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NowVertical Group (FRA:5XQ) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of Apr. 04, 2025)


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What is NowVertical Group 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.

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

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of NowVertical Group was 4.23. The lowest was -2.74. And the median was -0.97.


NowVertical Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for NowVertical Group'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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NowVertical Group Beneish M-Score Chart

NowVertical Group Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - 4.23 -1.40

NowVertical Group Quarterly Data
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 -0.97 -1.40 -2.74 -2.67 -

Competitive Comparison of NowVertical Group's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, NowVertical Group'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.


NowVertical Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, NowVertical Group's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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NowVertical Group 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 NowVertical Group 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 * +0.528 * +0.404 * +0.892 * +0.115 *
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * +4.679 * -0.327 *
=

* 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 €10.72 Mil.
Revenue was 9.644 + 11.471 + 11.911 + 9.264 = €42.29 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.749 + 6.082 + 5.82 + 6.047 = €22.70 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €14.17 Mil.
Total Assets was €38.03 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €0.18 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €2.20 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €18.67 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €20.82 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €10.88 Mil.
Net Income was 0.518 + 1.805 + -1.389 + -3.272 = €-2.34 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.152 + 2.407 + -0.535 + -2.517 = €-0.80 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.062 + -0.918 + 0.38 + 0.626 = €0.15 Mil.
Total Receivables was €0.00 Mil.
Revenue was 14.068 + 12.887 + 11.79 + 7.922 = €46.67 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.021 + 6.313 + 5.809 + 3.401 = €22.54 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €0.00 Mil.
Total Assets was €0.00 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €2.23 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €21.56 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €0.00 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0.00 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)
=(10.717 / 42.29) / (0 / 46.667)
=0.253417 / 0
=

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)
=(22.544 / 46.667) / (22.698 / 42.29)
=0.483082 / 0.536723
=

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 - (14.17 + 0.177) / 38.029) / (1 - (0 + 0) / 0)
=0.622735 /
=

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
=42.29 / 46.667
=

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))
=(2.228 / (2.228 + 0)) / (2.195 / (2.195 + 0.177))
=1 / 0.925379
=

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)
=(18.672 / 42.29) / (21.563 / 46.667)
=0.441523 / 0.462061
=

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)
=((10.882 + 20.819) / 38.029) / ((0 + 0) / 0)
=0.833601 /
=

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
=(-2.338 - -0.797 - 0.15) / 38.029
=-0.044466

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.


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NowVertical Group Business Description

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Address
545 King Street West, Suite 4-2024, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 1M1
NowVertical Group Inc is a big data, analytics, and vertical intelligence company. the Company has five reportable operating segments: A10, Acrotrend, Affinio (note 23), Allegient, CoreBI and Other. Key revenue is generated from Allegient.

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