TAOPING INC(NASDAQ:TAOP) stock Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Rating

We assign a fundamental rating of 2 out of 10 to TAOP. TAOP was compared to 82 industry peers in the IT Services industry. Both the profitability and financial health of TAOP have multiple concerns. While showing a medium growth rate, TAOP is valued expensive at the moment.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year TAOP was profitable.

TAOP had a negative operating cash flow in the past year.

TAOP had negative earnings in each of the past 5 years.

In the past 5 years TAOP always reported negative operating cash flow.

1.2 Ratios

TAOP has a Return On Assets of 4.99%. This is in the better half of the industry: TAOP outperforms 62.82% of its industry peers.

TAOP's Return On Equity of 10.73% is fine compared to the rest of the industry. TAOP outperforms 65.38% of its industry peers.

Looking at the Return On Invested Capital, with a value of 4.43%, TAOP is in the better half of the industry, outperforming 60.26% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	4.99%
ROE	10.73%
ROIC	4.43%

ROA(3y)-15.81%

ROA(5y)-22.75%

ROE(3y)-43.57%

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

The Profit Margin of TAOP (3.99%) is comparable to the rest of the industry.

TAOP has a Operating Margin of 3.18%. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: TAOP outperforms 51.28% of its industry peers.

With a Gross Margin value of 21.39%, TAOP is not doing good in the industry: 75.64% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

TAOP's Gross Margin has declined in the last couple of years.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	3.18%
PM (TTM)	3.99%
GM	21.39%

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-13.28%

GM growth 5Y-13.42%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is below the Cost of Capital (WACC), so TAOP is destroying value.

TAOP has more shares outstanding than it did 1 year ago.

TAOP has more shares outstanding than it did 5 years ago.

TAOP has a worse debt/assets ratio than last year.

2.2 Solvency

TAOP has an Altman-Z score of -6.28. This is a bad value and indicates that TAOP is not financially healthy and even has some risk of bankruptcy.

TAOP has a Altman-Z score of -6.28. This is amonst the worse of the industry: TAOP underperforms 92.31% of its industry peers.

A Debt/Equity ratio of 0.52 indicates that TAOP is somewhat dependend on debt financing.

Looking at the Debt to Equity ratio, with a value of 0.52, TAOP is in line with its industry, outperforming 43.59% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.52
Debt/FCF	N/A
Altman-Z	-6.28

ROIC/WACC0.53

WACC8.29%

2.3 Liquidity

TAOP has a Current Ratio of 1.50. This is a normal value and indicates that TAOP is financially healthy and should not expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

TAOP has a Current ratio of 1.50. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: TAOP outperforms 51.28% of its industry peers.

TAOP has a Quick Ratio of 1.33. This is a normal value and indicates that TAOP is financially healthy and should not expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

TAOP has a Quick ratio of 1.33. This is in the lower half of the industry: TAOP underperforms 65.38% of its industry peers.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	1.5
Quick Ratio	1.33

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

TAOP shows a strong growth in Earnings Per Share. In the last year, the EPS has been growing by 114.29%, which is quite impressive.

TAOP shows a strong growth in Revenue. In the last year, the Revenue has grown by 37.49%.

TAOP shows quite a strong growth in Revenue. Measured over the last years, the Revenue has been growing by 13.40% yearly.

EPS 1Y (TTM)114.29%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%111.8%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)37.49%

Revenue growth 3Y51.55%

Revenue growth 5Y13.4%

Sales Q2Q%28.42%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

A Price/Earnings ratio of 0.51 indicates a rather cheap valuation of TAOP.

Compared to the rest of the industry, the Price/Earnings ratio of TAOP indicates a rather cheap valuation: TAOP is cheaper than 100.00% of the companies listed in the same industry.

When comparing the Price/Earnings ratio of TAOP to the average of the S&P500 Index (29.63), we can say TAOP is valued rather cheaply.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	0.51
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

TAOP's Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio is rather cheap when compared to the industry. TAOP is cheaper than 100.00% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	N/A
EV/EBITDA	0.95

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

TAOP does not give a dividend.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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TAOPING INC

NASDAQ:TAOP (2/21/2025, 8:00:01 PM)

After market: 0.3175 0 (-0.97%)

0.3206

0 (-0.68%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorInformation Technology

GICS IndustryGroupSoftware & Services

GICS IndustryIT Services

Earnings (Last)09-07 2022-09-07/bmo

Earnings (Next)N/A N/A

Inst Owners4.47%

Inst Owner Change-10.81%

Ins Owners8.94%

Ins Owner ChangeN/A

Market Cap4.29M

Analysts82.86

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %1.7%

Short Ratio0.05

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DPN/A

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)0%

PT rev (3m)0%

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	0.51
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.1
P/FCF	N/A
P/OCF	N/A
P/B	0.27
P/tB	0.27
EV/EBITDA	0.95

EPS(TTM)0.63

EY196.51%

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)-0.42

FCFYN/A

OCF(TTM)-0.31

OCFYN/A

SpS3.19

BVpS1.18

TBVpS1.18

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	4.99%
ROE	10.73%
ROCE	8.55%
ROIC	4.43%
ROICexc	4.52%
ROICexgc	4.52%
OM	3.18%
PM (TTM)	3.99%
GM	21.39%
FCFM	N/A

ROA(3y)-15.81%

ROA(5y)-22.75%

ROE(3y)-43.57%

ROE(5y)N/A

ROIC(3y)N/A

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)N/A

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)N/A

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)N/A

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexcg growth 3YN/A

ROICexcg growth 5YN/A

ROICexc growth 3YN/A

ROICexc growth 5YN/A

OM growth 3YN/A

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3YN/A

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y-13.28%

GM growth 5Y-13.42%

F-Score5

Asset Turnover1.25

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.52
Debt/FCF	N/A
Debt/EBITDA	2.06
Cap/Depr	53.09%
Cap/Sales	3.34%
Interest Coverage	1.82
Cash Conversion	N/A
Profit Quality	N/A
Current Ratio	1.5
Quick Ratio	1.33
Altman-Z	-6.28

F-Score5

WACC8.29%

ROIC/WACC0.53

Cap/Depr(3y)123.42%

Cap/Depr(5y)94.82%

Cap/Sales(3y)22.91%

Cap/Sales(5y)19.1%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)114.29%

EPS 3YN/A

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%111.8%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)37.49%

Revenue growth 3Y51.55%

Revenue growth 5Y13.4%

Sales Q2Q%28.42%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y166.66%

EBIT growth 3YN/A

EBIT growth 5YN/A

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y68.09%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5YN/A

OCF growth 1Y15.5%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5YN/A

TAOPING INC (TAOP) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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