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Hortonworks (Hortonworks) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Hortonworks 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.

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

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Hortonworks was 0.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


Hortonworks Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Hortonworks Annual Data
Trend Apr12 Apr13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.61 -5.55 -5.56

Hortonworks Quarterly Data
Apr12 Apr13 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -6.45 -5.56 -5.09 -4.89 -5.24

Competitive Comparison of Hortonworks's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Hortonworks'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.


Hortonworks's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Hortonworks's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hortonworks 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 Hortonworks 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 * 0.712+0.528 * 0.9359+0.404 * 1.1796+0.892 * 1.372+0.115 * 0.7925
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8202+4.679 * -0.627331-0.327 * 0.8217
=-5.24

* 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 (Sep18) TTM:Last Year (Sep17) TTM:
Total Receivables was $78.4 Mil.
Revenue was 87.174 + 86.343 + 79.061 + 75.006 = $327.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 63.385 + 62.426 + 56.801 + 53.576 = $236.2 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $215.1 Mil.
Total Assets was $296.6 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $12.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $9.5 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $301.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $210.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 Mil.
Net Income was -31.574 + -41.197 + -42.055 + -48.228 = $-163.1 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.657 + 1.527 + -0.911 + -1.038 = $0.2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 10.45 + -1.975 + 7.955 + 6.353 = $22.8 Mil.
Total Receivables was $80.2 Mil.
Revenue was 69.001 + 61.832 + 55.971 + 51.959 = $238.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 47.658 + 41.365 + 38.116 + 33.981 = $161.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $151.8 Mil.
Total Assets was $211.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $17.9 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $9.4 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $268.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $182.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.0 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)
=(78.374 / 327.584) / (80.229 / 238.763)
=0.239249 / 0.336019
=0.712

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)
=(161.12 / 238.763) / (236.188 / 327.584)
=0.674811 / 0.721
=0.9359

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 - (215.092 + 12.369) / 296.609) / (1 - (151.768 + 17.873) / 211.427)
=0.233128 / 0.197638
=1.1796

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
=327.584 / 238.763
=1.372

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))
=(9.409 / (9.409 + 17.873)) / (9.529 / (9.529 + 12.369))
=0.344879 / 0.435154
=0.7925

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)
=(301.893 / 327.584) / (268.273 / 238.763)
=0.921574 / 1.123595
=0.8202

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)
=((0 + 210.643) / 296.609) / ((0 + 182.726) / 211.427)
=0.710171 / 0.864251
=0.8217

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
=(-163.054 - 0.235 - 22.783) / 296.609
=-0.627331

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.

Hortonworks has a M-score of -5.24 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Hortonworks (Hortonworks) Business Description

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Hortonworks Inc is a provider of data management software solutions that allows corporations to harness the power of big data. The firm's Data at Rest solution is an enterprise-scale platform built for interactive, real-time workloads to be executed simultaneously on a single data set. The Data in Motion solution provides customers the ability to ingest any type of data from multiple data sources. These solutions can centrally manage new and existing data types, run multiple applications simultaneously, and provide security, data governance, stability and scalability. The company derives revenue from subscriptions to software offerings and professional fees. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States.
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Martin Fink director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Scott Reasoner officer: See Remarks C/O QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 5 POLARIS WAY ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
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Scott E Gnau officer: Chief Technology Officer 17095 VIA DEL CAMPO, SAN DIEGO CA 92127
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Robert G Bearden director, officer: President & CEO I2 11701 LUNA ROAD DALLAS TX 75234
Kevin Klausmeyer director 2101 CITYWEST BLVD, HOUSTON TX 77042-2827
Paul J Cormier director C/O RED HAT, INC, 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Michelangelo Volpi director C/O HORTONWORKS, INC., 3640 W. BAYSHORE RD., PALO ALTO CA 94303
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