Liberty Financial Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Liberty Financial Group'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.
Liberty Financial Group Beneish M-Score Chart
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Liberty Financial Group Annual Data
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-2.80 |
-2.11 |
-2.26 |
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Liberty Financial Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Liberty Financial Group's Beneish M-Score
For the Credit Services subindustry, Liberty Financial Group'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.
Liberty Financial Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Credit Services Industry
For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Liberty Financial Group's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Liberty Financial Group's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Liberty Financial Group 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 Liberty Financial Group 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 * 0.705 | + | 0.528 * 1 | + | 0.404 * 1.0118 | + | 0.892 * 1.187 | + | 0.115 * 0.9005 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 0.8524 | + | 4.679 * 0.066432 | - | 0.327 * 1.0013 |
| = | -2.26 |
* 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 (Jun24) TTM: | Last Year (Jun23) TTM: |
Total Receivables was A$281 Mil.
Revenue was A$1,457 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$1,457 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$1,881 Mil.
Total Assets was A$16,306 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was A$23 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was A$20 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was A$97 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$4,070 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$10,904 Mil.
Net Income was A$116 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$-38 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was A$-930 Mil.
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Total Receivables was A$336 Mil.
Revenue was A$1,228 Mil.
Gross Profit was A$1,228 Mil.
Total Current Assets was A$1,968 Mil.
Total Assets was A$15,692 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was A$28 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was A$19 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was A$96 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was A$4,341 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was A$10,050 Mil.
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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) |
| = | (280.804 / 1457.412) | / | (335.535 / 1227.786) |
| = | 0.192673 | / | 0.273285 |
| | = | 0.705 |
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) |
| = | (1227.786 / 1227.786) | / | (1457.412 / 1457.412) |
| = | 1 | / | 1 |
| | = | 1 |
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 - (1881.234 + 23.493) / 16305.723) | / | (1 - (1967.665 + 27.704) / 15692.411) |
| = | 0.883187 | / | 0.872845 |
| | = | 1.0118 |
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 |
| = | 1457.412 | / | 1227.786 |
| | = | 1.187 |
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)) |
| = | (19.179 / (19.179 + 27.704)) | / | (19.557 / (19.557 + 23.493)) |
| = | 0.409082 | / | 0.454286 |
| | = | 0.9005 |
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) |
| = | (97.492 / 1457.412) | / | (96.349 / 1227.786) |
| = | 0.066894 | / | 0.078474 |
| | = | 0.8524 |
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) |
| = | ((10904.034 + 4069.538) / 16305.723) | / | ((10050.265 + 4340.878) / 15692.411) |
| = | 0.918302 | / | 0.917077 |
| | = | 1.0013 |
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 |
| = | (115.806 - -37.721 | - | -929.69) | / | 16305.723 |
| | = | 0.066432 |
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.
Liberty Financial Group has a M-score of -2.26 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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