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Aether Global Innovations (Aether Global Innovations) Beneish M-Score : 10.91 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Aether Global Innovations 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 10.91 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

AETHF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -79.96   Med: -12.92   Max: 10.91
Current: 10.91

During the past 12 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Aether Global Innovations was 10.91. The lowest was -79.96. And the median was -12.92.


Aether Global Innovations Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aether Global Innovations'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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Aether Global Innovations Beneish M-Score Chart

Aether Global Innovations Annual Data
Trend Nov13 Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22
Beneish M-Score
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Aether Global Innovations Quarterly Data
Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23
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Competitive Comparison of Aether Global Innovations's Beneish M-Score

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Aether Global Innovations'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.


Aether Global Innovations's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Aether Global Innovations's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Aether Global Innovations 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 Aether Global Innovations 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 * 0.2691+0.528 * 6.4623+0.404 * 0.501+0.892 * 3.4972+0.115 * 0.5279
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.3203+4.679 * 1.830224-0.327 * 0.0706
=10.69

* 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 (Aug23) TTM:Last Year (Aug22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $0.02 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0.182 + 0.451 = $0.63 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 0.171 + 0.013 = $0.18 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.41 Mil.
Total Assets was $0.54 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.07 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $2.18 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $0.10 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Net Income was -0.317 + 0.611 + -0.077 + -0.491 = $-0.27 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.001 + 1.105 + 0.136 + -0.243 = $1.00 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -2.279 + 0.018 + 0.007 + 0.002 = $-2.25 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.02 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 0.129 + 0.052 = $0.18 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.023 + 0.177 + 0.111 + 0.029 = $0.34 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $0.09 Mil.
Total Assets was $0.63 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.25 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.27 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1.95 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1.57 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.02 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)
=(0.016 / 0.633) / (0.017 / 0.181)
=0.025276 / 0.093923
=0.2691

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)
=(0.34 / 0.181) / (0.184 / 0.633)
=1.878453 / 0.290679
=6.4623

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 - (0.41 + 0) / 0.536) / (1 - (0.091 + 0.245) / 0.633)
=0.235075 / 0.469194
=0.501

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
=0.633 / 0.181
=3.4972

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))
=(0.274 / (0.274 + 0.245)) / (0.069 / (0.069 + 0))
=0.527938 / 1
=0.5279

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)
=(2.181 / 0.633) / (1.947 / 0.181)
=3.445498 / 10.756906
=0.3203

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)
=((0 + 0.095) / 0.536) / ((0.018 + 1.572) / 0.633)
=0.177239 / 2.511848
=0.0706

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
=(-0.274 - 0.997 - -2.252) / 0.536
=1.830224

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.

Aether Global Innovations has a M-score of 10.69 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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Aether Global Innovations (Aether Global Innovations) Business Description

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Aether Global Innovations Corp is an innovative UAV drone management and operations services company that focuses in three areas for critical infrastructure and large public and private facilities. These three areas include drone management and surveillance monitoring, automation and integration for flight planning, new sensor payloads, stand-alone power source and drone base station infrastructure and technology for autonomous self-landing, power charging, and take off.

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