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PFSI (PennyMac Financial Services) Beneish M-Score : -1.70 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is PennyMac Financial Services 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score -1.7 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

PFSI' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.85   Med: -1.49   Max: 16.76
Current: -1.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of PennyMac Financial Services was 16.76. The lowest was -4.85. And the median was -1.49.


PennyMac Financial Services Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for PennyMac Financial Services'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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PennyMac Financial Services Beneish M-Score Chart

PennyMac Financial Services Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.19 -2.64 -4.20 -1.83 -1.11

PennyMac Financial Services Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 -2.44 -1.50 -1.69 -1.11 -1.70

Competitive Comparison of PennyMac Financial Services's Beneish M-Score

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, PennyMac Financial Services'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.


PennyMac Financial Services's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, PennyMac Financial Services's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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PennyMac Financial Services 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 PennyMac Financial Services 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 * 0.8703+0.528 * 0.8571+0.404 * 1.0134+0.892 * 1.4413+0.115 * 0.8584
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.859+4.679 * 0.122312-0.327 * 1.0226
=-1.70

* 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 (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Total Receivables was $12,233 Mil.
Revenue was 1069.756 + 698.316 + 629.363 + 715.353 = $3,113 Mil.
Gross Profit was 687.055 + 281.116 + 238.994 + 351.928 = $1,559 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13,625 Mil.
Total Assets was $23,873 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $45 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $69 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $281 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8,709 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $11,214 Mil.
Net Income was 76.28 + 104.489 + 69.368 + 98.258 = $348 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.325 + -1.644 + -0.177 + -0.017 = $-2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1065.957 + -2148.736 + -393.708 + -1092.886 = $-2,569 Mil.
Total Receivables was $9,753 Mil.
Revenue was 500.004 + 532.219 + 557.222 + 570.33 = $2,160 Mil.
Gross Profit was 194.779 + 215.25 + 264.44 + 252.75 = $927 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $11,386 Mil.
Total Assets was $19,802 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $64 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $70 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $227 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6,900 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9,260 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)
=(12233.207 / 3112.788) / (9752.51 / 2159.775)
=3.929984 / 4.515521
=0.8703

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)
=(927.219 / 2159.775) / (1559.093 / 3112.788)
=0.429313 / 0.500867
=0.8571

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 - (13624.602 + 45.099) / 23872.876) / (1 - (11385.749 + 64.441) / 19801.741)
=0.427396 / 0.421758
=1.0134

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
=3112.788 / 2159.775
=1.4413

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))
=(69.858 / (69.858 + 64.441)) / (69.361 / (69.361 + 45.099))
=0.520168 / 0.605985
=0.8584

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)
=(280.693 / 3112.788) / (226.733 / 2159.775)
=0.090174 / 0.10498
=0.859

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)
=((11214.229 + 8708.824) / 23872.876) / ((9260.477 + 6900.121) / 19801.741)
=0.834548 / 0.81612
=1.0226

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
=(348.395 - -2.163 - -2569.373) / 23872.876
=0.122312

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.

PennyMac Financial Services has a M-score of -1.70 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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PennyMac Financial Services Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3043 Townsgate Road, Suite 200, Westlake Village, CA, USA, 91361
PennyMac Financial Services Inc is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. residential mortgage loans. The company operates through two segments: production and servicing. The production segment performs loan origination, acquisition and sale activities. The servicing segment performs loan servicing for newly originated loans.
Executives
Daniel Stanley Perotti officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, MOORPARK CA 93021
David Spector director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, UPPER LEVEL, MOORPARK CA 93021
Joseph F Mazzella director C/O HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116
Doug Jones officer: Chief Mtge Bnkg Ofcr C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, UPPER LEVEL, MOORPARK CA 93021
Derek Stark officer: Chief Legal Officer 4500 PARK GRANADA, CALABASAS CA 91302
James Follette officer: Chief Mort Fulfillment Off. PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 3043 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Gregory L Hendry officer: MD, Chief Accounting Officer 3300 LAKE AVENUE, ALTADENA CA 91001
Steven Richard Bailey officer: Chief Servicing Officer C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, MOORPARK CA 93021
James K Hunt director THL CREDIT GROUP, 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Anne Mccallion director C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, UPPER LEVEL, MOORPARK CA 93021
William Herbert Chang officer: Chief Capital Markets Officer PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 3043 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Patrick Kinsella director C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, MOORPARK CA 93021
Donald J. White officer: Chief Risk Officer PENNYMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., 3043 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Vandad Fartaj officer: Chief Investment Officer C/O PENNYMAC, 6101 CONDOR DRIVE, UPPER LEVEL, MOORPARK CA 93021
Farhad Nanji director C/O HIGHFIELDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP, 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA 02116