of oil palm plantations. Its segments consist of Manufacturing and trading that manufactures and sells precision engineering moulds and other precision; Property Investment that engages in investment holding; Plantation engaged in the cultivation of oil palm. The majority of the revenue is derived from the Manufacturing and Trading segment. Apart Malaysia, company also operates in Europe, USA, and China.

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