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Honeywell Flour Mills (NSA:HFM) Beneish M-Score : -4.84 (As of Apr. 11, 2025)


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What is Honeywell Flour Mills 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 -4.84 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

NSA:HFM' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.84   Med: -2.32   Max: -1.25
Current: -4.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Honeywell Flour Mills was -1.25. The lowest was -4.84. And the median was -2.32.


Honeywell Flour Mills Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Honeywell Flour Mills'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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Honeywell Flour Mills Beneish M-Score Chart

Honeywell Flour Mills Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.44 -2.04 -2.20 -2.83 -4.84

Honeywell Flour Mills Semi-Annual Data
Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
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 -2.44 -2.04 -2.20 -2.83 -4.84

Competitive Comparison of Honeywell Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Honeywell Flour Mills'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.


Honeywell Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Honeywell Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Honeywell Flour Mills 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 Honeywell Flour Mills 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 * 1.4929+0.528 * 0.3765+0.404 * 0.6284+0.892 * 1.278+0.115 * 0.9021
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0568+4.679 * -0.542787-0.327 * 1.0526
=-4.84

* 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was ₦2,401 Mil.
Revenue was ₦188,311 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₦32,344 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₦67,135 Mil.
Total Assets was ₦148,966 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₦81,739 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₦5,902 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₦3,147 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₦88,779 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦29,613 Mil.
Net Income was ₦-10,120 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₦0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was ₦70,737 Mil.
Total Receivables was ₦1,258 Mil.
Revenue was ₦147,351 Mil.
Gross Profit was ₦9,528 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₦79,087 Mil.
Total Assets was ₦165,000 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₦85,750 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₦5,546 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₦2,331 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₦90,146 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₦34,436 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)
=(2400.685 / 188311.035) / (1258.365 / 147350.739)
=0.012749 / 0.00854
=1.4929

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)
=(9528.2 / 147350.739) / (32343.527 / 188311.035)
=0.064663 / 0.171756
=0.3765

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 - (67134.834 + 81738.952) / 148965.948) / (1 - (79087.358 + 85750.076) / 164999.977)
=0.000619 / 0.000985
=0.6284

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
=188311.035 / 147350.739
=1.278

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))
=(5546.3 / (5546.3 + 85750.076)) / (5901.992 / (5901.992 + 81738.952))
=0.06075 / 0.067343
=0.9021

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)
=(3147.452 / 188311.035) / (2330.552 / 147350.739)
=0.016714 / 0.015816
=1.0568

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)
=((29613.027 + 88779.107) / 148965.948) / ((34435.721 + 90146.058) / 164999.977)
=0.79476 / 0.755041
=1.0526

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
=(-10119.778 - 0 - 70737.069) / 148965.948
=-0.542787

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.

Honeywell Flour Mills has a M-score of -4.84 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Honeywell Flour Mills Business Description

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Address
2nd Gate Bye-Pass, Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos, NGA
Honeywell Flour Mills PLC is a Nigeria-based company. It is engaged in the manufacturing of wheat-based products such as flour, semolina, whole wheat meal, noodles, and pasta. The company operates its business through geographical segments that are Ikeja, which manufacture noodles; Sagamu segment manufactures Pasta and Apapa, which manufactures flour, semolina, wheat meal, brown flour and Baker's delight flour. The Apapa generates maximum revenue for the company. The company offers its services throughout Nigeria region.

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