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Uranium Energy (Uranium Energy) Beneish M-Score

: -3.94 (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 -3.94 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

UEC' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.94   Med: -0.61   Max: 4.42
Current: -3.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Uranium Energy was 4.42. The lowest was -3.94. And the median was -0.61.


Uranium Energy Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Uranium Energy'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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Uranium Energy Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 2.90

Uranium Energy Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 4.42 0.75 2.90 -2.16 -3.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Uranium subindustry, Uranium Energy'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.


Uranium Energy Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Uranium Energy's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Uranium Energy 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 Uranium Energy 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+0.528 * 0.7699+0.404 * 1.3081+0.892 * 0.5156+0.115 * 0.9042
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 2.0279+4.679 * 0.044263-0.327 * 1.4123
=-3.94

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 0.116 + 0.108 + 38.949 + 20.217 = $59.39 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.019 + 0.018 + 15.023 + 6.219 = $21.28 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $149.58 Mil.
Total Assets was $878.88 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $583.66 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $2.08 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $19.57 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $21.84 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Net Income was 2.25 + 3.321 + 0.517 + -10.96 = $-4.87 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 15.5 + 12.149 + -1.406 + -7.609 = $18.63 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -35.683 + -45.727 + 28.795 + -9.793 = $-62.41 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.87 Mil.
Revenue was 47.931 + 57.292 + 0.078 + 9.892 = $115.19 Mil.
Gross Profit was 14.57 + 13.858 + 0.013 + 3.337 = $31.78 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $57.57 Mil.
Total Assets was $733.32 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $582.85 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $1.88 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $18.72 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $12.90 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 / 59.39) / (0.87 / 115.193)
=0 / 0.007553
=0

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)
=(31.778 / 115.193) / (21.279 / 59.39)
=0.275867 / 0.358293
=0.7699

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 - (149.581 + 583.66) / 878.878) / (1 - (57.573 + 582.845) / 733.315)
=0.165708 / 0.126681
=1.3081

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
=59.39 / 115.193
=0.5156

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))
=(1.876 / (1.876 + 582.845)) / (2.078 / (2.078 + 583.66))
=0.003208 / 0.003548
=0.9042

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)
=(19.57 / 59.39) / (18.718 / 115.193)
=0.329517 / 0.162493
=2.0279

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 + 21.842) / 878.878) / ((0 + 12.904) / 733.315)
=0.024852 / 0.017597
=1.4123

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
=(-4.872 - 18.634 - -62.408) / 878.878
=0.044263

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.

Uranium Energy has a M-score of -3.94 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Uranium Energy (Uranium Energy) Business Description

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Address
500 North Shoreline Boulevard, Suite 800N, Corpus Christi, TX, USA, 78401
Uranium Energy Corp is engaged in uranium mining and related activities. The company is working towards fueling the global demand for carbon-free nuclear energy, a key solution to climate change, and energy source for the low-carbon future. UEC is a pure-play uranium company and is advancing its next generation of low-cost, environmentally friendly, in-situ recovery (ISR) mining uranium projects. It has two extraction-ready ISR hub and spoke platforms in South Texas and Wyoming. UEC also has seven U.S. ISR uranium projects with all of their major permits in place, with additional diversified holdings of uranium assets across the U.S., Canada and Paraguay.
Executives
Pat Obara officer: Interim Chief Financial Office 1111 WEST HASTINGS STREET, SUITE 320, VANCOUVER A1 V6E 2J3
Ballesta Moya Gloria L director CII 142 #6-69, TORRE 10-101, BOGOTA F8 110121
Volpe Vincent Della director 32 EVERGREEN DRIVE, LINCOLN PARK NJ 07032
David Kong director 7440 AFTON DRIVE, RICHMOND A1 V7A 1A3
Amir Adnani director, officer: President and CEO 1111 WEST HASTINGS STREET, SUITE 320, VANCOUVER A1 V6E 2J3
Scott Melbye officer: Executive Vice President 618 CLIFFGATE LANE, CASTLE ROCK CO 80108
Spencer Abraham director 600 14TH STREET, NW, SUITE 500, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Trecia M Canty director 1 SYLVAN WAY, 2ND FLOOR, C/O PBF ENERGY INC., PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Donna Wichers officer: VP of Wyoming Operations 109 TAILGATE LANE, HAMILTON MT 59840
Pacific Road Capital Management G.p. Ltd 10 percent owner 89 NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY E9 KY1-9007
Jian Hua Zhang officer: CONTROLLER UNIT 32, 10489 DELSOM CRESCENT, DELTA A1 V4C 0B9
Ganpat Mani director 1249 SARAH CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 80126
Kurrus Andrew William Iii officer: VP Resource Development 2722 WIND ROCK DRIVE, CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78410
Powell Iii Fred Pasco officer: VP of Marketing and Sales 375 BEACH ROAD, #204, JUPITER FL 33469
Mark Katsumata director 14447 BLACKBURN CRESCENT, WHITE ROCK A1 V4B 3A3