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Planet Green Holdings (Planet Green Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -2.69 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Planet Green Holdings 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 -2.69 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

PLAG' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.51   Med: -2.64   Max: 6.7
Current: -2.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Planet Green Holdings was 6.70. The lowest was -6.51. And the median was -2.64.


Planet Green Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Planet Green Holdings'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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Planet Green Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

Planet Green Holdings 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 -2.58 1.06 6.59 -3.42 -2.69

Planet Green Holdings 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 -3.42 -3.92 -4.75 -4.79 -2.69

Competitive Comparison of Planet Green Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Planet Green Holdings'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.


Planet Green Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Planet Green Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Planet Green Holdings 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 Planet Green Holdings 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 * 1.7584+0.528 * 1.8415+0.404 * 0.5758+0.892 * 0.6059+0.115 * 0.6257
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.7781+4.679 * -0.094323-0.327 * 1.6494
=-2.69

* 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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $3.83 Mil.
Revenue was 9.829 + 4.183 + 4.573 + 8.534 = $27.12 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.794 + 0.349 + 0.043 + 0.246 = $1.43 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $12.51 Mil.
Total Assets was $42.63 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $20.30 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $2.22 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $9.94 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $19.19 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3.81 Mil.
Net Income was -6.08 + -1.279 + -12.2 + -1.285 = $-20.84 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.793 + 0.004 + -10.789 + 0.038 = $-11.54 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -1.042 + -2.001 + -2.738 + 0.498 = $-5.28 Mil.
Total Receivables was $3.59 Mil.
Revenue was 6.969 + 10.264 + 15.544 + 11.979 = $44.76 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1.749 + 0.698 + 0.742 + 1.163 = $4.35 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13.84 Mil.
Total Assets was $60.72 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $22.60 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $1.48 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $9.22 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $19.57 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.29 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)
=(3.826 / 27.119) / (3.591 / 44.756)
=0.141082 / 0.080235
=1.7584

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)
=(4.352 / 44.756) / (1.432 / 27.119)
=0.097238 / 0.052804
=1.8415

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 - (12.51 + 20.303) / 42.63) / (1 - (13.835 + 22.602) / 60.72)
=0.230284 / 0.399918
=0.5758

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
=27.119 / 44.756
=0.6059

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))
=(1.483 / (1.483 + 22.602)) / (2.216 / (2.216 + 20.303))
=0.061574 / 0.098406
=0.6257

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)
=(9.936 / 27.119) / (9.222 / 44.756)
=0.366385 / 0.206051
=1.7781

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)
=((3.812 + 19.186) / 42.63) / ((0.287 + 19.573) / 60.72)
=0.539479 / 0.327075
=1.6494

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
=(-20.844 - -11.54 - -5.283) / 42.63
=-0.094323

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.

Planet Green Holdings has a M-score of -2.69 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Planet Green Holdings (Planet Green Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
130-30 31st Avenue, Suite 512, Flushing, NY, USA, 11354
Planet Green Holdings Corp is a diversified technology and consumer products company with a presence in North America and China engaged in Chemical Products, Tea Products, and Online Advertising Services. The company operates in three segments namely to grow, produce and distribute Cyan brick tea, black tea, and green tea in China; to research, develop, manufacture, and sell chemical products including formaldehyde, urea formaldehyde adhesive, methylal, ethanol fuel, fuel additives and clean fuel in China; and to develop and operate a demand-side platform which empowers buyers of advertising to manage and optimize their digital advertising across different real-time bidding networks in North America and China.
Executives
Xiangtian Aerodynamic Electricity Ltd. 10 percent owner FLOOR 18, DONGHOU TOWER, AIGUO ROAD, LUOHU DISTRICT, SHENZHEN F4 518128
Bin Zhou director SUITE 901 BUILDING 6 NO. 1678, JINSHAJIANG ROAD, PUTUO DISTRICT F4 200000
Yang Cao director 9841 WASHINGTONIAN BLVD, SUITE 200, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
King Fai Leung director SUITE 901, BUILDING 6, NO. 1678, JINSHAJIANG ROAD, PUTUO DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4 200333
Lili Hu officer: Chief Financial Officer BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COUNTY, SHANDONG F4 276600
Daqi Cui officer: Chief Operating Officer BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COUNTY, SHANDONG F4 276600
Chao Chen director SUITE 901 BLDG 6 NO 1678, JINSHAJIANG ROAD, SHANGHAI F4 100006
Hongxiang Yu director, officer: CEO BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COUNTY, SHANDONG F4 276600
Yimin Jin director, officer: Chief Strategy Officer BEIHUANZHONG JUNAN COURT, SHANDONG F4 276600
Yu Li officer: CFO BEIHUANZHONG ROAD, JUNAN COURT, SHANDONG F4 276600
Yilei Shao director BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COURT, SHANDONG F4 276600
Yuguo Zhang director BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COUNTY, SHANDONG F4 276600
Guangming Fang director BEIHUANZHONG ROAD JUNAN COURT, SHANDONG F4 276600
Fw 10 percent owner PALMENGARTENSTRASSE, 5-9, FRANKFURT AM MAIN 2M 60325
Deg - Deutsche Investitions- Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh 10 percent owner KAMMERGASSE 22, KOLN 2M 50676