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Glossary

Piotroski F-Score

A 0-to-9 score counting how many of nine simple financial-health tests the company passed.

What it is

A 0-to-9 score counting how many of nine simple financial-health tests the company passed. Shown on the stocks pages.

How Dados B3 calculates it

sum of nine yes/no criteria, 1 point each: positive profit and operating cash flow, rising ROA, cash above profit, falling leverage, rising liquidity, no share issuance, rising gross margin and rising asset turnover.

Example

Illustrative example, with made-up numbers to keep the arithmetic easy: A company passing 6 of the 9 criteria has an F-Score of 6. The stock page lists each criterion with its result.

What to watch for when reading it

• A high score is not a recommendation: it measures balance-sheet improvement, not price.
• If an account is missing the score is partial and marked, never guessed.

See also

• ROA (return on assets)
• Current ratio

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Educational content to understand what each number means. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell.