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Dalrada Financial (Dalrada Financial) Beneish M-Score : -5.00 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Dalrada Financial 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 -5 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

DFCO' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6746.55   Med: -1.97   Max: 12.58
Current: -5

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Dalrada Financial was 12.58. The lowest was -6746.55. And the median was -1.97.


Dalrada Financial Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dalrada Financial'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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Dalrada Financial Beneish M-Score Chart

Dalrada Financial Annual Data
Trend Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 7.03 -2.78 3.31 -5.25

Dalrada Financial 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 -2.83 -1.97 -5.25 -5.17 -5.00

Competitive Comparison of Dalrada Financial's Beneish M-Score

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Dalrada Financial'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.


Dalrada Financial's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Dalrada Financial 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 Dalrada Financial 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 * 0.7515+0.528 * 1.6904+0.404 * 0.8873+0.892 * 1.6725+0.115 * 0.9337
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.7932+4.679 * -0.720805-0.327 * 0.5946
=-5.00

* 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 $7.66 Mil.
Revenue was 6.078 + 5.018 + 10.753 + 9.475 = $31.32 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.002 + 0.971 + 1.998 + 2.862 = $7.83 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $11.50 Mil.
Total Assets was $26.43 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $6.30 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.72 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $29.80 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $14.18 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10.75 Mil.
Net Income was -5.406 + -4.816 + -8.236 + -4.026 = $-22.48 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -1.021 + 0.328 + 0.546 + -0.111 = $-0.26 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1.72 + -1.757 + 5.462 + -5.163 = $-3.18 Mil.
Total Receivables was $6.09 Mil.
Revenue was 5.253 + 4.258 + 3.626 + 5.592 = $18.73 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2.298 + 1.901 + -0.101 + 3.819 = $7.92 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $10.34 Mil.
Total Assets was $25.06 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $5.49 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.58 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $22.46 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $27.79 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11.96 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)
=(7.658 / 31.324) / (6.093 / 18.729)
=0.244477 / 0.325324
=0.7515

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)
=(7.917 / 18.729) / (7.833 / 31.324)
=0.422713 / 0.250064
=1.6904

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 - (11.495 + 6.298) / 26.426) / (1 - (10.34 + 5.494) / 25.061)
=0.326686 / 0.368182
=0.8873

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
=31.324 / 18.729
=1.6725

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))
=(0.578 / (0.578 + 5.494)) / (0.715 / (0.715 + 6.298))
=0.095191 / 0.101954
=0.9337

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)
=(29.798 / 31.324) / (22.461 / 18.729)
=0.951283 / 1.199263
=0.7932

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)
=((10.745 + 14.176) / 26.426) / ((11.959 + 27.791) / 25.061)
=0.943049 / 1.58613
=0.5946

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
=(-22.484 - -0.258 - -3.178) / 26.426
=-0.720805

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.

Dalrada Financial has a M-score of -5.00 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Dalrada Financial (Dalrada Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
600 La Terraza Boulevard, Escondido, CA, USA, 92025
Dalrada Financial Corp is a United States-based company engaged in providing financial, insurance, benefit, and business process outsourcing products and services to companies. Its products include tax strategy solutions, a health plan, payroll advance, and debit card. It manages five primary segments which are follows :- Genefic, Dalrada Energy, Dalrada Precision Manufacturing, Dalrada Technologies and Dalrada Corporate. The company generates majority of its revenue from Genefic segment.
Executives
Brian Bonar director, officer: CEO 17075 VIA DEL CAMPO, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
Brian Christopher Mcgoff director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Anuradha Biswas director 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Vincent James Monteparte director C/O DALRADA FINANCIAL CORP., 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Amy Wing Scannell director C/O DALRADA FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Fawad Nisar director, officer: COO 424 PENELOPE DR., SAN MAROS CA 92069
Bijan R Kian director C/O DALRADA FINANCIAL CORP, 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD, ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Jose L. Arrieta director 3600 SOUTH GLEBE RD., UNITE 421, ARLINGTON VA 22202
Kyle Temple Mccollum director, officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DALRADA FINANCIAL CORP, 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
David J Bacon director C/O DALRADA FINANCIAL CORP., 600 LA TERRAZA BLVD., ESCONDIDO CA 92025
Anthony J Zolezzi director C/O HORIZON ORGANIC, 6311 HORIZON LN, LONGMONT CO 80503
Thomas Giles director 945 BUNKER HILL ROAD, SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77024
Guy Brian Kendrick director 19531 CAMPUS DRIVE, SUITE 12, SANTA ANA CA 92707
Harvey Nathan Hershkowitz director 18971 CAMINITO CARTLANA, LOT #4, SAN DIEGO CA 92128
Pauline Gourdie director 15562 RISING RIVER PL S, SAN DIEGO CA 92127