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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Beneish M-Score : -2.56 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Gladstone Land 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 -2.56 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

LAND' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.56   Med: -2.19   Max: -1.87
Current: -2.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Gladstone Land was -1.87. The lowest was -2.56. And the median was -2.19.


Gladstone Land Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gladstone Land'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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Gladstone Land Beneish M-Score Chart

Gladstone Land Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.45 -2.22 -2.23 -2.42 -2.56

Gladstone Land Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 -2.42 -2.42 -2.48 -2.54 -2.56

Competitive Comparison of Gladstone Land's Beneish M-Score

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Gladstone Land'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.


Gladstone Land's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Gladstone Land's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gladstone Land 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 Gladstone Land 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 * 1+0.528 * 1.0156+0.404 * 0.9895+0.892 * 1.013+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0426+4.679 * -0.021813-0.327 * 0.9549
=-2.56

* 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 $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 24.452 + 23.534 + 21.21 + 21.202 = $90.40 Mil.
Gross Profit was 22.995 + 22.805 + 20.323 + 20.074 = $86.20 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $72.20 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,387.32 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $37.25 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $13.78 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $14.37 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $573.91 Mil.
Net Income was 1.819 + 3.141 + 7.855 + 1.75 = $14.57 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -1.164 + -0.401 + 5.97 + 0.341 = $4.75 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 17.424 + 0.08 + 17.863 + 4.714 = $40.08 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 24.791 + 24.209 + 20.293 + 19.943 = $89.24 Mil.
Gross Profit was 24.075 + 23.503 + 19.598 + 19.24 = $86.42 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $61.14 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,457.25 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $35.46 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $13.05 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $20.74 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $626.40 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)
=(0 / 90.398) / (0 / 89.236)
=0 / 0
=1

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)
=(86.416 / 89.236) / (86.197 / 90.398)
=0.968398 / 0.953528
=1.0156

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 - (72.197 + 0) / 1387.324) / (1 - (61.141 + 0) / 1457.251)
=0.94796 / 0.958044
=0.9895

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
=90.398 / 89.236
=1.013

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))
=(35.456 / (35.456 + 0)) / (37.253 / (37.253 + 0))
=1 / 1
=1

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)
=(13.782 / 90.398) / (13.049 / 89.236)
=0.152459 / 0.14623
=1.0426

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)
=((573.911 + 14.372) / 1387.324) / ((626.4 + 20.736) / 1457.251)
=0.424042 / 0.44408
=0.9549

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
=(14.565 - 4.746 - 40.081) / 1387.324
=-0.021813

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.

Gladstone Land has a M-score of -2.56 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Gladstone Land (Gladstone Land) Business Description

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Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Land Corp is an externally-managed, agricultural REIT. It is mainly in the business of owning and leasing farmland. It manages operations in one reporting segment. It is focused on the ownership of high-quality farms and farm-related properties that are leased on a triple-net basis to tenants with a strong operating history and deep farming resources. The farmland is predominantly concentrated in locations where farmers are able to grow either fresh produce annual row crops (e.g., certain berries and vegetables), which are typically planted and harvested annually, or certain permanent crops (e.g., almonds, blueberries, pistachios, and wine grapes). To a much lesser extent, it also own farms that grow certain commodity crops (e.g., corn and beans).
Executives
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Internal Counsel and Secretary 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Lewis Parrish officer: CFO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Gladstone director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jay Beckhorn officer: Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
John Dellafiora other: Chief Compliance Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Terry Earhart director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John Reilly director 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., STE. 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Anthony W Parker director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John H Outland director