Grupo Melo (XPTY:MELO) Piotroski F-Score: 8 (As of Jun. 27, 2026) — 33% Above Median


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What is Grupo Melo Piotroski F-Score?

Grupo Melo XPTY:MELO 93 Piotroski F-Score is 8 as of Jun. 27, 2026, which is 33% above its 10-year median of 6.00. GuruFocus rates XPTY:MELO with a GF Score™ of 93/100 and a GF Value™ of $50.88 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 4 warning signs investors should review. Among 555 Conglomerates companies, Grupo Melo ranks better than 98.2% on this metric.

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 8, 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

Grupo Melo has an F-score of 8. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

The historical rank and industry rank for Grupo Melo's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Grupo Melo was 8. The lowest was 4. And the median was 6.

Grupo Melo  (XPTY:MELO) 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.


Grupo Melo Piotroski F-Score Related Terms


Grupo Melo Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Grupo Melo'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.

Grupo Melo Piotroski F-Score Chart

Grupo Melo Annual Data
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Grupo Melo Quarterly Data
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XPTY:MELO vs HON, MMM: Piotroski F-Score Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Grupo Melo'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.


Grupo Melo Piotroski F-Score vs Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Grupo Melo's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Grupo Melo'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 4.245 + 4.242 + 4.028 + 6.665 = $19.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.003 + 22.279 + 11.315 + 8.091 = $41.7 Mil.
Revenue was 116.331 + 126.664 + 122.626 + 118.259 = $483.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 53.857 + 53.019 + 55.824 + 54.684 = $217.4 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Mar25)
to the end of this year (Mar26) was
(408.568 + 417.187 + 409.395 + 399.564 + 401.596) / 5 = $407.262 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Mar25) was $408.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $70.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $204.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $68.3 Mil.
Net Income was 4.109 + 5.051 + 2.765 + 3.492 = $15.4 Mil.

Revenue was 120.61 + 122.47 + 117.185 + 112.241 = $472.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 52.799 + 55.109 + 53.793 + 52.331 = $214.0 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Mar24)
to the end of last year (Mar25) was
(406.918 + 404.548 + 397.637 + 399.277 + 408.568) / 5 = $403.3896 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Mar24) was $406.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $83.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $209.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $74.0 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.

Grupo Melo's current Net Income (TTM) was 19.2. ==> 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.

Grupo Melo's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 41.7. ==> 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)
=19.18/408.568
=0.04694445

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Mar24)
=15.417/406.918
=0.03788724

Grupo Melo's return on assets of this year was 0.04694445. Grupo Melo's return on assets of last year was 0.03788724. ==> 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.

Grupo Melo's current Net Income (TTM) was 19.2. Grupo Melo's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 41.7. ==> 41.7 > 19.2 ==> 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
=70.242/407.262
=0.17247374

Gearing (Last Year: Mar25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Mar24 to Mar25
=83.512/403.3896
=0.20702566

Grupo Melo's gearing of this year was 0.17247374. Grupo Melo's gearing of last year was 0.20702566. ==> 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
=204.502/68.341
=2.99237647

Current Ratio (Last Year: Mar25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=209.496/74.008
=2.830721

Grupo Melo's current ratio of this year was 2.99237647. Grupo Melo's current ratio of last year was 2.830721. ==> 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.

Grupo Melo's number of shares in issue this year was 2.355. Grupo Melo's number of shares in issue last year was 2.358. ==> 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
=217.384/483.88
=0.44925188

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=214.032/472.506
=0.45297203

Grupo Melo's gross margin of this year was 0.44925188. Grupo Melo's gross margin of last year was 0.45297203. ==> 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)
=483.88/408.568
=1.18433162

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Mar24)
=472.506/406.918
=1.16118235

Grupo Melo's asset turnover of this year was 1.18433162. Grupo Melo's asset turnover of last year was 1.16118235. ==> 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+1+1+0+1
=8

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

Grupo Melo has an F-score of 8. 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 8 mean?
Grupo Melo (XPTY:MELO) has a Piotroski F-Score of 8 as of Jun. 27, 2026. The Piotroski F-score grades a company's business operating strength from 0-9. View historical data on Grupo Melo and its competitors. This is 33% above median its historical median of 6.00. Over the past decade, Grupo Melo's Piotroski F-Score has ranged from 4.00 to 8.00. According to the industry distribution chart, Grupo Melo ranks #10 out of 555 companies in the Conglomerates industry, placing it in the top 1.8%.
Is Grupo Melo's Piotroski F-Score too high?
Grupo Melo's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 33% 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 Conglomerates industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Grupo Melo's value of 8 is 60% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Grupo Melo ranks #10 out of 555 companies in the Conglomerates industry, which is in the top quartile — a strong position relative to peers. Overall, Grupo Melo has a GF Score™ of 93/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Grupo Melo's Piotroski F-Score compare to HON and MMM?
According to the Conglomerates industry distribution chart, Grupo Melo ranks #10 out of 555 companies for Piotroski F-Score. This places Grupo Melo in the top 2% of its industry — outperforming the majority of peers. The industry median Piotroski F-Score is 5.00. Grupo Melo's value of 8 is 60% above this benchmark. Historically, Grupo Melo'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, Grupo Melo 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 Conglomerates company?
The median Piotroski F-Score among Conglomerates companies is 5.00, based on 555 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. Grupo Melo's current Piotroski F-Score of 8 is 60% 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 Grupo Melo and its competitors. For the Conglomerates 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. Grupo Melo's current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 33% 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 Grupo Melo stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Grupo Melo (XPTY:MELO) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $50.88, compared to a current price of $55.00 — trading 8.1% above its estimated fair value. The current Piotroski F-Score is 8, which is 33% above median its 10-year median of 6.00 and 60% above the Conglomerates industry median of 5.00. Grupo Melo's overall GF Score™ is 93/100 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 Grupo Melo (XPTY:MELO), the current Piotroski F-Score is 8 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 Grupo Melo (XPTY:MELO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Grupo Melo stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $55.00 is trading 8.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of $50.88. GuruFocus considers Grupo Melo to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for XPTY:MELO:

  • Piotroski F-Score: 8 (33% above median its 10-year median of 6.00)
  • GF Value™: $50.88 vs. price of $55.00 (8.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 93/100 with 4 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 60% above the Conglomerates median (#10 of 555)

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


Grupo Melo Business Description

Address Via Espana Rio Abajo, Building 2313, P.O. Box 0816-07582, Panama City, PAN
Grupo Melo SA is engaged in the production, processing, distribution, and marketing of food. The company also distributes machinery for agriculture and construction and develops and promotes real estate. Its brand profile include COMASA, ISUZU, MELO, and BREDOS among others.
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