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Hut 8 (MEX:HUT1) Beneish M-Score : 0.98 (As of Mar. 31, 2025)


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What is Hut 8 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score 0.98 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hut 8's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:HUT1' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.02   Med: -1.02   Max: 0.98
Current: 0.98

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Hut 8 was 0.98. The lowest was -3.02. And the median was -1.02.


Hut 8 Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hut 8'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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Hut 8 Beneish M-Score Chart

Hut 8 Annual Data
Trend Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
- - -3.02 0.98

Hut 8 Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 14.10 10.70 3.34 4.84 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Hut 8's Beneish M-Score

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Hut 8'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.


Hut 8's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Hut 8's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hut 8's Beneish M-Score falls into.


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Hut 8 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 Hut 8 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 * 0.673+0.528 * 0.6583+0.404 * 0.9099+0.892 * 4.4123+0.115 * 0.9977
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.2816+4.679 * 0.22157-0.327 * 0.8325
=1.26

* 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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Total Receivables was MXN168 Mil.
Revenue was 7087.83 + 830.596 + -671.01 + 5415.607 = MXN12,663 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6664.189 + 484.854 + -1049.064 + 4948.472 = MXN11,048 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN5,357 Mil.
Total Assets was MXN31,677 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was MXN5,053 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was MXN938 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was MXN1,371 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN3,211 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN5,698 Mil.
Net Income was 3174.759 + 12.74 + -1316.593 + 4163.602 = MXN6,035 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -347.811 + 222.737 + 373.345 + 38.387 = MXN287 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -451.317 + -82.739 + -299.534 + -437.195 = MXN-1,271 Mil.
Total Receivables was MXN57 Mil.
Revenue was 1806.671 + 387.327 + 369.16 + 306.749 = MXN2,870 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1086.98 + 181.871 + 195.766 + 183.711 = MXN1,648 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN1,046 Mil.
Total Assets was MXN12,575 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was MXN2,251 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was MXN417 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was MXN1,104 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN1,911 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN2,338 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)
=(168.139 / 12663.023) / (56.626 / 2869.907)
=0.013278 / 0.019731
=0.673

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)
=(1648.328 / 2869.907) / (11048.451 / 12663.023)
=0.574349 / 0.872497
=0.6583

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 - (5356.599 + 5052.794) / 31676.888) / (1 - (1045.953 + 2250.836) / 12575.202)
=0.671388 / 0.737834
=0.9099

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
=12663.023 / 2869.907
=4.4123

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))
=(416.564 / (416.564 + 2250.836)) / (937.675 / (937.675 + 5052.794))
=0.156169 / 0.156528
=0.9977

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)
=(1371.317 / 12663.023) / (1103.649 / 2869.907)
=0.108293 / 0.384559
=0.2816

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)
=((5698.028 + 3210.839) / 31676.888) / ((2337.643 + 1910.587) / 12575.202)
=0.281242 / 0.337826
=0.8325

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
=(6034.508 - 286.658 - -1270.785) / 31676.888
=0.22157

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.

Hut 8 has a M-score of 1.26 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


Hut 8 Business Description

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Address
1101 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500, Miami, FL, USA, 33131
Hut 8 Corp is engaged in the mining of digital assets with an operational focus on utilizing specialized equipment to solve complex computational problems to validate transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain and receiving Bitcoin in return for successful services. The company has four reportable business segments: Digital Assets Mining, Managed Services, High Performance Computing -Colocation and Cloud, and Other. It derives maximum revenue from Digital Assets Mining segment.

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