In a previous post, I discussed The Piotroski F-Score, as a metric to assist in determining the financial health of a company. Review the post, The Piotroski F-Score, to see how this score is calculated.
Today, let’s apply this metric to our home market: Canada.
Here are the Piotroski F-Scores for companies in the S&P/TSX Composite Index (which represents approximately 95% of Canada’s equity market capitalization). Note that Hudson’s Bay (HBC.TO) is the only company in this index with a perfect score of ‘9’.
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The above list represents the bulk of Canada’s market capitalization.
What about smaller Canadian companies? Are there some hidden Piotroski gems among the smaller companies? Yes, there are.
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Smaller companies such as these, also warrant further investigation.
Typically these companies don’t have as much analyst coverage, so there is the potential to uncover some hidden value.
In the future, Avrex Money will dig deeper into the valuations of both larger and smaller Canadian companies. To ensure that you don’t miss out, don’t forget to sign up for the free email updates below.
A reminder. A single method, such as The Piotroski F-Score should not be used in isolation.
Although it is a useful financial health indicator, it is just one metric to consider, when investigating a company.
(Note: This page is updated periodically with the latest F-Score data.)
Just noticed the other day that ycharts.com will calculate and display the Piotroski F-Score. You need the Pro version, however, which I don’t have.
What (site / program) are you using to calculate the F-Score? Ideally, I’d like to find a stock screener that can pump out the 8+ Piotroski stocks in Canada.
Hi Paul, I’ve got just what you’re looking for!
Here is one quick/great screen that shows +8 companies.
http://www.grahaminvestor.com/screens/piotroski-scores/
However, there is one downside to this website. It seems to exclude certain industries, such as financial companies.
As the commenter S.B. above noted, there are some ‘paid’ websites to get this information. I have used some in the past. But, in general, I don’t like to pay. 😉 Therefore, in some cases, I’ve performed the manual calculations myself.
I came across that website too. At first glance it looked promising, but I’m not very confident in the reliability of the data. For example, some data is quite old:
Ticker: FMX
Period end: 12_31_2009
Exchange: NYSE
And some of the CAD stuff isn’t much better:
Ticker: DEE.TO
Period End: 12_31_2010
Exchange: Toronto
I guess you get what you pay for 🙂
I’d be willing to pay a reasonable amount for better data, I just don’t know of any provider that would have good Canadian data.
Interesting to see Canadian Tire at the top of the list. I’ll have to investigate CTC.A further. Remember to also take into consideration the current stock price, you want to buy when the stock is undervalued.
Could someone comment on the fact that HBC has the highest score?
Hi Jason, There’s not much to say here. 🙂
The F-Score is a calculated total (i.e. It is not a subjective score). It is based on the calculation of 9 fundamental metrics. HBC just happens to have a perfect 9/9 at this particular time.
Thanks for stopping by.