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CTCI Advanced Systems (ROCO:5209) Beneish M-Score : -0.61 (As of May. 25, 2024)


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What is CTCI Advanced Systems 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 -0.61 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

ROCO:5209' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.04   Med: -2.34   Max: 3.88
Current: -0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of CTCI Advanced Systems was 3.88. The lowest was -4.04. And the median was -2.34.


CTCI Advanced Systems Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for CTCI Advanced Systems'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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CTCI Advanced Systems Beneish M-Score Chart

CTCI Advanced Systems 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 1.13 -2.41 -2.94 -1.79 -0.77

CTCI Advanced Systems Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -2.38 -2.71 -1.76 -0.77 -0.61

Competitive Comparison of CTCI Advanced Systems's Beneish M-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, CTCI Advanced Systems'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.


CTCI Advanced Systems's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



CTCI Advanced Systems 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 CTCI Advanced Systems 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 * 1.2472+0.528 * 1.318+0.404 * 0.9667+0.892 * 1.6473+0.115 * 0.8705
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.6867+4.679 * 0.18507-0.327 * 0.988
=-0.61

* 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was NT$3,120 Mil.
Revenue was 1685.378 + 2085.417 + 1801.41 + 1705.17 = NT$7,277 Mil.
Gross Profit was 153.833 + 131.016 + 137.676 + 139.856 = NT$562 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$4,199 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$4,617 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$346 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$61 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$131 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,339 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$491 Mil.
Net Income was 106.502 + 78.759 + 94.205 + 97.354 = NT$377 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NT$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 197.214 + -948.137 + -215.922 + 489.254 = NT$-478 Mil.
Total Receivables was NT$1,519 Mil.
Revenue was 1178.197 + 1239.695 + 1240.986 + 758.945 = NT$4,418 Mil.
Gross Profit was 121.709 + 132.431 + 125.604 + 70.226 = NT$450 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$3,567 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$4,016 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$384 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$57 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$116 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,129 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$243 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)
=(3119.771 / 7277.375) / (1518.513 / 4417.823)
=0.428695 / 0.343724
=1.2472

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)
=(449.97 / 4417.823) / (562.381 / 7277.375)
=0.101853 / 0.077278
=1.318

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 - (4198.556 + 345.666) / 4616.693) / (1 - (3566.719 + 383.921) / 4015.849)
=0.015698 / 0.016238
=0.9667

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
=7277.375 / 4417.823
=1.6473

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))
=(57.339 / (57.339 + 383.921)) / (60.65 / (60.65 + 345.666))
=0.129944 / 0.149268
=0.8705

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)
=(130.915 / 7277.375) / (115.733 / 4417.823)
=0.017989 / 0.026197
=0.6867

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)
=((491.49 + 3339.263) / 4616.693) / ((243.268 + 3129.422) / 4015.849)
=0.829761 / 0.839845
=0.988

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
=(376.82 - 0 - -477.591) / 4616.693
=0.18507

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.

CTCI Advanced Systems has a M-score of -0.61 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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CTCI Advanced Systems (ROCO:5209) Business Description

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11th Floor, No.16, Fushan Road, Beitou District, Taipei, TWN, 112037
CTCI Advanced Systems Inc provides engineering research, planning, design, purchase, integration, manufacture, installation, adjustment, maintenance, and operation of different software and hardware within computers and control systems, import and sales of computers software, hardware, and instruments. It also provides information software, data processing, digital information development and application services, providing energy technology and internet identification services, providing automation control, traffic tracking, communication engineering, safety equipment, piping engineering, mechatronics service, and consulting of engineering and management.

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