MercadoLibre Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for MercadoLibre'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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MercadoLibre Annual Data
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-2.82 |
-2.60 |
-1.88 |
-2.78 |
-3.17 |
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MercadoLibre Quarterly Data
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| Beneish M-Score |
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-2.78 |
-3.36 |
-3.48 |
-3.19 |
-3.17 |
Competitive Comparison
For the Internet Retail subindustry, MercadoLibre'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.
MercadoLibre Beneish M-Score Distribution
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, MercadoLibre's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where MercadoLibre's Beneish M-Score falls into.
MercadoLibre 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 MercadoLibre 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 * 0.9622 | + | 0.528 * 0.9841 | + | 0.404 * 0.8258 | + | 0.892 * 1.3735 | + | 0.115 * 1.0018 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 0.9313 | + | 4.679 * -0.200499 | - | 0.327 * 0.9426 |
| = | -3.17 |
* 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 (Dec23) TTM: | Last Year (Dec22) TTM: |
Total Receivables was $6,575 Mil.
Revenue was 4261 + 3760 + 3415 + 3037 = $14,473 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1955 + 1995 + 1720 + 1536 = $7,206 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $14,294 Mil.
Total Assets was $17,646 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $2,149 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $524 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $2,502 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $11,297 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2,875 Mil.
Net Income was 165 + 359 + 262 + 201 = $987 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -107 + -239 + -182 + -87 = $-615 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1928 + 941 + 1412 + 859 = $5,140 Mil.
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Total Receivables was $4,975 Mil.
Revenue was 3002 + 2690 + 2597 + 2248 = $10,537 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1458 + 1348 + 1284 + 1073 = $5,163 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $10,953 Mil.
Total Assets was $13,736 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,649 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $403 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,956 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8,562 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,141 Mil.
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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) |
| = | (6575 / 14473) | / | (4975 / 10537) |
| = | 0.454294 | / | 0.472146 |
| | = | 0.9622 |
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) |
| = | (5163 / 10537) | / | (7206 / 14473) |
| = | 0.489988 | / | 0.497893 |
| | = | 0.9841 |
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 - (14294 + 2149) / 17646) | / | (1 - (10953 + 1649) / 13736) |
| = | 0.068174 | / | 0.082557 |
| | = | 0.8258 |
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 |
| = | 14473 | / | 10537 |
| | = | 1.3735 |
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)) |
| = | (403 / (403 + 1649)) | / | (524 / (524 + 2149)) |
| = | 0.196394 | / | 0.196034 |
| | = | 1.0018 |
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) |
| = | (2502 / 14473) | / | (1956 / 10537) |
| = | 0.172874 | / | 0.185632 |
| | = | 0.9313 |
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) |
| = | ((2875 + 11297) / 17646) | / | ((3141 + 8562) / 13736) |
| = | 0.803128 | / | 0.851995 |
| | = | 0.9426 |
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 |
| = | (987 - -615 | - | 5140) | / | 17646 |
| | = | -0.200499 |
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.
MercadoLibre has a M-score of -3.17 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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