Sterling Infrastructure Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sterling Infrastructure'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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Sterling Infrastructure Annual Data
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-1.68 |
-3.10 |
-2.73 |
-2.66 |
-3.50 |
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Sterling Infrastructure Quarterly Data
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| Beneish M-Score |
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-2.66 |
-2.89 |
-3.27 |
-3.33 |
-3.50 |
Competitive Comparison
For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Sterling Infrastructure'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.
Sterling Infrastructure Beneish M-Score Distribution
For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Sterling Infrastructure's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sterling Infrastructure's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Sterling Infrastructure 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 Sterling Infrastructure 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 * 0.8321 | + | 0.528 * 0.9064 | + | 0.404 * 0.895 | + | 0.892 * 1.1146 | + | 0.115 * 0.9939 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 1.024 | + | 4.679 * -0.190783 | - | 0.327 * 0.9444 |
| = | -3.50 |
* 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 $359 Mil.
Revenue was 485.978 + 560.347 + 522.325 + 403.579 = $1,972 Mil.
Gross Profit was 91.755 + 91.867 + 92.274 + 61.742 = $338 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $848 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,777 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $301 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $57 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $99 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $678 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $353 Mil.
Net Income was 40.173 + 39.353 + 39.48 + 19.649 = $139 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.521 + -0.103 + -0.059 + -0.19 = $-1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 147.369 + 150.108 + 132.049 + 49.058 = $479 Mil.
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Total Receivables was $387 Mil.
Revenue was 448.607 + 493.04 + 461.827 + 365.962 = $1,769 Mil.
Gross Profit was 68.966 + 79.444 + 71.008 + 55.149 = $275 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $597 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,442 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $275 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $52 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $86 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $447 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $439 Mil.
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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) |
| = | (358.541 / 1972.229) | / | (386.571 / 1769.436) |
| = | 0.181795 | / | 0.218471 |
| | = | 0.8321 |
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) |
| = | (274.567 / 1769.436) | / | (337.638 / 1972.229) |
| = | 0.155172 | / | 0.171196 |
| | = | 0.9064 |
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 - (847.979 + 300.883) / 1777.184) | / | (1 - (597.254 + 274.897) / 1441.62) |
| = | 0.353549 | / | 0.39502 |
| | = | 0.895 |
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 |
| = | 1972.229 | / | 1769.436 |
| | = | 1.1146 |
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)) |
| = | (52.066 / (52.066 + 274.897)) | / | (57.403 / (57.403 + 300.883)) |
| = | 0.159241 | / | 0.160216 |
| | = | 0.9939 |
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) |
| = | (98.703 / 1972.229) | / | (86.48 / 1769.436) |
| = | 0.050046 | / | 0.048874 |
| | = | 1.024 |
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) |
| = | ((352.718 + 678.168) / 1777.184) | / | ((438.838 + 446.611) / 1441.62) |
| = | 0.580067 | / | 0.614204 |
| | = | 0.9444 |
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 |
| = | (138.655 - -0.873 | - | 478.584) | / | 1777.184 |
| | = | -0.190783 |
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.
Sterling Infrastructure has a M-score of -3.50 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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