Marks & Spencer Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Marks & Spencer 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.
Marks & Spencer Group Beneish M-Score Chart
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Marks & Spencer Group Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Marks & Spencer Group's Beneish M-Score
For the Department Stores subindustry, Marks & Spencer 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.
Marks & Spencer Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Marks & Spencer Group's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Marks & Spencer Group's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Marks & Spencer 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 Marks & Spencer 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 * 0.9615 | + | 0.528 * 0.9863 | + | 0.404 * 0.8067 | + | 0.892 * 1.1272 | + | 0.115 * 0.9923 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 0.9794 | + | 4.679 * -0.100263 | - | 0.327 * 0.9605 |
| = | -2.94 |
* 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 (Mar24) TTM: | Last Year (Mar23) TTM: |
Total Receivables was €224 Mil.
Revenue was €15,244 Mil.
Gross Profit was €5,369 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,517 Mil.
Total Assets was €10,149 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €6,067 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €615 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,264 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,941 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,370 Mil.
Net Income was €504 Mil.
Gross Profit was €0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was €1,522 Mil.
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Total Receivables was €207 Mil.
Revenue was €13,524 Mil.
Gross Profit was €4,698 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,443 Mil.
Total Assets was €10,312 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €5,898 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €593 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,145 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €3,068 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €3,609 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) |
| = | (224.447 / 15243.827) | / | (207.09 / 13524.071) |
| = | 0.014724 | / | 0.015313 |
| | = | 0.9615 |
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) |
| = | (4697.884 / 13524.071) | / | (5369.083 / 15243.827) |
| = | 0.347372 | / | 0.352214 |
| | = | 0.9863 |
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 - (2517.199 + 6067.207) / 10149.459) | / | (1 - (2442.682 + 5898.369) / 10312.312) |
| = | 0.154201 | / | 0.191156 |
| | = | 0.8067 |
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 |
| = | 15243.827 | / | 13524.071 |
| | = | 1.1272 |
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)) |
| = | (593.045 / (593.045 + 5898.369)) | / | (615.243 / (615.243 + 6067.207)) |
| = | 0.091358 | / | 0.092068 |
| | = | 0.9923 |
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) |
| = | (1263.685 / 15243.827) | / | (1144.717 / 13524.071) |
| = | 0.082898 | / | 0.084643 |
| | = | 0.9794 |
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) |
| = | ((3369.982 + 2941.428) / 10149.459) | / | ((3609.049 + 3067.691) / 10312.312) |
| = | 0.621847 | / | 0.647453 |
| | = | 0.9605 |
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 |
| = | (504.071 - 0 | - | 1521.682) | / | 10149.459 |
| | = | -0.100263 |
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.
Marks & Spencer Group has a M-score of -2.94 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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