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Infracommerce Caxaas (BSP:IFCM3) Beneish M-Score : -8.58 (As of Apr. 07, 2025)


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What is Infracommerce Caxaas 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 -8.58 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

BSP:IFCM3' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.58   Med: -3   Max: -0.08
Current: -8.58

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Infracommerce Caxaas was -0.08. The lowest was -8.58. And the median was -3.00.


Infracommerce Caxaas Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Infracommerce Caxaas'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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Infracommerce Caxaas Beneish M-Score Chart

Infracommerce Caxaas Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.08 -2.55 -3.14

Infracommerce Caxaas Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 -3.33 -3.14 -3.10 -8.29 -8.58

Competitive Comparison of Infracommerce Caxaas's Beneish M-Score

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Infracommerce Caxaas'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.


Infracommerce Caxaas's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Infracommerce Caxaas's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Infracommerce Caxaas 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 Infracommerce Caxaas 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 * 0.9206+0.528 * 1.4856+0.404 * 0.7095+0.892 * 0.9408+0.115 * 0.9259
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.1342+4.679 * -1.234222-0.327 * 1.9354
=-8.58

* 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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Total Receivables was R$378 Mil.
Revenue was 250.075 + 265.085 + 218.996 + 268.531 = R$1,003 Mil.
Gross Profit was 61.642 + 65.727 + 54.832 + 110.687 = R$293 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$609 Mil.
Total Assets was R$1,448 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was R$146 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was R$161 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was R$518 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$808 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$395 Mil.
Net Income was -93.421 + -1535.627 + -90.347 + -110.168 = R$-1,830 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = R$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -24.448 + -27.188 + -124.637 + 133.456 = R$-43 Mil.
Total Receivables was R$437 Mil.
Revenue was 290.018 + 299.783 + 214.157 + 261.84 = R$1,066 Mil.
Gross Profit was 124.478 + 129.217 + 90.84 + 117.976 = R$463 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$867 Mil.
Total Assets was R$3,206 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was R$178 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was R$167 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was R$485 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$893 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$483 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)
=(378.436 / 1002.687) / (436.951 / 1065.798)
=0.377422 / 0.409975
=0.9206

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)
=(462.511 / 1065.798) / (292.888 / 1002.687)
=0.433957 / 0.292103
=1.4856

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 - (609.124 + 146.456) / 1447.67) / (1 - (867.463 + 178.167) / 3205.789)
=0.478072 / 0.673831
=0.7095

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
=1002.687 / 1065.798
=0.9408

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))
=(167.404 / (167.404 + 178.167)) / (160.701 / (160.701 + 146.456))
=0.484427 / 0.523188
=0.9259

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)
=(517.769 / 1002.687) / (485.234 / 1065.798)
=0.516381 / 0.455278
=1.1342

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)
=((395.377 + 807.523) / 1447.67) / ((482.817 + 893.482) / 3205.789)
=0.830921 / 0.429317
=1.9354

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
=(-1829.563 - 0 - -42.817) / 1447.67
=-1.234222

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.

Infracommerce Caxaas has a M-score of -8.58 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Infracommerce Caxaas Business Description

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Av Doutor Cardoso de Melo 1855, 15º andar, Jardim Paulistano, São Paulo, SP, BRA, 04548-005
Infracommerce Caxaas SA is the largest full service company for digital businesses and works with the modular concept, bringing together platform, marketing, content, payment, logistics and SAC in three core competence cores: Omnichannel Platform, Marketing and Sales and Operations.

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