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Yubico AB (OSTO:YUBICO) Beneish M-Score : -2.22 (As of Apr. 17, 2025)


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What is Yubico AB 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 -2.22 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

OSTO:YUBICO' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.83   Med: -2.53   Max: -2.22
Current: -2.22

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Yubico AB was -2.22. The lowest was -2.83. And the median was -2.53.


Yubico AB Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yubico AB'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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Yubico AB Beneish M-Score Chart

Yubico AB Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
- - - -2.83 -2.22

Yubico AB Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -2.83 - - -1.74 -2.22

Competitive Comparison of Yubico AB's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Yubico AB'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.


Yubico AB's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Yubico AB 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 Yubico AB 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 * 1.3204+0.528 * 0.9785+0.404 * 0.9631+0.892 * 1.2725+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9705+4.679 * 0.01263-0.327 * 1.187
=-1.97

* 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 (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Total Receivables was kr463 Mil.
Revenue was 623 + 589.9 + 614.4 + 504.4 = kr2,332 Mil.
Gross Profit was 524.3 + 478 + 493.4 + 407.8 = kr1,904 Mil.
Total Current Assets was kr2,020 Mil.
Total Assets was kr2,209 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was kr83 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was kr0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was kr1,134 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was kr593 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr37 Mil.
Net Income was 113.1 + 81.2 + 103.6 + 77.5 = kr375 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = kr0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 128 + 67.6 + 118.9 + 33 = kr348 Mil.
Total Receivables was kr276 Mil.
Revenue was 555.3 + 407.3 + 450.8 + 419 = kr1,832 Mil.
Gross Profit was 432.1 + 333.2 + 363 + 335.4 = kr1,464 Mil.
Total Current Assets was kr1,343 Mil.
Total Assets was kr1,481 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was kr63 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was kr0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was kr918 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was kr311 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was kr45 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)
=(463.4 / 2331.7) / (275.8 / 1832.4)
=0.198739 / 0.150513
=1.3204

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)
=(1463.7 / 1832.4) / (1903.5 / 2331.7)
=0.798788 / 0.816357
=0.9785

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 - (2019.6 + 82.5) / 2209) / (1 - (1343.2 + 63.1) / 1480.7)
=0.048393 / 0.050247
=0.9631

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
=2331.7 / 1832.4
=1.2725

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))
=(0 / (0 + 63.1)) / (0 / (0 + 82.5))
=0 / 0
=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)
=(1133.8 / 2331.7) / (918.1 / 1832.4)
=0.486255 / 0.501037
=0.9705

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)
=((36.5 + 592.7) / 2209) / ((44.7 + 310.6) / 1480.7)
=0.284835 / 0.239954
=1.187

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
=(375.4 - 0 - 347.5) / 2209
=0.01263

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.

Yubico AB has a M-score of -1.97 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Yubico AB Business Description

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Yubico AB is a leader in setting global standards for secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, browsers, and internet accounts. Yubico is a creator and core contributor to the FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) open authentication standards, and is a pioneer in delivering modern, hardware-based passkey authentication security at scale to customers in over 160 countries. The company is a global cybersecurity company and inventor of the YubiKey, which offers the gold standard for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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