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Essential Properties Realty Trust (Essential Properties Realty Trust) Beneish M-Score : -2.39 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is Essential Properties Realty Trust 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 -2.39 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

EPRT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.53   Med: -1.84   Max: -0.33
Current: -2.39

During the past 8 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Essential Properties Realty Trust was -0.33. The lowest was -2.53. And the median was -1.84.


Essential Properties Realty Trust Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Properties Realty Trust'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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Essential Properties Realty Trust Beneish M-Score Chart

Essential Properties Realty Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.45 -2.06 -2.28 -2.36 -2.43

Essential Properties Realty Trust Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.49 -2.39 -2.40 -2.43 -2.39

Competitive Comparison of Essential Properties Realty Trust's Beneish M-Score

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Essential Properties Realty Trust'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.


Essential Properties Realty Trust's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Essential Properties Realty Trust's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essential Properties Realty Trust's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Essential Properties Realty Trust 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 Essential Properties Realty Trust 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 * 0.8765+0.528 * 1.0018+0.404 * 1.0106+0.892 * 1.2644+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8296+4.679 * -0.01733-0.327 * 0.9663
=-2.39

* 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 $380.5 Mil.
Revenue was 103.501 + 97.734 + 91.657 + 86.516 = $379.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 102.508 + 96.417 + 90.298 + 85.372 = $374.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $460.9 Mil.
Total Assets was $5,013.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.0 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $106.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $31.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $87.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,669.4 Mil.
Net Income was 46.975 + 49.095 + 45.914 + 52.802 = $194.8 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -2.24 + 2.944 + 1.578 + 11.745 = $14.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 66.752 + 72.592 + 62.896 + 65.4 = $267.6 Mil.
Total Receivables was $343.4 Mil.
Revenue was 83.687 + 74.276 + 70.663 + 71.446 = $300.1 Mil.
Gross Profit was 82.844 + 73.492 + 69.833 + 70.618 = $296.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $419.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,136.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.0 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $91.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $30.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $78.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,421.2 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)
=(380.526 / 379.408) / (343.357 / 300.072)
=1.002947 / 1.144249
=0.8765

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)
=(296.787 / 300.072) / (374.595 / 379.408)
=0.989053 / 0.987314
=1.0018

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 - (460.925 + 0) / 5013.445) / (1 - (419.713 + 0) / 4136.347)
=0.908062 / 0.898531
=1.0106

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
=379.408 / 300.072
=1.2644

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))
=(91.584 / (91.584 + 0)) / (106.643 / (106.643 + 0))
=1 / 1
=1

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)
=(31.452 / 379.408) / (29.985 / 300.072)
=0.082898 / 0.099926
=0.8296

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)
=((1669.35 + 87.046) / 5013.445) / ((1421.199 + 78.497) / 4136.347)
=0.350337 / 0.362565
=0.9663

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
=(194.786 - 14.027 - 267.64) / 5013.445
=-0.01733

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.

Essential Properties Realty Trust has a M-score of -2.39 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Essential Properties Realty Trust (Essential Properties Realty Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
902 Carnegie Center Boulevard, Suite 520, Princeton, NJ, USA, 08540
Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust. It acquires, owns and manages single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to middle-market companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses.
Executives
Peter M. Mavoides director, officer: President and CEO 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD., SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Mark E Patten officer: Executive VP and CFO PO BOX 10809, DAYTONA BEACH FL 32120
Timothy J Earnshaw officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD., SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Gregg A Seibert officer: Executive VP and COO 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD., SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Lawrence J Minich director 5760 N. CALLE DE LOS CAMARONES, TUSCON AZ 85718
Stephen D Sautel director C/O HORIZON ACQUISITION, 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, SUITE 200, GREENWICH CT 06830
Scott A Estes director WELLTOWER INC., 4500 DORR STREET, TOLEDO OH 43615
Anthony K. Dobkin director 195 BOWERY, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10002
Heather Leed Neary director 973 BUCKWALTER ROAD, LITITZ PA 17543
Paul T Bossidy director 3135 EASTON TURNPIKE, FAIRFIELD CT 06828
Janaki Sivanesan director 575 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Eldridge Industries, Llc 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Todd L Boehly 10 percent owner 600 STEAMBOAT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
Eprt Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 902 CARNEGIE CENTER BLVD., SUITE 520, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Daniel P Donlan officer: Senior VP - Capital Markets 2021 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1150, DALLAS TX 75201