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Qiniu (HKSE:02567) Beneish M-Score : -4.18 (As of Apr. 22, 2025)


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What is Qiniu 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 -4.18 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

HKSE:02567' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.18   Med: -4.18   Max: -4.18
Current: -4.18

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Qiniu was -4.18. The lowest was -4.18. And the median was -4.18.


Qiniu Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Qiniu Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
- - -4.18 -

Qiniu Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score - - -4.18 -

Competitive Comparison of Qiniu's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Qiniu'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.


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

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

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


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Qiniu 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 Qiniu 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 * 1.2203+0.528 * 0.9486+0.404 * 0.6754+0.892 * 1.1627+0.115 * 0.9525
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.5534+4.679 * -0.372503-0.327 * 1.138
=-4.18

* 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 HK$304 Mil.
Revenue was HK$1,334 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$280 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$622 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$860 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$140 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$71 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$75 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$3,872 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$3 Mil.
Net Income was HK$-324 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$-4 Mil.
Total Receivables was HK$214 Mil.
Revenue was HK$1,147 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$229 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$553 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$904 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$198 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$93 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$42 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$3,570 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$10 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)
=(303.776 / 1333.991) / (214.102 / 1147.29)
=0.22772 / 0.186615
=1.2203

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)
=(228.641 / 1147.29) / (280.245 / 1333.991)
=0.199288 / 0.21008
=0.9486

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 - (621.974 + 139.62) / 859.78) / (1 - (553.29 + 197.924) / 904.082)
=0.114199 / 0.169086
=0.6754

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
=1333.991 / 1147.29
=1.1627

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))
=(93.479 / (93.479 + 197.924)) / (70.896 / (70.896 + 139.62))
=0.320789 / 0.336773
=0.9525

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)
=(75.215 / 1333.991) / (41.642 / 1147.29)
=0.056383 / 0.036296
=1.5534

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)
=((2.508 + 3872.333) / 859.78) / ((10.301 + 3569.959) / 904.082)
=4.506782 / 3.960105
=1.138

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
=(-324.108 - 0 - -3.837) / 859.78
=-0.372503

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.

Qiniu has a M-score of -4.18 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


Qiniu Business Description

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Qiniu Ltd provides audiovisual cloud services in China. Audiovisual cloud services refer to the producing, storing, processing, distributing, analyzing, auditing, retrieving, and recommending unstructured audiovisual content in multi-media formats. PaaS is a computing service model by which cloud service providers offer a suite of hardware and software resources to their users via a platform, enabling the users to focus on writing codes, configuring the service metrics and monitoring of applications without the need to divert time and resources to the development and maintenance of the infrastructure underlying the platform, including maintenance of hardware, updates of operating system, data backup and recovery, internet security, disaster recovery, etc.
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