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Brickworks (Brickworks) Beneish M-Score : -2.67 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Brickworks Beneish M-Score?

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.67 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Brickworks's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BRKWF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.95   Med: -2.75   Max: -2.48
Current: -2.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Brickworks was -2.48. The lowest was -2.95. And the median was -2.75.


Brickworks Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brickworks's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Brickworks Beneish M-Score Chart

Brickworks Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.79 -2.79 -2.73 -2.80 -2.67

Brickworks Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -2.80 - -2.67 -

Competitive Comparison of Brickworks's Beneish M-Score

For the Building Materials subindustry, Brickworks's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Brickworks's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Brickworks's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brickworks's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Brickworks Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Brickworks for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.8872+0.528 * 1.0427+0.404 * 1.0419+0.892 * 1.0704+0.115 * 1.0475
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9932+4.679 * -0.043793-0.327 * 1.0169
=-2.69

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Jul23) TTM:Last Year (Jul22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $99.4 Mil.
Revenue was $794.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was $232.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $381.1 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,138.7 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $679.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $50.4 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $205.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $205.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $858.5 Mil.
Net Income was $266.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was $381.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $65.5 Mil.
Total Receivables was $104.7 Mil.
Revenue was $742.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was $226.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $429.2 Mil.
Total Assets was $3,819.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $663.8 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $51.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $193.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $223.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $742.7 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(99.384 / 794.678) / (104.656 / 742.401)
=0.125062 / 0.14097
=0.8872

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(226.807 / 742.401) / (232.833 / 794.678)
=0.305505 / 0.29299
=1.0427

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (381.126 + 679.419) / 4138.697) / (1 - (429.238 + 663.831) / 3819.517)
=0.743749 / 0.71382
=1.0419

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=794.678 / 742.401
=1.0704

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(51.765 / (51.765 + 663.831)) / (50.4 / (50.4 + 679.419))
=0.072338 / 0.069058
=1.0475

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(205.47 / 794.678) / (193.271 / 742.401)
=0.258558 / 0.260332
=0.9932

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((858.539 + 205.819) / 4138.697) / ((742.714 + 223.227) / 3819.517)
=0.257172 / 0.252896
=1.0169

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(266.146 - 381.891 - 65.503) / 4138.697
=-0.043793

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Brickworks has a M-score of -2.69 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Brickworks (Brickworks) Business Description

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Address
738 - 780 Wallgrove Road, Horsley Park, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2175
Brickworks is a conglomerate consisting of brickmaking operations, industrial property management, and a cross-shareholding in investment firm, Washington H. Soul Pattinson, or Soul Patts (ASX: SOL). Brickworks' operating business manufactures brick products for the Australian and North American markets. However, most earnings are from the property and investment segments. The property segment principally redevelops warehouses on industrial land, with joint venture partner narrow-moat Goodman Group. The investment segment represents a cross-shareholding in Soul Patts, an investment firm with a portfolio encompassing diversified investments, including large holdings in no-moat New Hope coal miner and narrow-moat TPG Telecom.