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Sern Kou Resources Bhd (XKLS:7180) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Sern Kou Resources 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

Sern Kou Resources 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 Sern Kou Resources Bhd's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XKLS:7180' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 5   Max: 8
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Sern Kou Resources Bhd was 8. The lowest was 1. And the median was 5.


Sern Kou Resources Bhd Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sern Kou Resources 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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Sern Kou Resources Bhd Piotroski F-Score Chart

Sern Kou Resources Bhd Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Piotroski F-Score
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Sern Kou Resources Bhd Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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Competitive Comparison of Sern Kou Resources Bhd's Piotroski F-Score

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Sern Kou Resources 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.


Sern Kou Resources Bhd's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Sern Kou Resources Bhd's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sern Kou Resources 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 0.288 + -2.467 + -11.862 + 0.364 = RM-13.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -3.996 + -14.902 + 33.164 + -37.762 = RM-23.5 Mil.
Revenue was 117.55 + 104.368 + 134.713 + 132.249 = RM488.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.17 + 1.748 + 1.017 + 7.128 = RM14.1 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Sep23)
to the end of this year (Sep24) was
(361.136 + 373.934 + 372.4 + 372.707 + 380.916) / 5 = RM372.2186 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Sep23) was RM361.1 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM18.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM251.7 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM125.2 Mil.
Net Income was -6.604 + 1.17 + 4.7 + 0.098 = RM-0.6 Mil.

Revenue was 83.193 + 87.833 + 97.572 + 137.138 = RM405.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.514 + 5.875 + 1.948 + 4.894 = RM17.2 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Sep22)
to the end of last year (Sep23) was
(310.812 + 313.429 + 329.319 + 346.391 + 361.136) / 5 = RM332.2174 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Sep22) was RM310.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was RM18.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was RM233.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was RM90.5 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.

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was -13.7. ==> 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.

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -23.5. ==> 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)
=-13.677/361.136
=-0.03787216

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Sep22)
=-0.636/310.812
=-0.00204625

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's return on assets of this year was -0.03787216. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's return on assets of last year was -0.00204625. ==> 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.

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current Net Income (TTM) was -13.7. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was -23.5. ==> -23.5 <= -13.7 ==> 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: Sep24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep23 to Sep24
=18.617/372.2186
=0.05001631

Gearing (Last Year: Sep23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Sep22 to Sep23
=17.974/332.2174
=0.05410313

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's gearing of this year was 0.05001631. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's gearing of last year was 0.05410313. ==> 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
=251.657/125.152
=2.01081085

Current Ratio (Last Year: Sep23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=233.774/90.546
=2.58182581

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current ratio of this year was 2.01081085. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's current ratio of last year was 2.58182581. ==> 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.

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's number of shares in issue this year was 1078.098. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's number of shares in issue last year was 1078.098. ==> 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
=14.063/488.88
=0.02876575

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=17.231/405.736
=0.0424685

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's gross margin of this year was 0.02876575. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's gross margin of last year was 0.0424685. ==> 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)
=488.88/361.136
=1.35372824

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Sep22)
=405.736/310.812
=1.30540648

Sern Kou Resources Bhd's asset turnover of this year was 1.35372824. Sern Kou Resources Bhd's asset turnover of last year was 1.30540648. ==> 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
=0+0+0+0+1+0+1+0+1
=3

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

Sern Kou Resources Bhd has an F-score of 3. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.

Sern Kou Resources Bhd  (XKLS:7180) 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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Sern Kou Resources Bhd Business Description

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Address
Jalan Perindustrian 1, Lot PTD 6019 (Lot 8804), Kawasan Perindustrian Bukit Bakri, Mukim Bakri, Muar, JHR, MYS, 84200
Sern Kou Resources Bhd along with its subsidiaries is engaged in manufacturing, processing and trading all kinds of timber, wood and related products, and logging, processing and trading of rubberwood and timber. The company's reportable segments include, Manufacturing and trading of wooden furniture, Investment holding and processing and trading of wood. Substantial revenue for the company is generated from it processing and trading of woods segment. The company has presence in different geographical areas which include, Malaysia, United States of America and European countries, Asia-Pacific countries and others.

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