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Destiny Media Technologies (Destiny Media Technologies) Beneish M-Score

: -2.61 (As of Today)
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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 -2.61 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

DSNY' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.15   Med: -2.84   Max: 0.44
Current: -2.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Destiny Media Technologies was 0.44. The lowest was -8.15. And the median was -2.84.


Destiny Media Technologies Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Destiny Media Technologies'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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Destiny Media Technologies Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.94 -2.52 -1.43 -1.69 -2.99

Destiny Media Technologies Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Beneish M-Score 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.71 -2.08 -2.99 -2.08 -2.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Destiny Media Technologies'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.


Destiny Media Technologies Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Destiny Media Technologies's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Destiny Media Technologies 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 Destiny Media Technologies 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 * 1.1065+0.528 * 0.9617+0.404 * 0.9419+0.892 * 1.0877+0.115 * 1.0489
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9495+4.679 * -0.068371-0.327 * 0.8583
=-2.61

* 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 (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $0.70 Mil.
Revenue was 0.986 + 1.155 + 1.047 + 1.068 = $4.26 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.851 + 0.991 + 0.921 + 0.934 = $3.70 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.31 Mil.
Total Assets was $3.72 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.53 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.33 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1.73 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.41 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Net Income was -0.13 + 0.25 + -0.029 + 0.107 = $0.20 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.005 + 0.009 + 0.005 + 0.006 = $0.02 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.056 + 0.189 + 0.198 + 0.106 = $0.44 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.58 Mil.
Revenue was 0.899 + 1.021 + 0.994 + 0.999 = $3.91 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.772 + 0.891 + 0.816 + 0.79 = $3.27 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2.64 Mil.
Total Assets was $3.83 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.24 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.16 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1.68 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.50 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 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)
=(0.698 / 4.256) / (0.58 / 3.913)
=0.164004 / 0.148224
=1.1065

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)
=(3.269 / 3.913) / (3.697 / 4.256)
=0.83542 / 0.868656
=0.9617

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 - (2.31 + 0.532) / 3.715) / (1 - (2.636 + 0.237) / 3.828)
=0.234993 / 0.249478
=0.9419

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
=4.256 / 3.913
=1.0877

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))
=(0.161 / (0.161 + 0.237)) / (0.334 / (0.334 + 0.532))
=0.404523 / 0.385681
=1.0489

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)
=(1.733 / 4.256) / (1.678 / 3.913)
=0.40719 / 0.428827
=0.9495

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)
=((0 + 0.414) / 3.715) / ((0 + 0.497) / 3.828)
=0.11144 / 0.129833
=0.8583

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
=(0.198 - 0.015 - 0.437) / 3.715
=-0.068371

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.

Destiny Media Technologies has a M-score of -2.61 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Destiny Media Technologies (Destiny Media Technologies) Business Description

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428 - 1575 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6G 2V3
Destiny Media Technologies Inc is a provider of secure digital content distribution and promotion solutions. The company operates solely in the digital media software segment. Its predominant services are Clipstream which enables any non-technical user to upload videos that will play on all modern web browsers and Play MPE, a digital distribution service that is used commercially by the recording industry. Destiny services are based on proprietary security, watermarking and instant play streaming media technologies. It also offers audio and video streaming solutions and secure file distribution to customers around the globe.
Executives
Mark A Graber 10 percent owner 2220 NORTHSTAR STREET, NUMBER 17, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Olya Massalitina officer: Chief Financial Officer 1911 - 271 FRANCIS WAY, NEW WESTMINSTER A1 V3L 0H2
David M. Mossberg director 1905 HAY MEADOW COURT, SOUTHLAKE TX 76092
Hyonmyong Cho director 961 PASEO DEL SUR, SANTA FE NM 87501
Fred Vandenberg officer: Chief Financial Officer 800-570 GRANVILLE STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3P1
Samuel Ritchie officer: CFO 24414 113 AVE, MAPLE RIDGE A1 V2W0H4
David Alexander Summers director C/O DESTINY MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC., 1110 - 885 W. GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6C 3E8
Steve Vestergaard director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 650 350 CENTRE ROAD, LIONS BAY A1 V0N 2E0
Sandra Boenisch officer: CFO 51 WEST 52ND STREET, 7TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Samuel Jay Graber director 3139 CLEARFIELD DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO TX 78230
Haig S Bagerdjian director 2777 NORTH ONTARIO ST, BURBANK CA 91504
Dale Borland officer: VP and COO of Subsidiary SUITE 750, 650 WEST GEORGIA STREET, VANCOUVER A1 V6B 4N7
Edward Kolic director
Yoshitaro Kumagai director 5255 STEVENS CREEK BLVD., #284, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Lawrence Jeffrey Langs director 134 LA ESPIRAL ROAD, ORINDA CA 94563