Cathay Biotech Stock Piotroski F Score

688065 Stock   42.84  0.22  0.51%   
This module uses fundamental data of Cathay Biotech to approximate its Piotroski F score. Cathay Biotech F Score is determined by combining nine binary scores representing 3 distinct fundamental categories of Cathay Biotech. These three categories are profitability, efficiency, and funding. Some research analysts and sophisticated value traders use Piotroski F Score to find opportunities outside of the conventional market and financial statement analysis.They believe that some of the new information about Cathay Biotech financial position does not get reflected in the current market share price suggesting a possibility of arbitrage. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Cathay Biotech. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in nation.
  
The current year's Long Term Debt is expected to grow to about 471.5 M. The current year's Short and Long Term Debt is expected to grow to about 1.6 B.
At this time, it appears that Cathay Biotech's Piotroski F Score is Inapplicable. Although some professional money managers and academia have recently criticized Piotroski F-Score model, we still consider it an effective method of predicting the state of the financial strength of any organization that is not predisposed to accounting gimmicks and manipulations. Using this score on the criteria to originate an efficient long-term portfolio can help investors filter out the purely speculative stocks or equities playing fundamental games by manipulating their earnings..
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Piotroski F Score - Inapplicable
Current Return On Assets

N/A

Focus
Change in Return on Assets

N/A

Focus
Cash Flow Return on Assets

Positive

Focus
Current Quality of Earnings (accrual)

Improving

Focus
Asset Turnover Growth

N/A

Focus
Current Ratio Change

N/A

Focus
Long Term Debt Over Assets Change

Higher Leverage

Focus
Change In Outstending Shares

Increase

Focus
Change in Gross Margin

N/A

Focus

Cathay Biotech Piotroski F Score Drivers

The critical factor to consider when applying the Piotroski F Score to Cathay Biotech is to make sure Cathay is not a subject of accounting manipulations and runs a healthy internal audit department. So, if Cathay Biotech's auditors report directly to the board (not management), the managers will be reluctant to manipulate simply due to the fear of punishment. On the other hand, the auditors will be free to investigate the ledgers properly because they know that the board has their back. Below are the main accounts that are used in the Piotroski F Score model. By analyzing the historical trends of the mains drivers, investors can determine if Cathay Biotech's financial numbers are properly reported.
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Total Current Liabilities3.6 B3.4 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total621.3 M650.5 M
Sufficiently Down
Slightly volatile
Total Assets15.6 B18.8 B
Significantly Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets8.5 B7.6 B
Moderately Up
Slightly volatile
Total Cash From Operating Activities625.2 M569.5 M
Significantly Up
Slightly volatile

Cathay Biotech F Score Driver Matrix

One of the toughest challenges investors face today is learning how to quickly synthesize historical financial statements and information provided by the company, SEC reporting, and various external parties in order to project the various growth rates. Understanding the correlation between Cathay Biotech's different financial indicators related to revenue, expenses, operating profit, and net earnings helps investors identify and prioritize their investing strategies towards Cathay Biotech in a much-optimized way.

About Cathay Biotech Piotroski F Score

F-Score is one of many stock grading techniques developed by Joseph Piotroski, a professor of accounting at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. It was published in 2002 under the paper titled Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers. Piotroski F Score is based on binary analysis strategy in which stocks are given one point for passing 9 very simple fundamental tests, and zero point otherwise. According to Mr. Piotroski's analysis, his F-Score binary model can help to predict the performance of low price-to-book stocks.

Long Term Debt

471.47 Million

At present, Cathay Biotech's Long Term Debt is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

About Cathay Biotech Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Cathay Biotech's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Cathay Biotech using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Cathay Biotech based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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