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Franklin Street Properties (Franklin Street Properties) Beneish M-Score : -3.17 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Franklin Street Properties 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 -3.17 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

FSP' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.17   Med: -2.7   Max: -2.5
Current: -3.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Franklin Street Properties was -2.50. The lowest was -3.17. And the median was -2.70.


Franklin Street Properties Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Franklin Street Properties'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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Franklin Street Properties Beneish M-Score Chart

Franklin Street Properties Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.94 -2.51 -2.84 -2.50 -3.17

Franklin Street Properties 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 -2.50 -2.87 -2.93 -3.05 -3.17

Competitive Comparison of Franklin Street Properties's Beneish M-Score

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Franklin Street Properties'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.


Franklin Street Properties's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Franklin Street Properties's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Franklin Street Properties 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 Franklin Street Properties 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 * 0.648+0.528 * 1.0148+0.404 * 0.847+0.892 * 0.8798+0.115 * 0.9998
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.1478+4.679 * -0.036671-0.327 * 1.0234
=-3.17

* 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 $42.6 Mil.
Revenue was 34.771 + 36.903 + 36.266 + 37.767 = $145.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 15.723 + 16.991 + 16.957 + 18.104 = $67.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $243.8 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,169.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.1 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $57.2 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $14.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $41.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $404.7 Mil.
Net Income was 3.575 + -45.671 + -8.42 + 2.406 = $-48.1 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 8.701 + -39.71 + -0.806 + 8.719 = $-23.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 6.321 + 11.071 + 1.569 + -1.095 = $17.9 Mil.
Total Receivables was $74.7 Mil.
Revenue was 41.211 + 40.836 + 41.304 + 42.264 = $165.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 19.031 + 18.516 + 19.917 + 20.711 = $78.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $81.3 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,241.7 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.2 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $65.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $13.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $50.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $413.0 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)
=(42.588 / 145.707) / (74.703 / 165.615)
=0.292285 / 0.451064
=0.648

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)
=(78.175 / 165.615) / (67.775 / 145.707)
=0.472028 / 0.465146
=1.0148

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 - (243.786 + 0.123) / 1169.33) / (1 - (81.335 + 0.154) / 1241.666)
=0.791411 / 0.934371
=0.847

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
=145.707 / 165.615
=0.8798

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))
=(65.579 / (65.579 + 0.154)) / (57.196 / (57.196 + 0.123))
=0.997657 / 0.997854
=0.9998

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)
=(14.021 / 145.707) / (13.885 / 165.615)
=0.096227 / 0.083839
=1.1478

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)
=((404.711 + 41.879) / 1169.33) / ((413.015 + 50.366) / 1241.666)
=0.38192 / 0.373193
=1.0234

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
=(-48.11 - -23.096 - 17.866) / 1169.33
=-0.036671

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.

Franklin Street Properties has a M-score of -3.17 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Franklin Street Properties (Franklin Street Properties) Business Description

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Address
401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200, Wakefield, MA, USA, 01880
Franklin Street Properties Corp is a real estate investment trust. The company is focused on commercial real estate investments in office markets. The company's operations include rental income from real estate leasing, interest income from secured loans made on office properties, property dispositions, and fee income from asset/property management and development. Franklin Street markets Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Minneapolis. It owns a portfolio of real estate consisting of approximately 32 properties.
Executives
Brian N Hansen director CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC, 20 ALLEN AVENUE, SUITE 300, ST. LOUIS MO 63119
Jonathan Bennett Odle 10 percent owner 3622 ENDEAVOR AVENUE, SUITE 101, COLUMBIA MO 65201
Dennis J Mcgillicuddy director 1221 S. TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA FL 34239
Wilkins Milton P Jr director 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Kenneth A Hoxsie director 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Georgia Murray director 433 SHAWMUT AVE, BOSTON MA 02118
John N Burke director 175 DERBY STREET, SUITE 42, HINGHAM MA 02043
Kathryn P O'neil director 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
John G Demeritt officer: Senior Vice President-Finance 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, STE. 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
George J Carter director, officer: CEO 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Eriel Anchondo officer: SVP/Operations 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE. 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Jeffrey B Carter officer: Executive Vice President 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
John F Donahue officer: Executive Vice President 401 EDGEWATER PL, STE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Barry Silverstein other: former director 2500 S. OCEAN BLVD., #503, BOCA RATON FL 33432
Barbara J Corinha director, officer: VP, COO, Treasurer & Secretary 401 EDGEWATER PLACE, SUITE 200, WAKEFIELD MA 01880

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