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Cavitation Technologies (Cavitation Technologies) Beneish M-Score : -33.95 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is Cavitation Technologies 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 -33.95 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

CVAT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -33.95   Med: -3.74   Max: 77.98
Current: -33.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Cavitation Technologies was 77.98. The lowest was -33.95. And the median was -3.74.


Cavitation Technologies Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cavitation Technologies'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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Cavitation Technologies Beneish M-Score Chart

Cavitation Technologies Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.81 -2.23 -4.83 45.03 -24.97

Cavitation Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -1.12 -1.38 -24.97 -25.16 -33.95

Competitive Comparison of Cavitation Technologies's Beneish M-Score

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Cavitation Technologies'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.


Cavitation Technologies's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Cavitation Technologies's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cavitation Technologies 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 Cavitation Technologies 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+0.528 * 1.3537+0.404 * 0.1694+0.892 * 0.2311+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 2.8852+4.679 * -5-0.327 * 22.1597
=-33.95

* 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 $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 0.192 + 0 + 0.052 + 0.061 = $0.31 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.158 + 0 + 0.004 + 0.05 = $0.21 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.01 Mil.
Total Assets was $0.10 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.08 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.00 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $0.98 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1.12 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.16 Mil.
Net Income was -0.016 + -0.251 + -1.43 + -0.238 = $-1.94 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + -1.105 + -0.014 = $-1.12 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.133 + 0.122 + -0.292 + -0.033 = $-0.34 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 0.058 + 0.261 + 0.963 + 0.038 = $1.32 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.045 + 0.211 + 0.964 + 0.022 = $1.24 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.39 Mil.
Total Assets was $1.67 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.15 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $-0.03 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1.47 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.76 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.24 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 / 0.305) / (0 / 1.32)
=0 / 0
=1

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)
=(1.242 / 1.32) / (0.212 / 0.305)
=0.940909 / 0.695082
=1.3537

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 - (0.007 + 0.078) / 0.096) / (1 - (0.391 + 0.15) / 1.671)
=0.114583 / 0.676242
=0.1694

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
=0.305 / 1.32
=0.2311

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))
=(-0.032 / (-0.032 + 0.15)) / (0 / (0 + 0.078))
=-0.271186 / 0
=1

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)
=(0.982 / 0.305) / (1.473 / 1.32)
=3.219672 / 1.115909
=2.8852

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)
=((0.158 + 1.124) / 0.096) / ((0.243 + 0.764) / 1.671)
=13.354167 / 0.602633
=22.1597

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
=(-1.935 - -1.119 - -0.336) / 0.096
=-5

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.

Cavitation Technologies has a M-score of -33.95 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Cavitation Technologies (Cavitation Technologies) Business Description

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Address
10019 Canoga Avenue, Chatsworth, CA, USA, 91311
Cavitation Technologies Inc develops, patents, and commercializes the proprietary technology for large-scale liquid processing applications. The firm has commercialized its proprietary technology for refining vegetable oils by providing domestic and foreign refining facilities with a firm's Nano Neutralization technology and cavitation systems comprising the Nano Reactor. Its technologies can be applied to several other fluid-processing industries that will benefit from increased yields, lowered processing costs, and improved quality. It has filed patent applications related to edible oil refining, renewable fuel production, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage processing and enhancement, and petroleum upgrading. Its component comprises of Nano Reactor and LPN.
Executives
Naum Voloshin officer: Chief Financial Officer 10019 CANOGA AVENUE, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Roman Gordon director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, Secretary 10019 CANOGA AVENUE, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Todd Zelek director, officer: CEO 730 SOUTH SAN RAFAEL AVENUE, PASADENA CA 91105
James W Fuller director C/O BAYTREE CAPITAL ASSOCIATES LLC, 40 WALL STREET, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10005
Igor Gorodnitsky director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 10019 CANOGA AVENUE, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
R L Hartshorn director, 10 percent owner, officer: CFO 10019 CANOGA AVENUE, CHATSWORTH CA 91311
Jose Antonio Castro director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & CFO 3702 SOUTH VIRGINIA STREET, #G12-401, RENO NV 89502
Zhang Haiming director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer 3702 SOUTH VIRGINIA STREET, #G12-401, RENO NV 89502