ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Piotroski F-score

Okay kiddo! So, do you know what a score is? Sometimes when you do something really good, like a test in school, you get a score to show how well you did. Well, Piotroski F-Score is kind of like that, but for companies instead of people.

You see, when grown-ups want to invest in a company, they want to make sure the company is healthy and has a good chance of making them money. Piotroski F-Score is a way to help them figure that out.

It works like this: First, we look at different things about the company's financial information, like how much money they make, how much money they owe, and how well they use their money. Then, we give each thing a point depending on whether it's good or bad. For example, if a company is making more money now than it did last year, that's good and it gets a point. But if the company is losing money, that's bad and it doesn't get a point.

After adding up all the points, we get a score out of 9. The higher the score, the better the company is doing and the more likely it is to be a good investment.

So there you have it! Piotroski F-Score is just a way for grown-ups to figure out if a company is healthy and a good investment by looking at its financial information and giving it a score.