Shivam Cements (XNEP:SHIVM) Piotroski F-Score: 7 (As of Jul. 23, 2026) — 17% Above Median

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XNEP:SHIVM Shivam Cements Ltd XNEP:SHIVM
88 GF Score
Price NPR656.00
GF Value NPR540.80
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is Shivam Cements Piotroski F-Score?

Shivam Cements XNEP:SHIVM -1.07% 88 Piotroski F-Score is 7 as of Jul. 23, 2026, which is 17% above its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates XNEP:SHIVM with a GF Score™ of 88/100 and a GF Value™ of NPR540.80 (Modestly Overvalued). The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review. Among 392 Building Materials companies, Shivam Cements ranks better than 87.24% on this metric.

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

Shivam Cements 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 Shivam Cements's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XNEP:SHIVM' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4   Med: 6   Max: 8
Current: 7

During the past 9 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Shivam Cements was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.

Shivam Cements  (XNEP:SHIVM) 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.


Shivam Cements Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Shivam Cements Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Shivam Cements'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.

Shivam Cements Piotroski F-Score Chart

Shivam Cements Annual Data
Trend Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24 Jul25
Piotroski F-Score
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Shivam Cements Quarterly Data
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XNEP:SHIVM vs CRH, VMC, MLM: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Building Materials subindustry, Shivam Cements'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.


Shivam Cements Piotroski F-Score vs Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Shivam Cements's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shivam Cements's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


XNEP:SHIVM
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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 (Jul25) TTM:Last Year (Jul24) TTM:
Net Income was NPR1,399 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was NPR1,719 Mil.
Revenue was NPR7,781 Mil.
Gross Profit was NPR1,720 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Jul24)
to the end of this year (Jul25) was (13518.317 + 14651.454) / 2 = NPR14084.8855 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Jul24) was NPR13,518 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR16 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NPR4,540 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NPR2,120 Mil.
Net Income was NPR348 Mil.

Revenue was NPR7,701 Mil.
Gross Profit was NPR1,033 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Jul23)
to the end of last year (Jul24) was (13420.818 + 13518.317) / 2 = NPR13469.5675 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Jul23) was NPR13,421 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NPR8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NPR4,257 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NPR2,338 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.

Shivam Cements's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,399. ==> 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.

Shivam Cements's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,719. ==> 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 (Jul24)
=1399.011/13518.317
=0.10349003

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Jul23)
=347.613/13420.818
=0.02590103

Shivam Cements's return on assets of this year was 0.10349003. Shivam Cements's return on assets of last year was 0.02590103. ==> 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.

Shivam Cements's current Net Income (TTM) was 1,399. Shivam Cements's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 1,719. ==> 1,719 > 1,399 ==> 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: Jul25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul24 to Jul25
=15.966/14084.8855
=0.00113356

Gearing (Last Year: Jul24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Jul23 to Jul24
=8.143/13469.5675
=0.00060455

Shivam Cements's gearing of this year was 0.00113356. Shivam Cements's gearing of last year was 0.00060455. ==> 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: Jul25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4540.007/2119.868
=2.14164608

Current Ratio (Last Year: Jul24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4257.433/2337.801
=1.8211272

Shivam Cements's current ratio of this year was 2.14164608. Shivam Cements's current ratio of last year was 1.8211272. ==> 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.

Shivam Cements's number of shares in issue this year was 57.331. Shivam Cements's number of shares in issue last year was 55.932. ==> 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
=1720.455/7781.135
=0.22110592

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=1032.72/7700.572
=0.13410952

Shivam Cements's gross margin of this year was 0.22110592. Shivam Cements's gross margin of last year was 0.13410952. ==> This year's gross margin is higher. ==> Score 1.

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 (Jul24)
=7781.135/13518.317
=0.57559939

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Jul23)
=7700.572/13420.818
=0.57377814

Shivam Cements's asset turnover of this year was 0.57559939. Shivam Cements's asset turnover of last year was 0.57377814. ==> 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+0+1+0+1+1
=7

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Piotroski F-Score →
What does a Piotroski F-Score of 7 mean?
Shivam Cements (XNEP:SHIVM) has a Piotroski F-Score of 7 as of Jul. 23, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Shivam Cements and its competitors. This is 17% above median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, Shivam Cements' Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Shivam Cements ranks #50 out of 392 companies in the Building Materials industry, placing it in the top 12.8%.
Is Shivam Cements' Piotroski F-Score too high?
Shivam Cements' current Piotroski F-Score of 7 is 17% above 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 Building Materials industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Shivam Cements' value of 7 is 40% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Shivam Cements ranks #50 out of 392 companies in the Building Materials industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Shivam Cements has a GF Score™ of 88/100 and is considered Modestly Overvalued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Shivam Cements' Piotroski F-Score compare to CRH and VMC?
According to the Building Materials industry distribution chart, Shivam Cements ranks #50 out of 392 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Shivam Cements in the top 13% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Shivam Cements' value of 7 is 40% above this benchmark. Historically, Shivam Cements' 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, Shivam Cements has consistently been above 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 Building Materials company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Building Materials companies is 5.00, based on 392 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. Shivam Cements's current Piotroski F-Score of 7 is 40% above 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 Shivam Cements and its competitors. For the Building Materials 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. Shivam Cements's current Piotroski F-Score is 7, which is 17% above 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 Shivam Cements stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Shivam Cements (XNEP:SHIVM) is currently considered Modestly Overvalued. The stock's GF Value™ is NPR540.80, compared to a current price of NPR656.00 — trading 21.3% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 7, which is 17% above median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 40% above the Building Materials industry median of 5.00. Shivam Cements' overall GF Score™ is 88/100 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 Shivam Cements (XNEP:SHIVM), the current Piotroski F-Score is 7 as of Jul. 23, 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 Shivam Cements (XNEP:SHIVM) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Shivam Cements stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of NPR656.00 is trading 21.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of NPR540.80. GuruFocus considers Shivam Cements to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for XNEP:SHIVM:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 7 (17% above median its 10-year median of 6.00)
  • GF Value™: NPR540.80 vs. price of NPR656.00 (21.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 88/100 with 4 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 40% above the Building Materials median (#50 of 392)

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


Shivam Cements Business Description

Address Siddhartha Insurance Bhawan, 2nd Floor, GPO Box 13478, Anamnagar, Kathmandu, NPL
Shivam Cements Ltd is a Nepal based company engaged in manufacturing of cement and clinker from its self owned limestone quarries. The main product of the company include the Ordinary Portland Cement. Its products include OPC cement 43 Grade and OPC cement 53 grade.
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