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Credo Technology Group Holding (Credo Technology Group Holding) Beneish M-Score

: -2.82 (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 -2.82 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

CRDO' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.82   Med: -2   Max: -1.12
Current: -2.82

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Credo Technology Group Holding was -1.12. The lowest was -2.82. And the median was -2.00.


Credo Technology Group Holding Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Credo Technology Group 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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Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => -1.12 )
Credo Technology Group Holding Annual Data
Trend Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Beneish M-Score
- - - -1.12

Credo Technology Group Holding Quarterly Data
Apr20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -1.21 -1.12 -2.33 -2.67 -2.82

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Credo Technology Group 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.


Credo Technology Group Holding Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Credo Technology Group Holding's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Credo Technology Group Holding's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Credo Technology Group 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 Credo Technology Group 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 * 1.1591+0.528 * 0.984+0.404 * 1.258+0.892 * 0.8663+0.115 * 0.7047
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.3399+4.679 * -0.103673-0.327 * 0.6412
=-2.82

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $62.7 Mil.
Revenue was 53.058 + 44.035 + 35.095 + 32.088 = $164.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was 32.558 + 26.117 + 20.79 + 18.585 = $98.1 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $511.4 Mil.
Total Assets was $592.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $58.5 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $13.1 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $53.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $40.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11.6 Mil.
Net Income was 0.428 + -6.623 + -11.697 + -15.937 = $-33.8 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 4.291 + 2.702 + 2.157 + 1.703 = $10.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1.036 + 5.008 + 24.608 + -11.839 = $16.7 Mil.
Total Receivables was $62.4 Mil.
Revenue was 54.27 + 51.369 + 46.467 + 37.526 = $189.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 31.987 + 27.959 + 27.663 + 23.769 = $111.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $350.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $417.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $54.6 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $8.1 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $46.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $43.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13.5 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)
=(62.669 / 164.276) / (62.413 / 189.632)
=0.381486 / 0.329127
=1.1591

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)
=(111.378 / 189.632) / (98.05 / 164.276)
=0.587338 / 0.596861
=0.984

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 - (511.443 + 58.533) / 592.466) / (1 - (350.021 + 54.639) / 417.251)
=0.03796 / 0.030176
=1.258

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
=164.276 / 189.632
=0.8663

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))
=(8.064 / (8.064 + 54.639)) / (13.066 / (13.066 + 58.533))
=0.128606 / 0.182489
=0.7047

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)
=(53.606 / 164.276) / (46.181 / 189.632)
=0.326317 / 0.24353
=1.3399

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)
=((11.601 + 40.197) / 592.466) / ((13.514 + 43.382) / 417.251)
=0.087428 / 0.136359
=0.6412

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
=(-33.829 - 10.853 - 16.741) / 592.466
=-0.103673

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.

Credo Technology Group Holding has a M-score of -2.82 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Credo Technology Group Holding (Credo Technology Group Holding) Business Description

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Address
Ugland House, PO Box 309, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1104
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd delivers high-speed solutions to break bandwidth barriers on every wired connection in the data infrastructure market. It provides innovative, secure, high-speed connectivity solutions that deliver improved power and cost efficiency as data rates and corresponding bandwidth requirements increase exponentially throughout the data infrastructure market.
Executives
William Joseph Brennan director, officer: Pres & Chief Executive Officer C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Yat Tung Lam director, officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Chi Fung Cheng director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Daniel W. Fleming officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Lip Bu Tan director, 10 percent owner ONE CALIFORNIA STREET 28TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Adam Thorngate-gottlund officer: General Counsel & Secretary C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Pantas Sutardja, director C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
David Zinsner director 1001 MURPHY RANCH ROAD, MILPITAS CA 95035
Sylvia Acevedo director 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Manpreet Khaira director C/O CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD, 1600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95110