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DBAPPSecurity Co (SHSE:688023) Beneish M-Score : -2.68 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is DBAPPSecurity Co 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 -2.68 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

SHSE:688023' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.68   Med: -1.94   Max: -1.02
Current: -2.68

During the past 8 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of DBAPPSecurity Co was -1.02. The lowest was -2.68. And the median was -1.94.


DBAPPSecurity Co Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for DBAPPSecurity Co'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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DBAPPSecurity Co Beneish M-Score Chart

DBAPPSecurity Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -2.09 -1.15 -1.02 -2.33 -2.50

DBAPPSecurity Co 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 -2.27 -2.38 -2.31 -2.50 -2.68

Competitive Comparison of DBAPPSecurity Co's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, DBAPPSecurity Co'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.


DBAPPSecurity Co's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



DBAPPSecurity Co 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 DBAPPSecurity Co 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 * 0.9857+0.528 * 1.0544+0.404 * 0.984+0.892 * 1.0154+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9251+4.679 * -0.038562-0.327 * 1.1669
=-2.68

* 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 ¥701 Mil.
Revenue was 280.802 + 962.801 + 511.793 + 359.42 = ¥2,115 Mil.
Gross Profit was 140.114 + 664.218 + 301.514 + 185.421 = ¥1,291 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥2,359 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥4,545 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥826 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥907 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥1,709 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥382 Mil.
Net Income was -200.369 + 175.72 + -126.866 + -219.193 = ¥-371 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = ¥0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -358.258 + 421.709 + -101.148 + -157.766 = ¥-195 Mil.
Total Receivables was ¥700 Mil.
Revenue was 336.15 + 940.406 + 504.982 + 301.168 = ¥2,083 Mil.
Gross Profit was 189.599 + 674.335 + 312.725 + 164.129 = ¥1,341 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥2,710 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥4,810 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥637 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥966 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥1,049 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥848 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)
=(700.868 / 2114.816) / (700.253 / 2082.706)
=0.331409 / 0.336223
=0.9857

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)
=(1340.788 / 2082.706) / (1291.267 / 2114.816)
=0.643772 / 0.610581
=1.0544

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 - (2358.783 + 826.084) / 4544.519) / (1 - (2710.208 + 637.231) / 4809.945)
=0.299185 / 0.304059
=0.984

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
=2114.816 / 2082.706
=1.0154

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 + 637.231)) / (0 / (0 + 826.084))
=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)
=(907.058 / 2114.816) / (965.651 / 2082.706)
=0.428906 / 0.463652
=0.9251

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)
=((382.435 + 1708.825) / 4544.519) / ((848.149 + 1048.724) / 4809.945)
=0.460172 / 0.394365
=1.1669

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
=(-370.708 - 0 - -195.463) / 4544.519
=-0.038562

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.

DBAPPSecurity Co has a M-score of -2.68 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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DBAPPSecurity Co (SHSE:688023) Business Description

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Address
No. 188, Lianhui Street, Anheng Building, Xixing Street, Binjiang District, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, CHN, 310051
DBAPPSecurity Co Ltd is engaged in the development, production and sales of network information security products and provides customers with professional network information security services. The company's products and services cover applications such as Application Security, Big data Security, Cloud Security, IoT Security, Industrial Control Security, and Industrial Internet Security.
Executives
Tan Xiu Zhu Core technical personnel
Liu Bo Core technical personnel
Jiang You Wei Director
Fan Yuan Director
Shen Ren Mei Director

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