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Ormat Technologies (Ormat Technologies) Beneish M-Score : -2.21 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Ormat Technologies 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 -2.21 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

ORA' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.22   Med: -2.56   Max: -1.97
Current: -2.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Ormat Technologies was -1.97. The lowest was -3.22. And the median was -2.56.


Ormat Technologies Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ormat Technologies'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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Ormat Technologies Beneish M-Score Chart

Ormat Technologies 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 -2.62 -2.95 -2.85 -2.49 -2.21

Ormat Technologies 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 -2.49 -2.37 -2.34 -2.15 -2.21

Competitive Comparison of Ormat Technologies's Beneish M-Score

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Ormat Technologies'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.


Ormat Technologies's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Ormat Technologies's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ormat Technologies 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 Ormat Technologies 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 * 1.3533+0.528 * 1.1503+0.404 * 0.8613+0.892 * 1.1298+0.115 * 0.9954
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9882+4.679 * -0.046209-0.327 * 0.9405
=-2.21

* 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 $271.6 Mil.
Revenue was 241.34 + 208.056 + 194.796 + 185.232 = $829.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 78.456 + 60.003 + 49.49 + 76.069 = $264.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $646.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $5,208.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $3,841.5 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $224.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $86.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $537.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,811.3 Mil.
Net Income was 35.726 + 35.453 + 24.191 + 29.029 = $124.4 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 19.245 + 11.945 + 13.786 + 10.689 = $55.7 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 139.145 + 39.751 + 74.049 + 56.456 = $309.4 Mil.
Total Receivables was $177.6 Mil.
Revenue was 205.486 + 175.885 + 169.078 + 183.71 = $734.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 80.21 + 61.108 + 57.601 + 69.905 = $268.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $456.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,611.6 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $3,413.9 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $198.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $77.5 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $343.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,867.0 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)
=(271.601 / 829.424) / (177.638 / 734.159)
=0.327457 / 0.241961
=1.3533

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)
=(268.824 / 734.159) / (264.018 / 829.424)
=0.366166 / 0.318315
=1.1503

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 - (646.003 + 3841.483) / 5208.279) / (1 - (456.717 + 3413.872) / 4611.579)
=0.138394 / 0.16068
=0.8613

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
=829.424 / 734.159
=1.1298

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))
=(198.792 / (198.792 + 3413.872)) / (224.797 / (224.797 + 3841.483))
=0.055026 / 0.055283
=0.9954

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)
=(86.485 / 829.424) / (77.467 / 734.159)
=0.104271 / 0.105518
=0.9882

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)
=((1811.327 + 537.012) / 5208.279) / ((1867.011 + 343.91) / 4611.579)
=0.450886 / 0.479428
=0.9405

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
=(124.399 - 55.665 - 309.401) / 5208.279
=-0.046209

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.

Ormat Technologies has a M-score of -2.21 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Ormat Technologies (Ormat Technologies) Business Description

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Address
6140 Plumas Street, Reno, NV, USA, 89519-6075
Ormat Technologies Inc is engaged in the geothermal energy power business. The company is engaged in three business segments: 1) Electricity Segment. where the company develops, builds, owns and operates geothermal, solar PV and recovered energy-based power plants in the United States and geothermal power plants in other countries and sell the electricity generated. 2) Product Segment includes designing, manufacturing and selling equipment for geothermal and recovered energy-based electricity generation and providing services relating to the engineering, procurement and construction of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. 3) Energy Storage Segment includes owning and operating grid-connected which provide capacity, energy and ancillary services directly to the electric grid.
Executives
Dafna Sharir director C/O AMPAL AMERICAN ISRAEL CORP, 111 ARLOZOROV STREET, TEL AVIV ISREL L3 00000
Isaac Angel officer: CEO Appointee 2099 GATEWAY PLACE, SUITE 600 CA 95110
Doron Blachar officer: CFO 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Stanley Stern director C/O THCG, INC, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 21ST FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Orix Corp 10 percent owner WORLD TRADE CENTER BLDG., SOUTH TOWER, 2-4-1 HAMAMATSU-CHO, MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 105 5135
Byron G. Wong director 2 TRAILS END, WESTPORT CT 06880
David Granot director 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Shimon Hatzir officer: VP, Elect. & Conceptual Engin. 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511
Shlomi Argas officer: V.P., Projects 6225 NEIL ROAD, RENO NV 89511
Karin Corfee director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Michal Marom director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Dan Falk director 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511
Jessica Woelfel officer: General Counsel and CCO 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Mike Nikkel director 6140 PLUMAS STREET, RENO NV 89519
Zvi Krieger officer: VP, Geothermal Enginerring 6225 NEIL ROAD, SUITE 300, C/O ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RENO NV 89511