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Allient (Allient) Beneish M-Score : -2.54 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Allient 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 -2.54 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

ALNT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.94   Med: -2.5   Max: -2.07
Current: -2.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Allient was -2.07. The lowest was -2.94. And the median was -2.50.


Allient Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allient'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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Allient Beneish M-Score Chart

Allient 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 -2.73 -2.55 -2.34 -2.07 -2.54

Allient 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 -2.07 -2.32 -2.28 -2.48 -2.54

Competitive Comparison of Allient's Beneish M-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Allient'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.


Allient's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Allient's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Allient 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 Allient 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 * 0.9709+0.528 * 0.9849+0.404 * 0.9733+0.892 * 1.1504+0.115 * 1.0135
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9958+4.679 * -0.034659-0.327 * 0.9607
=-2.54

* 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 $85.1 Mil.
Revenue was 140.997 + 145.319 + 146.769 + 145.549 = $578.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 44.374 + 47.498 + 45.977 + 45.834 = $183.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $248.2 Mil.
Total Assets was $597.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $91.5 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $25.1 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $83.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $95.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $237.9 Mil.
Net Income was 4.347 + 6.666 + 6.769 + 6.315 = $24.1 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.044 + -0.042 + 0.042 + -0.187 = $-0.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 17.906 + 9.859 + 13.687 + 3.586 = $45.0 Mil.
Total Receivables was $76.2 Mil.
Revenue was 131.076 + 134.405 + 122.722 + 114.785 = $503.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 40.728 + 43.297 + 39.774 + 33.46 = $157.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $236.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $588.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $91.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $25.5 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $72.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $87.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $254.2 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)
=(85.127 / 578.634) / (76.213 / 502.988)
=0.147117 / 0.151521
=0.9709

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)
=(157.259 / 502.988) / (183.683 / 578.634)
=0.31265 / 0.317442
=0.9849

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 - (248.151 + 91.495) / 597.542) / (1 - (236.007 + 91.447) / 588.347)
=0.431595 / 0.443434
=0.9733

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
=578.634 / 502.988
=1.1504

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))
=(25.486 / (25.486 + 91.447)) / (25.068 / (25.068 + 91.495))
=0.217954 / 0.21506
=1.0135

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)
=(83.116 / 578.634) / (72.554 / 502.988)
=0.143642 / 0.144246
=0.9958

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)
=((237.934 + 95.617) / 597.542) / ((254.249 + 87.588) / 588.347)
=0.558205 / 0.581013
=0.9607

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
=(24.097 - -0.231 - 45.038) / 597.542
=-0.034659

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.

Allient has a M-score of -2.54 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Allient (Allient) Business Description

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Address
495 Commerce Drive, Suite 3, Amherst, New York, NY, USA, 14228
Allient Inc, formerly Allied Motion Technologies Inc designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty motion control components and systems. The firm primarily caters to the vehicle, medical, aerospace and defense, and electronics and industrial, pumps, and robotics sectors. It mainly operates and sells across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia. Its products and solutions include nano precision positioning systems, servo control systems, motion controllers, digital servo amplifiers and drives, brushless servo, torque, and coreless motors, brush motors, integrated motor drives, gear motors, gearing, incremental and absolute optical encoders, active (electronic) and passive (magnetic) filters for power quality and harmonic issues.
Executives
Kenneth Arthur May officer: Chief Technology Officer 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Nicole R Tzetzo director C/O ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Robert B Engel director C/O ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Steven C. Finch director 6363 MAIN STREET, WILLIAMSVILLE NY 14221
James J Tanous director C/O ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Richard D Federico director 8041 GREENBRIAR COURT, BURR RIDGE IL 60527
Michael R Winter director C/O ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Geoffery Rondeau officer: VP of Operational Excellence 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Helmut Pirthauer officer: VP and Group President 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Michael R Leach officer: Chief Financial Officer 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Ashish Bendre officer: Senior VP and Group President 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Richard S Warzala director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Robert P Maida officer: Senior VP and Group President 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Gerald J Laber director C/O APPLIED FILMS CORPORATION, 9586 I-25 FRONTAGE ROAD, LONGMONT CO 80504
Smith Richard D /co/ director, officer: Chief Executive Officer