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Gilead Sciences (Gilead Sciences) Beneish M-Score

: -2.64 (As of Today)
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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 -2.64 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

GILD' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.23   Med: -2.59   Max: -1.76
Current: -2.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Gilead Sciences was -1.76. The lowest was -3.23. And the median was -2.59.


Gilead Sciences Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gilead Sciences'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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Gilead Sciences Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.38 -2.05 -2.73 -2.49 -2.64

Gilead Sciences 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.49 -2.35 -2.53 -2.42 -2.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Gilead Sciences'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.


Gilead Sciences Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Gilead Sciences's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gilead Sciences 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 Gilead Sciences 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 * 0.9815+0.528 * 1.0425+0.404 * 0.9574+0.892 * 0.9939+0.115 * 0.8254
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0803+4.679 * -0.021505-0.327 * 1.025
=-2.64

* 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 $4,660 Mil.
Revenue was 7114 + 7050 + 6599 + 6352 = $27,115 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5024 + 5485 + 5157 + 4951 = $20,617 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $16,085 Mil.
Total Assets was $62,125 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $5,317 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $2,693 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $6,091 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $11,280 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23,189 Mil.
Net Income was 1429 + 2180 + 1045 + 1010 = $5,664 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -104 + -163 + -84 + -655 = $-1,006 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2169 + 1755 + 2338 + 1744 = $8,006 Mil.
Total Receivables was $4,777 Mil.
Revenue was 7389 + 7042 + 6260 + 6590 = $27,281 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5993 + 5647 + 4818 + 5166 = $21,624 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $14,443 Mil.
Total Assets was $63,171 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $5,475 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $2,103 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $5,673 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $11,238 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $22,957 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)
=(4660 / 27115) / (4777 / 27281)
=0.171861 / 0.175104
=0.9815

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)
=(21624 / 27281) / (20617 / 27115)
=0.79264 / 0.760354
=1.0425

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 - (16085 + 5317) / 62125) / (1 - (14443 + 5475) / 63171)
=0.655501 / 0.684697
=0.9574

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
=27115 / 27281
=0.9939

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))
=(2103 / (2103 + 5475)) / (2693 / (2693 + 5317))
=0.277514 / 0.336205
=0.8254

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)
=(6091 / 27115) / (5673 / 27281)
=0.224636 / 0.207947
=1.0803

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)
=((23189 + 11280) / 62125) / ((22957 + 11238) / 63171)
=0.554833 / 0.541309
=1.025

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
=(5664 - -1006 - 8006) / 62125
=-0.021505

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.

Gilead Sciences has a M-score of -2.64 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Gilead Sciences (Gilead Sciences) Business Description

Address
333 Lakeside Drive, Foster, CA, USA, 94404
Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
Executives
Andrew D Dickinson officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Johanna Mercier officer: Chief Commercial Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Merdad Parsey officer: Chief Medical Officer 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra Patterson officer: SVP, Controllership 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Diane E. Wilfong officer: SVP, Controller & CAO 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Deborah H Telman officer: EVP, Corporate Affairs & GC 2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033
Brett A Pletcher officer: EVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY X1 94404
Jeffrey Bluestone director C/O PROVENTION BIO, INC., P.O. BOX 666, OLDWICK NJ 08858
Anthony Welters director
Javier Rodriguez director 601 HAWAII ST., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
John Francis Cogan director 2010 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 310, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Gayle E Wilson director C/O GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Olsen Per Wold director C/O GILEAD SCIENCES, 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra Horning director 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Richard James Whitley director UAB, CHB 303, 1600 7TH AVENUE SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM AL 35233-1711