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Strategy #0000000083 · Value and financial-statement quality

Fundamental scorecard: Piotroski F-score
Enter pass counts for profitability, leverage/liquidity and efficiency, plus assumed high/low score returns.

Piotroski’s F-score sums nine binary signals across profitability, leverage/liquidity and operating efficiency into a 0–9 score, often used to distinguish fundamentals among high book-to-market stocks. The G-score applies a related scorecard to growth firms. This simulator takes 0–3 passes in each signal group, then separates out assumed long/short returns.

Beginner-friendlyAbout 8 minutesEvidence and practical analysis

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Understand the story. Then inspect the risk.

Start with a familiar situation, check the payoff, then test how the numbers change.

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How does a nine-signal F-score pair with assumed high/low-score portfolio returns?

Piotroski’s F-score sums nine binary signals across profitability, leverage/liquidity and operating efficiency into a 0–9 score, often used to distinguish fundamentals among high book-to-market stocks. The G-score applies a related scorecard to growth firms. This simulator takes 0–3 passes in each signal group, then separates out assumed long/short returns.

Enter pass counts for profitability, leverage/liquidity and efficiency, plus assumed high/low score returns.

Avoid look-ahead filings, industry mixing and value-universe selection; the score is not a probability of success.

  • Signal metricEnter pass counts for profitability, leverage/liquidity and efficiency, plus assumed high/low score returns.
  • Return scenarioAvoid look-ahead filings, industry mixing and value-universe selection; the score is not a probability of success.

Illustrative research examples only. They are not live signals or a recommendation.

Variants · same family, different risk levers

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Related strategyRelationshipWhat changesNew cost or risk
Core versionSignal sortPiotroski’s F-score sums nine binary signals across profitability, leverage/liquidity and operating efficiency into a 0–9 score, often used to distinguish fundamentals among high book-to-market stocks. The G-score applies a related scorecard to growth firms. This simulator takes 0–3 passes in each signal group, then separates out assumed long/short returns.Avoid look-ahead filings, industry mixing and value-universe selection; the score is not a probability of success.
Industry-neutral versionRelative rankingCompare firms within similar industries.Classification and small samples affect signals.
Multi-signal versionFactor combinationCombine with quality or liquidity signals.Adds weight, collinearity and data-mining risk.

Avoid look-ahead filings, industry mixing and value-universe selection; the score is not a probability of success.

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References

Primary sources and research used to describe the strategy and its limits.

  1. 01Piotroski (2000), Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losersresearch