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Cloudera (Cloudera) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Cloudera 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.

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

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Cloudera was 0.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


Cloudera Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Cloudera Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -3.93 -1.55 -3.01 -3.11

Cloudera Quarterly Data
Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21
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 -3.24 -3.05 -3.11 -3.63 -3.22

Competitive Comparison of Cloudera's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cloudera'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.


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

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

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



Cloudera 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 Cloudera 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 * 1.0987+0.528 * 0.914+0.404 * 1.0714+0.892 * 1.0838+0.115 * 0.8129
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9404+4.679 * -0.144341-0.327 * 1.6158
=-3.22

* 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 (Jul21) TTM:Last Year (Jul20) TTM:
Total Receivables was $177.8 Mil.
Revenue was 236.057 + 224.283 + 226.563 + 217.899 = $904.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 191.084 + 181.165 + 183.302 + 175.852 = $731.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $694.1 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,390.7 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $147.6 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $84.7 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $607.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $587.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $640.7 Mil.
Net Income was -33.205 + -40.401 + -54.778 + -13.945 = $-142.3 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.026 + -0.7 + -0.202 + -1.398 = $-2.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -12.198 + 162.21 + 36.652 + 18.365 = $205.0 Mil.
Total Receivables was $149.3 Mil.
Revenue was 214.336 + 210.46 + 211.72 + 198.292 = $834.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 164.697 + 156.219 + 155.209 + 140.664 = $616.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $655.3 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,203.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $215.7 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $90.9 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $595.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $519.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $181.3 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)
=(177.823 / 904.802) / (149.326 / 834.808)
=0.196533 / 0.178875
=1.0987

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)
=(616.789 / 834.808) / (731.403 / 904.802)
=0.738839 / 0.808357
=0.914

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 - (694.141 + 147.593) / 2390.747) / (1 - (655.271 + 215.746) / 2203.526)
=0.64792 / 0.604717
=1.0714

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
=904.802 / 834.808
=1.0838

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))
=(90.929 / (90.929 + 215.746)) / (84.737 / (84.737 + 147.593))
=0.2965 / 0.364727
=0.8129

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)
=(607.335 / 904.802) / (595.863 / 834.808)
=0.671235 / 0.713773
=0.9404

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)
=((640.719 + 587.768) / 2390.747) / ((181.339 + 519.439) / 2203.526)
=0.513851 / 0.318026
=1.6158

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
=(-142.329 - -2.274 - 205.029) / 2390.747
=-0.144341

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.

Cloudera has a M-score of -3.22 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Cloudera (Cloudera) Business Description

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5470 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Cloudera Inc is an enterprise data cloud company. It sells software subscriptions and public cloud services for the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) solution-set and software subscriptions for its traditional on-premises data platforms. Subscriptions include software access rights and technical support. It also provides professional services for the implementation and use of software subscriptions, machine learning expertise and consultation, training and education services. Its offerings are based predominantly on open source software, utilizing data stored natively in public cloud object stores as well as in various open source data stores. It licenses its products under a open source licensing model based on the Apache Software License (ASL) and the Affero General Public License (AGPL).
Executives
Scott Reasoner officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 5 POLARIS WAY ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Jim Frankola officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CLOUDERA INC, 1001 PAGE MILL ROAD, BLDG. 3, PALO ALTO CA 94089
Arun Murthy officer: Chief Product Officer 5470 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Robert G Bearden director, officer: Chief Executive Officer I2 11701 LUNA ROAD DALLAS TX 75234
Jesse Lynn director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Nick Graziano director C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Kevin Klausmeyer director 2101 CITYWEST BLVD, HOUSTON TX 77042-2827
Paul J Cormier director C/O RED HAT, INC, 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Michael A. Stankey director 6230 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Peter H Fenton director 2480 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Icahn Partners Master Fund Lp 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Icahn Partners Lp 10 percent owner 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH, SUNNY ISLES FL 33160
Carl C Icahn 10 percent owner C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P., 16690 COLLINS AVE., PH-1, SUNNY ISLES BEACH FL 33160
Martin I Cole director, officer: Interim CEO C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kimberly Hammonds director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601