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BRT Apartments (BRT Apartments) Beneish M-Score : -2.38 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is BRT Apartments 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 -2.38 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

BRT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.54   Med: -2.43   Max: -1.35
Current: -2.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of BRT Apartments was -1.35. The lowest was -3.54. And the median was -2.43.


BRT Apartments Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for BRT Apartments'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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BRT Apartments Beneish M-Score Chart

BRT Apartments Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.35 -3.54 -2.47 -1.57 -2.38

BRT Apartments 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 -1.57 -1.55 -1.71 -2.13 -2.38

Competitive Comparison of BRT Apartments's Beneish M-Score

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, BRT Apartments'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.


BRT Apartments's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

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

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



BRT Apartments 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 BRT Apartments 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 * 1.0243+0.404 * 0.9947+0.892 * 1.3274+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.7934+4.679 * -0.048008-0.327 * 1.0297
=-2.38

* 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 23.508 + 23.852 + 23.318 + 22.939 = $93.62 Mil.
Gross Profit was 13.252 + 13.269 + 12.77 + 12.505 = $51.80 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $24.14 Mil.
Total Assets was $709.96 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $28.48 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $15.43 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $21.95 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $459.57 Mil.
Net Income was -1.737 + -1.494 + 11.202 + -4.098 = $3.87 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.582 + 1.291 + 15.423 + 1.055 = $18.35 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 5.998 + 6.748 + 3.92 + 2.94 = $19.61 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 22.711 + 21.697 + 14.685 + 11.434 = $70.53 Mil.
Gross Profit was 12.449 + 12.502 + 8.337 + 6.681 = $39.97 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $21.15 Mil.
Total Assets was $732.62 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $24.81 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $14.65 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $41.63 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $440.92 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 / 93.617) / (0 / 70.527)
=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)
=(39.969 / 70.527) / (51.796 / 93.617)
=0.566719 / 0.553276
=1.0243

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 - (24.144 + 0) / 709.963) / (1 - (21.153 + 0) / 732.616)
=0.965993 / 0.971127
=0.9947

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
=93.617 / 70.527
=1.3274

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))
=(24.812 / (24.812 + 0)) / (28.484 / (28.484 + 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)
=(15.433 / 93.617) / (14.654 / 70.527)
=0.164853 / 0.207779
=0.7934

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)
=((459.57 + 21.948) / 709.963) / ((440.915 + 41.631) / 732.616)
=0.67823 / 0.658662
=1.0297

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
=(3.873 - 18.351 - 19.606) / 709.963
=-0.048008

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.

BRT Apartments has a M-score of -2.38 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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BRT Apartments (BRT Apartments) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
60 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 303, Great Neck, NY, USA, 11021
BRT Apartments Corp is a real estate investment trust company. The company is primarily focused on the ownership, operation, and development of multi-family properties. BRT also owns and operates other real estate assets. All of the Company's assets are comprised of multi-family real estate assets generally leased to tenants on a one-year basis.
Executives
Ryan Baltimore officer: Senior Vice President 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021
Mitchell Gould officer: VICE PRESIDENT
Gould Investors L P 10 percent owner 60 CUTTER MILL RD, STE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021-3190
Jeffrey Gould officer: PRESIDENT AND CE0
Matthew J Gould director, officer: Senior Vice President
Mark H Lundy officer: VICE PRESIDENT
Isaac Kalish officer: Assistant Treasurer 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021
Louis C Grassi director 220 RXR PLAZA, UNIONDALE NY 11556
Carol Cicero director 516 TOWER TRACE, CANTON GA 30115
George Zweier officer: VICE PRESIDENT - CFO
Jonathan H Simon director 1020 PARK AVENUE, APARTMENT 10D, NEW YORK NY 10028
Jeffrey Rubin director 40 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 302, GREAT NECK NY 11021
Fredric H Gould director, officer: Chairman of Board 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021
Steven Rosenzweig officer: Vice President 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021
Alysa Block officer: Treasurer 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, SUITE 303, GREAT NECK NY 11021