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Ocwen Financial (Ocwen Financial) Beneish M-Score : -2.40 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Ocwen Financial 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 -2.4 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

OCN' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.6   Med: -2.37   Max: -1.86
Current: -2.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Ocwen Financial was -1.86. The lowest was -2.60. And the median was -2.37.


Ocwen Financial Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Ocwen Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.32 -2.41 -1.86 -2.34 -2.40

Ocwen Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -2.34 -2.22 -2.01 -2.19 -2.40

Competitive Comparison of Ocwen Financial's Beneish M-Score

For the Mortgage Finance subindustry, Ocwen Financial'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.


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

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

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



Ocwen Financial 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 Ocwen Financial 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 * 0.9246+0.528 * 0.8992+0.404 * 0.883+0.892 * 1.1457+0.115 * 0.8807
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.6236+4.679 * 0.016838-0.327 * 1.0302
=-2.40

* 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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $8,808 Mil.
Revenue was 295.1 + 281.5 + 292.4 + 275.9 = $1,145 Mil.
Gross Profit was 160 + 136 + 148.8 + 139.9 = $585 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9,794 Mil.
Total Assets was $12,514 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $13 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $12 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $107 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $220 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,878 Mil.
Net Income was -47.5 + 8.5 + 15.5 + -40.2 = $-64 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -70.3 + -71.2 + -74.5 + -68.8 = $-285 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 281.8 + 377.3 + -441.3 + -207.4 = $10 Mil.
Total Receivables was $8,314 Mil.
Revenue was 265.4 + 263.4 + 231.8 + 238.7 = $999 Mil.
Gross Profit was 126.7 + 122.7 + 90.9 + 118.6 = $459 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $9,341 Mil.
Total Assets was $12,399 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $20 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $15 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $149 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $265 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $10,410 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)
=(8807.6 / 1144.9) / (8314.3 / 999.3)
=7.692899 / 8.320124
=0.9246

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)
=(458.9 / 999.3) / (584.7 / 1144.9)
=0.459221 / 0.5107
=0.8992

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 - (9793.6 + 13.1) / 12513.7) / (1 - (9341.4 + 20.2) / 12399.2)
=0.216323 / 0.244984
=0.883

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
=1144.9 / 999.3
=1.1457

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))
=(14.8 / (14.8 + 20.2)) / (12.1 / (12.1 + 13.1))
=0.422857 / 0.480159
=0.8807

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)
=(106.6 / 1144.9) / (149.2 / 999.3)
=0.093109 / 0.149305
=0.6236

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)
=((10878.4 + 219.9) / 12513.7) / ((10409.8 + 264.9) / 12399.2)
=0.886892 / 0.860918
=1.0302

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
=(-63.7 - -284.8 - 10.4) / 12513.7
=0.016838

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.

Ocwen Financial has a M-score of -2.40 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Ocwen Financial (Ocwen Financial) Business Description

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Address
1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, 33409
Ocwen Financial Corp is a financial service company that services and originates loans. Its business segment includes Servicing and Lending. Servicing segment provides residential and commercial mortgage loan servicing, special servicing and asset management services. Lending segment originates and purchases conventional and government-insured residential forward and reverse mortgage loans mainly through correspondent lending arrangements, broker relationships and directly with mortgage customers. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Servicing segment. Geographically, it generates a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Jenna D. Evans officer: Chief Risk & Compliance 1661 WORTHINGTON RD, SUITE 100, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33409
Sean Bradley O'neil officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD, SUITE 100, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33409
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Jenne K Britell director 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, SUITE 700, STAMFORD CT 06902
Phyllis R Caldwell director AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD., 2 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, 12TH FLOOR, BETHESDA MD 20814
Glen A. Messina director, officer: President and CEO 3000 LEADENHALL ROAD, MOUNT LAUREL NJ 08054
Dennis Zeleny officer: Chief Administrative Officer 1818 MARKET STREET, SUITE 1500, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103-7583
Aaron D Wade officer: EVP, Capital Markets 1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD, SUITE 100, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33409
George T. Henley officer: EVP & Chief Growth Officer C/O OCWEN FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 1661 WORTHINGTON ROAD, SUITE 100, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33409
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