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Piccadily Agro Industries (BOM:530305) Beneish M-Score : -1.32 (As of May. 01, 2024)


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What is Piccadily Agro Industries 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score -1.32 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

BOM:530305' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.77   Med: -2.23   Max: -1.32
Current: -1.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Piccadily Agro Industries was -1.32. The lowest was -7.77. And the median was -2.23.


Piccadily Agro Industries Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Piccadily Agro Industries'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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Piccadily Agro Industries Beneish M-Score Chart

Piccadily Agro Industries Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.52 -2.20 -2.52 -2.82 -1.32

Piccadily Agro Industries Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -2.82 - - - -1.32

Competitive Comparison of Piccadily Agro Industries's Beneish M-Score

For the Confectioners subindustry, Piccadily Agro Industries'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.


Piccadily Agro Industries's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Piccadily Agro Industries's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Piccadily Agro Industries 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 Piccadily Agro Industries 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 * 1.5169+0.528 * 0.7829+0.404 * 0.8937+0.892 * 1.2916+0.115 * 0.9826
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0+4.679 * 0.079466-0.327 * 0.8657
=-1.32

* 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was ₹1,366 Mil.
Revenue was ₹7,746 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹4,176 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹4,007 Mil.
Total Assets was ₹7,391 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₹2,598 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₹182 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₹0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹3,057 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹594 Mil.
Net Income was ₹1,098 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₹510 Mil.
Total Receivables was ₹697 Mil.
Revenue was ₹5,997 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₹2,532 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₹2,954 Mil.
Total Assets was ₹5,926 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₹2,266 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₹156 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₹302 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₹2,860 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₹521 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)
=(1365.518 / 7745.508) / (696.939 / 5996.774)
=0.176298 / 0.116219
=1.5169

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)
=(2531.542 / 5996.774) / (4176.313 / 7745.508)
=0.422151 / 0.539192
=0.7829

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 - (4006.968 + 2597.69) / 7390.709) / (1 - (2954.343 + 2266.095) / 5925.602)
=0.106357 / 0.119003
=0.8937

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
=7745.508 / 5996.774
=1.2916

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))
=(155.862 / (155.862 + 2266.095)) / (182.053 / (182.053 + 2597.69))
=0.064354 / 0.065493
=0.9826

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)
=(0 / 7745.508) / (301.684 / 5996.774)
=0 / 0.050308
=0

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)
=((594.403 + 3056.537) / 7390.709) / ((521.035 + 2860.173) / 5925.602)
=0.49399 / 0.57061
=0.8657

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
=(1097.635 - 0 - 510.328) / 7390.709
=0.079466

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.

Piccadily Agro Industries has a M-score of -1.32 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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Piccadily Agro Industries (BOM:530305) Business Description

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Address
Kothi No. 304, Sector 9-D, 3rd Floor, Chandigarh, PB, IND, 160009
Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd is an Indian company engaged in the manufacturing of white crystal sugar. It manufactures sugar from sugar cane cultivated in the surrounding rural areas and Sugar, Molasses, Power and Bagasse. The firm is also involved in the manufacture of Rectified spirit, Extra neutral alcohol from molasses, rice, wheat and malt and is also converting resin into pet bottles, used for liquor in the Distillery segment. It operates in the Sugar and Distillery business divisions. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Distillery segment.

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