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Inpex (FRA:I8U) Beneish M-Score : -2.31 (As of Apr. 05, 2025)


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What is Inpex 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 -2.31 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

FRA:I8U' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.87   Med: -2.64   Max: -1.51
Current: -2.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Inpex was -1.51. The lowest was -2.87. And the median was -2.64.


Inpex Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Inpex'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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Inpex Beneish M-Score Chart

Inpex Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -1.72 -1.51 -2.75 -2.31

Inpex Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -2.75 -1.85 -1.87 -2.50 -2.31

Competitive Comparison of Inpex's Beneish M-Score

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Inpex'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.


Inpex's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Inpex's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Inpex 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 Inpex 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 * 1.1382+0.528 * 1.0206+0.404 * 1.0547+0.892 * 0.9775+0.115 * 0.9889
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.3469+4.679 * 0.009066-0.327 * 0.873
=-2.32

* 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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Total Receivables was €1,944 Mil.
Revenue was 3217.889 + 3508.703 + 3496.026 + 3664.805 = €13,887 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1891.898 + 2068.126 + 2115.055 + 2200.124 = €8,275 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €5,403 Mil.
Total Assets was €45,826 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €24,115 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €1,133 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €828 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €3,313 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,402 Mil.
Net Income was 856.328 + 484.276 + 534.096 + 748.123 = €2,623 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = €0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0 + 0 + 1346.291 + 861.094 = €2,207 Mil.
Total Receivables was €1,747 Mil.
Revenue was 3583.644 + 3313.619 + 3271.203 + 4038.913 = €14,207 Mil.
Gross Profit was 2351.095 + 1861.134 + 1982.139 + 2446.064 = €8,640 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €5,340 Mil.
Total Assets was €42,923 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €23,100 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €1,073 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €629 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €3,644 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,706 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)
=(1944.188 / 13887.423) / (1747.409 / 14207.379)
=0.139996 / 0.122993
=1.1382

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)
=(8640.432 / 14207.379) / (8275.203 / 13887.423)
=0.608165 / 0.595878
=1.0206

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 - (5402.922 + 24115.482) / 45826.195) / (1 - (5339.772 + 23100.154) / 42922.872)
=0.355862 / 0.337418
=1.0547

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
=13887.423 / 14207.379
=0.9775

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))
=(1072.998 / (1072.998 + 23100.154)) / (1133.378 / (1133.378 + 24115.482))
=0.044388 / 0.044888
=0.9889

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)
=(827.8 / 13887.423) / (628.775 / 14207.379)
=0.059608 / 0.044257
=1.3469

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)
=((5402.041 + 3313.399) / 45826.195) / ((5706.021 + 3644.346) / 42922.872)
=0.190185 / 0.217841
=0.873

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
=(2622.823 - 0 - 2207.385) / 45826.195
=0.009066

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.

Inpex has a M-score of -2.32 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


Inpex Business Description

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Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 107-6332
Headquartered in Tokyo, Inpex was founded in 2008 through a merger with Teikoku Oil. The precursor Inpex began life in 1966 as North Sumatra Offshore Petroleum Exploration and discovered the Attaka field in Indonesia in 1970 before acquiring the ADMA Block offshore the United Arab Emirates in 1973 and then discovering the Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan and Ichthys and Abadi gasfields in the Timor Sea in 2000. Teikoku Oil was founded in 1941 as a semigovernment entity and discovered Japan's largest natural gas reserves in Minami Nagaoka in 1979. Inpex is Japan's largest hydrocarbon producer, with oil and gas projects across multiple continents. It produces 230 million barrels of oil equivalent per year and has 6.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in proven and probable reserves.

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