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PCT (PCTL) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is PCT 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.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of PCT was 0.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


PCT Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for PCT'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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PCT Beneish M-Score Chart

PCT Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.51 -3.09 -5.53 -1.92 -5.23

PCT Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 -4.35 -5.23 -5.29 -5.29 -6.07

Competitive Comparison of PCT's Beneish M-Score

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, PCT'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.


PCT's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, PCT's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



PCT 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 PCT 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 * 0.3014+0.528 * 0.6513+0.404 * 0.934+0.892 * 0.5088+0.115 * 1.719
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.5602+4.679 * -0.492979-0.327 * 0.9445
=-6.07

* 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 (Sep22) TTM:Last Year (Sep21) TTM:
Total Receivables was $0.03 Mil.
Revenue was 0.289 + 0.284 + 0.3 + 0.05 = $0.92 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.283 + 0.232 + 0.278 + 0.114 = $0.91 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.10 Mil.
Total Assets was $4.06 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1.09 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.46 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $2.63 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.23 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.47 Mil.
Net Income was -0.498 + 0.251 + 0.468 + -2.219 = $-2.00 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.05 + 0.991 + 1.089 + -1.535 = $0.60 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.016 + -0.347 + 0 + -0.229 = $-0.59 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.16 Mil.
Revenue was 0.367 + 0.469 + 0.396 + 0.582 = $1.81 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.281 + 0.382 + 0.343 + 0.155 = $1.16 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.60 Mil.
Total Assets was $4.19 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.41 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.43 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $3.31 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $6.17 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.05 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)
=(0.025 / 0.923) / (0.163 / 1.814)
=0.027086 / 0.089857
=0.3014

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)
=(1.161 / 1.814) / (0.907 / 0.923)
=0.640022 / 0.982665
=0.6513

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 - (0.102 + 1.085) / 4.059) / (1 - (0.602 + 0.413) / 4.186)
=0.707563 / 0.757525
=0.934

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
=0.923 / 1.814
=0.5088

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))
=(0.433 / (0.433 + 0.413)) / (0.46 / (0.46 + 1.085))
=0.51182 / 0.297735
=1.719

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)
=(2.63 / 0.923) / (3.313 / 1.814)
=2.849404 / 1.826351
=1.5602

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)
=((1.47 + 4.225) / 4.059) / ((0.053 + 6.165) / 4.186)
=1.403055 / 1.485428
=0.9445

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
=(-1.998 - 0.595 - -0.592) / 4.059
=-0.492979

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.

PCT has a M-score of -6.07 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


PCT (PCTL) Business Description

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Address
4235 Commerce Street, Little River, SC, USA, 29566
PCT Ltd is a technology licensing company specializing in environmentally safe solutions for global sustainability. The company provides innovative products and technologies for eliminating contamination from water supplies, industrial fluids, hard surfaces, food processing equipment, and medical devices. The company markets new products and technologies for the Healthcare, Agriculture, and Oil & Gas industries. It designs, develops, integrates, assembles and commercializes technologies, products and systems targeted at the prevention and treatment of infectious disease and crop infestation. Its products include The Annihilyzer System, Large Volume Systems, Small Volume Systems, The Survivalyte System, and others.
Executives
Jody Read Francis director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 9600 SW 67TH PATH, LAKE BUTLER FL 32054
Paul Branagan director
William E Prince director
Gary Grieco director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 10457 W. 84TH TERRACE, LENEXA KS 66214
Gregory W Albers director, officer: Secretary/Treasurer 10457 W. 84TH TERRACE, LENEXA KS 66214
John W Peters director, officer: Secretary/Treasurer 2157 S LINCOLN STREET, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84106

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