Lowe's Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lowe's'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.
Lowe's Beneish M-Score Chart
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Lowe's Annual Data
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-2.55 |
-2.79 |
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-2.86 |
-2.53 |
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Lowe's Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Lowe's's Beneish M-Score
For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Lowe's'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.
Lowe's's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lowe's's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lowe's's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Lowe's 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 Lowe's 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 * 0.9953 | + | 0.404 * 1.1848 | + | 0.892 * 0.8485 | + | 0.115 * 1.0747 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 0.8582 | + | 4.679 * -0.00896 | - | 0.327 * 1.0231 |
| = | -2.56 |
* 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 (Jan24) TTM: | Last Year (Jan23) TTM: |
Total Receivables was €0 Mil.
Revenue was 17076.636 + 19386.037 + 22560.224 + 20380.464 = €79,403 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5532.786 + 6525.777 + 7592.696 + 6864.624 = €26,516 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €17,507 Mil.
Total Assets was €38,368 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €19,632 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €1,770 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €14,320 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €14,291 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €35,913 Mil.
Net Income was 936.36 + 1679.031 + 2416.392 + 2061.12 = €7,093 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = €0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1017.144 + 1007.608 + 3491.248 + 1920.672 = €7,437 Mil.
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Total Receivables was €0 Mil.
Revenue was 20828.96 + 23831.185 + 27008.908 + 21908.234 = €93,577 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6734.496 + 7935.27 + 8977.739 + 7454.3 = €31,102 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €19,898 Mil.
Total Assets was €40,561 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €19,567 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €1,909 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €19,666 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €18,106 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €33,768 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) |
| = | (0 / 79403.361) | / | (0 / 93577.287) |
| = | 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) |
| = | (31101.805 / 93577.287) | / | (26515.883 / 79403.361) |
| = | 0.332365 | / | 0.333939 |
| | = | 0.9953 |
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 - (17507.178 + 19632.348) / 38367.81) | / | (1 - (19898.176 + 19566.88) / 40561.024) |
| = | 0.032013 | / | 0.02702 |
| | = | 1.1848 |
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 |
| = | 79403.361 | / | 93577.287 |
| | = | 0.8485 |
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)) |
| = | (1908.756 / (1908.756 + 19566.88)) | / | (1769.954 / (1769.954 + 19632.348)) |
| = | 0.08888 | / | 0.082699 |
| | = | 1.0747 |
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) |
| = | (14320.345 / 79403.361) | / | (19665.984 / 93577.287) |
| = | 0.180349 | / | 0.210158 |
| | = | 0.8582 |
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) |
| = | ((35913.078 + 14291.424) / 38367.81) | / | ((33768.064 + 18106.208) / 40561.024) |
| = | 1.308506 | / | 1.278919 |
| | = | 1.0231 |
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 |
| = | (7092.903 - 0 | - | 7436.672) | / | 38367.81 |
| | = | -0.00896 |
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.
Lowe's has a M-score of -2.56 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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