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Flight Centre Travel Group (Flight Centre Travel Group) Beneish M-Score : -1.83 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Flight Centre Travel Group 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 -1.83 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

FGETF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.78   Med: -2.42   Max: -0.01
Current: -1.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Flight Centre Travel Group was -0.01. The lowest was -3.78. And the median was -2.42.


Flight Centre Travel Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Flight Centre Travel Group'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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Flight Centre Travel Group Beneish M-Score Chart

Flight Centre Travel Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.73 -3.78 -0.01 -1.41 -1.83

Flight Centre Travel Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 - -1.41 - -1.83 -

Competitive Comparison of Flight Centre Travel Group's Beneish M-Score

For the Travel Services subindustry, Flight Centre Travel Group'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.


Flight Centre Travel Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Flight Centre Travel Group's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Flight Centre Travel Group's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Flight Centre Travel Group 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 Flight Centre Travel Group 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 * 0.5509+0.528 * 1.0201+0.404 * 0.9631+0.892 * 2.162+0.115 * 0.9035
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.668+4.679 * -0.026406-0.327 * 0.9474
=-1.92

* 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 (Jun23) TTM:Last Year (Jun22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $560 Mil.
Revenue was $1,531 Mil.
Gross Profit was $1,464 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,765 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,977 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $177 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $95 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $996 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,320 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $818 Mil.
Net Income was $32 Mil.
Gross Profit was $6 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was $105 Mil.
Total Receivables was $470 Mil.
Revenue was $708 Mil.
Gross Profit was $691 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,485 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,623 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $191 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $88 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $690 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,143 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $846 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)
=(560.245 / 1530.726) / (470.362 / 708.001)
=0.366 / 0.664352
=0.5509

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)
=(690.728 / 708.001) / (1463.95 / 1530.726)
=0.975603 / 0.956376
=1.0201

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 - (1765.128 + 176.634) / 2977.468) / (1 - (1484.544 + 190.878) / 2622.689)
=0.347848 / 0.361182
=0.9631

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
=1530.726 / 708.001
=2.162

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))
=(88.495 / (88.495 + 190.878)) / (95.364 / (95.364 + 176.634))
=0.316763 / 0.350606
=0.9035

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)
=(995.936 / 1530.726) / (689.639 / 708.001)
=0.65063 / 0.974065
=0.668

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)
=((818.381 + 1320.328) / 2977.468) / ((845.827 + 1142.633) / 2622.689)
=0.718298 / 0.758176
=0.9474

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
=(31.853 - 5.663 - 104.812) / 2977.468
=-0.026406

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.

Flight Centre Travel Group has a M-score of -1.92 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Flight Centre Travel Group (Flight Centre Travel Group) Business Description

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275 Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, AUS, 4101
Flight Centre Travel is one of the largest travel agencies in the world. It operates an large network of shops globally, most of them located in Australia, the United States, and Europe. The group operates across the whole spectrum of the travel services market, including leisure travel retailing, in-destination experiences, corporate travel arrangement, and youth travel retailing. The services are facilitated via some 40 brands, with Flight Centre being the flagship brand in the leisure segment and FCM Travel the key brand in the corporate.

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