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US Foods Holding (MEX:USFD) Beneish M-Score : -2.62 (As of Mar. 28, 2025)


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What is US Foods Holding 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 -2.62 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

MEX:USFD' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.92   Med: -2.56   Max: -2.23
Current: -2.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of US Foods Holding was -2.23. The lowest was -2.92. And the median was -2.56.


US Foods Holding Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Foods Holding'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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US Foods Holding Beneish M-Score Chart

US Foods Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.92 -2.23 -2.55 -2.66 -2.62

US Foods Holding Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.66 -2.60 -2.61 -2.60 -2.62

Competitive Comparison of US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score

For the Food Distribution subindustry, US Foods Holding'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.


US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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US Foods Holding 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 US Foods Holding 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 * 1.1223+0.528 * 0.9995+0.404 * 1.0083+0.892 * 1.1569+0.115 * 1.0608
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9933+4.679 * -0.034785-0.327 * 1.0336
=-2.39

* 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 MXN44,298 Mil.
Revenue was 197941.449 + 191547.239 + 177869.88 + 148519.886 = MXN715,878 Mil.
Gross Profit was 34745.596 + 32823.73 + 31254.096 + 24811.401 = MXN123,635 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN82,881 Mil.
Total Assets was MXN280,217 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was MXN50,012 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was MXN8,281 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was MXN102,221 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN68,740 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN105,676 Mil.
Net Income was 1376.476 + 2914.164 + 3627.38 + 1360.893 = MXN9,279 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -2857.231 + -236.284 + -36.64 + -199.155 = MXN-3,329 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 5902.163 + 5316.381 + 8830.29 + 2306.879 = MXN22,356 Mil.
Total Receivables was MXN34,118 Mil.
Revenue was 151681.88 + 158616.476 + 154517.971 + 153969.55 = MXN618,786 Mil.
Gross Profit was 26989.054 + 26859.939 + 27275.945 + 25685.625 = MXN106,811 Mil.
Total Current Assets was MXN68,423 Mil.
Total Assets was MXN223,839 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was MXN38,701 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was MXN6,867 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was MXN88,957 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was MXN52,824 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was MXN81,969 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)
=(44297.507 / 715878.454) / (34118.238 / 618785.877)
=0.061879 / 0.055137
=1.1223

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)
=(106810.563 / 618785.877) / (123634.823 / 715878.454)
=0.172613 / 0.172704
=0.9995

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 - (82880.552 + 50011.969) / 280217.185) / (1 - (68423.194 + 38701.285) / 223839.408)
=0.525752 / 0.521423
=1.0083

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
=715878.454 / 618785.877
=1.1569

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))
=(6867.05 / (6867.05 + 38701.285)) / (8280.855 / (8280.855 + 50011.969))
=0.150698 / 0.142056
=1.0608

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)
=(102221.074 / 715878.454) / (88956.726 / 618785.877)
=0.142791 / 0.14376
=0.9933

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)
=((105675.832 + 68740.387) / 280217.185) / ((81968.644 + 52823.86) / 223839.408)
=0.622432 / 0.602184
=1.0336

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
=(9278.913 - -3329.31 - 22355.713) / 280217.185
=-0.034785

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.

US Foods Holding has a M-score of -2.39 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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US Foods Holding Business Description

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Address
9399 West Higgins Road, Suite 100, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
US Foods Holding Corp is the U.S. food service distributor that distributes food and nonfood products to the healthcare and hospitality industries, restaurants, and education, government facilities, and grocers. It has nearly 250,000 restaurants and foodservice operators with more than 70 locations that provide customers with food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology, and business solutions. The company operates in one business segment in which it markets, sells and distributes fresh, frozen and dry food and non-food products to foodservice customers throughout the U.S.