Financial Street Holdings Stock Beneish M Score

000402 Stock   3.51  0.03  0.86%   
This module uses fundamental data of Financial Street to approximate the value of its Beneish M Score. Financial Street M Score tells investors if the company management is likely to be manipulating earnings. The score is calculated using eight financial indicators that are adjusted by a specific multiplier. Please note, the M Score is a probabilistic model and cannot detect companies that manipulate their earnings with 100% accuracy. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Financial Street Holdings. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.
  
At present, Financial Street's Long Term Debt is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Short Term Debt is expected to grow to about 2.8 B, whereas Short and Long Term Debt is forecasted to decline to about 28.5 M.
At this time, Financial Street's M Score is inapplicable. The earnings manipulation may begin if Financial Street's top management creates an artificial sense of financial success, forcing the stock price to be traded at a high price-earnings multiple than it should be. In general, excessive earnings management by Financial Street executives may lead to removing some of the operating profits from subsequent periods to inflate earnings in the following periods. This way, the manipulation of Financial Street's earnings can lead to misrepresentations of actual financial condition, taking the otherwise loyal stakeholders on to the path of questionable ethical practices and plain fraud.
-4.73
Beneish M Score - Inapplicable
Elasticity of Receivables

0.88

Focus
Asset Quality

-1.15

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Expense Coverage

1.17

Focus
Gross Margin Strengs

N/A

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Accruals Factor

1.17

Focus
Depreciation Resistance

N/A

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Net Sales Growth

1.07

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Financial Leverage Condition

1.79

Focus

Financial Street Beneish M-Score Indicator Trends

The cure to earnings manipulation is the transparency of financial reporting. It will typically remove the temptation of the top executives to inflate earnings (i.e., to promote the idea of 'winning at any cost'). Because a healthy internal audit department can enhance transparency, the board should promote the auditors' access to all the record-keeping systems across the enterprise. For example, if Financial Street's auditors report directly to the board (not management), the managers will be reluctant to manipulate simply due to the fear of punishment. On the other hand, the auditors will be free to investigate the ledgers properly because they know that the board has their back.
Current ValueLast YearChange From Last Year 10 Year Trend
Net Receivables466.2 M490.8 M
Notably Down
Pretty Stable
Total Revenue13.5 B12.6 B
Notably Up
Slightly volatile
Total Assets80.2 B144.4 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Total Current Assets107.7 B93.7 B
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Assets Total51.7 B50.6 B
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Property Plant Equipment2.3 B3.1 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Selling General Administrative1.1 B884.6 M
Significantly Up
Pretty Stable
Total Current Liabilities42.9 B29.5 B
Way Up
Slightly volatile
Non Current Liabilities Total75.5 B74.7 B
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Net Debt42.9 B56.8 B
Way Down
Slightly volatile
Short Term Debt2.8 B2.7 B
Fairly Up
Slightly volatile
Long Term Debt74.1 B70.6 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile
Short Term Investments76.5 M80.5 M
Notably Down
Slightly volatile
Long Term Investments5.2 B4.9 B
Sufficiently Up
Slightly volatile

Financial Street Holdings Beneish M-Score Driver Matrix

One of the toughest challenges investors face today is learning how to quickly synthesize historical financial statements and information provided by the company, SEC reporting, and various external parties in order to detect the potential manipulation of earnings. Understanding the correlation between Financial Street's different financial indicators related to revenue, expenses, operating profit, and net earnings helps investors identify and prioritize their investing strategies towards Financial Street in a much-optimized way. Analyzing correlations between earnings drivers directly associated with dollar figures is the most effective way to find Financial Street's degree of accounting gimmicks and manipulations.

About Financial Street Beneish M Score

M-Score is one of many grading techniques for value stocks. It was developed by Professor M. Daniel Beneish of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and published in 1999 under the paper titled The Detection of Earnings Manipulation. The Beneish score is a multi-factor model that utilizes financial identifiers to compile eight variables used to classify whether a company has manipulated its reported earnings. The variables are built from the officially filed financial statements to create a final score call 'M Score.' The score helps to identify companies that are likely to manipulate their profits if they show deteriorating gross margins, operating expenses, and leverage against growing revenue.

Reconciled Depreciation

170.49 Million

At present, Financial Street's Reconciled Depreciation is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Financial Street Earnings Manipulation Drivers

Although earnings manipulation is typically not the result of intentional misconduct by the c-level executives, it is still a widespread practice by the senior management of public companies such as Financial Street. It is usually done by a series of misrepresentations of various accounting rules and operating activities across multiple financial cycles. The best way to spot the manipulation is to examine the historical financial statement to find inconsistencies in earning reports to find trends in assets or liabilities that are not sustainable in the future.
201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Net Receivables11.2B431.5M721.8M908.1M490.8M466.2M
Total Revenue26.2B18.1B24.2B20.5B12.6B13.5B
Total Assets162.0B169.2B164.8B153.0B144.4B80.2B
Total Current Assets110.6B116.4B114.5B102.6B93.7B107.7B
Net Debt57.8B56.4B49.6B47.7B56.8B42.9B
Long Term Debt68.8B72.7B67.5B64.6B70.6B74.1B
Operating Income6.7B3.4B2.9B1.4B(554.3M)(526.6M)
Investments(770.0M)72M244.3M(462.9M)374.0M392.7M

About Financial Street Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Financial Street Holdings's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Financial Street using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Financial Street Holdings based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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