eBay Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for eBay'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.
eBay Beneish M-Score Chart
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Competitive Comparison of eBay's Beneish M-Score
For the Internet Retail subindustry, eBay'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.
eBay's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, eBay's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where eBay's Beneish M-Score falls into.
eBay 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 eBay 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 * 1.2006 | + | 0.528 * 1.0095 | + | 0.404 * 0.8719 | + | 0.892 * 2.2185 | + | 0.115 * 1.0765 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 1.0706 | + | 4.679 * -0.054318 | - | 0.327 * 0.9232 |
| = | -1.49 |
* 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 ARS435,366 Mil.
Revenue was 924882.001 + 874875.024 + 609599.995 + 495850.512 = ARS2,905,208 Mil.
Gross Profit was 668572.001 + 628160.267 + 437279.997 + 357565.508 = ARS2,091,578 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ARS3,976,776 Mil.
Total Assets was ARS7,804,820 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ARS626,696 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ARS114,701 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ARS991,776 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ARS1,631,720 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS2,656,960 Mil.
Net Income was 261364 + 456684.763 + 41040 + 112010.853 = ARS871,100 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 227069 + 424139.412 + -51360 + 39114.901 = ARS638,963 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 44042 + 301656.908 + 144239.999 + 166139.554 = ARS656,078 Mil.
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Total Receivables was ARS163,459 Mil.
Revenue was 420801.488 + 330700.995 + 291439.264 + 266604.812 = ARS1,309,547 Mil.
Gross Profit was 306631.842 + 240800.346 + 211660.473 + 192625.466 = ARS951,718 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ARS1,557,468 Mil.
Total Assets was ARS3,495,502 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ARS293,555 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ARS58,657 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ARS417,589 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ARS716,033 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ARS1,364,503 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) |
| = | (435366 / 2905207.532) | / | (163458.745 / 1309546.559) |
| = | 0.149857 | / | 0.124821 |
| | = | 1.2006 |
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) |
| = | (951718.127 / 1309546.559) | / | (2091577.773 / 2905207.532) |
| = | 0.726754 | / | 0.719941 |
| | = | 1.0095 |
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 - (3976776.004 + 626696.001) / 7804820.007) | / | (1 - (1557468.457 + 293555.142) / 3495502.403) |
| = | 0.410176 | / | 0.470456 |
| | = | 0.8719 |
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 |
| = | 2905207.532 | / | 1309546.559 |
| | = | 2.2185 |
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)) |
| = | (58656.542 / (58656.542 + 293555.142)) | / | (114701.001 / (114701.001 + 626696.001)) |
| = | 0.166538 | / | 0.154709 |
| | = | 1.0765 |
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) |
| = | (991775.91 / 2905207.532) | / | (417588.711 / 1309546.559) |
| = | 0.341379 | / | 0.31888 |
| | = | 1.0706 |
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) |
| = | ((2656960.002 + 1631720.001) / 7804820.007) | / | ((1364503.312 + 716033.13) / 3495502.403) |
| = | 0.549491 | / | 0.595204 |
| | = | 0.9232 |
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 |
| = | (871099.616 - 638963.313 | - | 656078.461) | / | 7804820.007 |
| | = | -0.054318 |
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.
eBay has a M-score of -1.49 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.
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