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NTNX (Nutanix) Beneish M-Score : -3.66 (As of Dec. 15, 2024)


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What is Nutanix 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 -3.66 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

NTNX' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.49   Med: -3.71   Max: -1.48
Current: -3.66

During the past 12 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Nutanix was -1.48. The lowest was -4.49. And the median was -3.71.


Nutanix Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nutanix'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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Nutanix Beneish M-Score Chart

Nutanix Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.38 -4.15 -3.93 -3.26 -3.75

Nutanix Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 -2.98 -3.23 -2.84 -3.75 -3.66

Competitive Comparison of Nutanix's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Nutanix'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.


Nutanix's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Nutanix's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nutanix 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 Nutanix 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 * 1.2766+0.528 * 0.9705+0.404 * 1.0745+0.892 * 1.1486+0.115 * 1.1772
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9045+4.679 * -0.35013-0.327 * 0.9245
=-3.66

* 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 (Oct24) TTM:Last Year (Oct23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $206 Mil.
Revenue was 590.956 + 547.952 + 524.577 + 565.233 = $2,229 Mil.
Gross Profit was 508.286 + 466.974 + 444.958 + 483.677 = $1,904 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,523 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,181 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $251 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $73 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,202 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,221 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $671 Mil.
Net Income was 29.926 + -126.101 + -15.616 + 32.795 = $-79 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.776 + -3.51 + -1.261 + 1.098 = $-4 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 161.751 + 244.697 + 96.353 + 186.408 = $689 Mil.
Total Receivables was $141 Mil.
Revenue was 511.054 + 494.21 + 448.581 + 486.495 = $1,940 Mil.
Gross Profit was 429.095 + 413.752 + 366.152 + 399.69 = $1,609 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,918 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,571 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $207 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $75 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,157 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,100 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,312 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)
=(206.192 / 2228.718) / (140.618 / 1940.34)
=0.092516 / 0.072471
=1.2766

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)
=(1608.689 / 1940.34) / (1903.895 / 2228.718)
=0.829076 / 0.854256
=0.9705

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 - (1523.459 + 251.048) / 2181.351) / (1 - (1917.947 + 206.505) / 2570.64)
=0.18651 / 0.173571
=1.0745

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
=2228.718 / 1940.34
=1.1486

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))
=(74.736 / (74.736 + 206.505)) / (73.192 / (73.192 + 251.048))
=0.265737 / 0.225734
=1.1772

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)
=(1202.4 / 2228.718) / (1157.397 / 1940.34)
=0.539503 / 0.596492
=0.9045

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)
=((670.867 + 1220.599) / 2181.351) / ((1311.608 + 1099.571) / 2570.64)
=0.867108 / 0.937968
=0.9245

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
=(-78.996 - -4.449 - 689.209) / 2181.351
=-0.35013

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.

Nutanix has a M-score of -3.66 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Nutanix Business Description

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Address
1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, CA, USA, 95110
Nutanix Inc is engaged in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. Its Nutanix Cloud Platform is designed to enable organizations to build a hybrid multicloud infrastructure, providing a consistent cloud operating model with a single platform for running applications and managing data in core data centers, at the edge, and in public clouds, all while supporting a variety of hypervisors and container platforms. The company is into a single operating and reportable segment that is subscription-based business model. Key revenue is generated from United States.
Executives
Rukmini Sivaraman officer: Chief Financial Officer 1740 TECHNOLOGY DR., SUITE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
David Sangster officer: EVP, Operations C/O NUTANIX INC, 1740 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE SUITE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Steven J Gomo director 495 E. JAVA DRIVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Rajiv Ramaswami director, officer: President and CEO 5300 CALIFORNIA AVENUE, IRVINE CA 92617
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Craig Conway director SALESFORCE TOWER, 415 MISSION STREET, 3RD FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Aaron Boynton officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O NUTANIX, INC., 1740 TECHNOLOGY AVE., SUITE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Duston Williams officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NUTANIX, INC., 1740 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, SUITE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
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Kaddaras Christopher Nicholas Jr officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O NUTANIX, INC., 1740 TECHNOLOGY DR., STE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Tarkan Maner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O NUTANIX, INC., 1740 TECHNOLOGY AVE., SUITE 150, SAN JOSE CA 95110