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SPLP (Steel Partners Holdings LP) Beneish M-Score : -2.60 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Steel Partners Holdings LP 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 -2.6 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

SPLP' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.05   Med: -2.27   Max: -1.68
Current: -2.6

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Steel Partners Holdings LP was -1.68. The lowest was -3.05. And the median was -2.27.


Steel Partners Holdings LP Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steel Partners Holdings LP'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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Steel Partners Holdings LP Beneish M-Score Chart

Steel Partners Holdings LP 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 -2.50 -2.83 -2.13 -1.90 -2.30

Steel Partners Holdings LP Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 -2.11 -2.30 -2.66 -2.72 -2.60

Competitive Comparison of Steel Partners Holdings LP's Beneish M-Score

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Steel Partners Holdings LP'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.


Steel Partners Holdings LP's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Steel Partners Holdings LP's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Steel Partners Holdings LP's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Steel Partners Holdings LP 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 Steel Partners Holdings LP 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 * 1.0524+0.528 * 0.955+0.404 * 0.9353+0.892 * 1.0729+0.115 * 0.9931
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0526+4.679 * -0.043252-0.327 * 0.9209
=-2.60

* 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 (Sep24) TTM:Last Year (Sep23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $1,018 Mil.
Revenue was 520.423 + 533.159 + 476.346 + 466.907 = $1,997 Mil.
Gross Profit was 224.846 + 229.963 + 202.19 + 197.867 = $855 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,318 Mil.
Total Assets was $3,634 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $344 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $59 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $541 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,821 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $174 Mil.
Net Income was 36.416 + 116.338 + 34.231 + 41.261 = $228 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -2.713 + 2.783 + 4.883 + 2.754 = $8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 101.758 + 68.955 + 197.46 + 9.547 = $378 Mil.
Total Receivables was $901 Mil.
Revenue was 492.254 + 500.925 + 445.371 + 422.615 = $1,861 Mil.
Gross Profit was 208.969 + 211.526 + 184.078 + 156.319 = $761 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,498 Mil.
Total Assets was $3,951 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $323 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $55 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $479 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,088 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $267 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)
=(1017.577 / 1996.835) / (901.186 / 1861.165)
=0.509595 / 0.484205
=1.0524

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)
=(760.892 / 1861.165) / (854.866 / 1996.835)
=0.408826 / 0.42811
=0.955

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 - (2317.945 + 343.865) / 3634.075) / (1 - (2497.859 + 323.185) / 3951.229)
=0.267541 / 0.286034
=0.9353

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
=1996.835 / 1861.165
=1.0729

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))
=(54.976 / (54.976 + 323.185)) / (58.971 / (58.971 + 343.865))
=0.145377 / 0.14639
=0.9931

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)
=(541.009 / 1996.835) / (479.03 / 1861.165)
=0.270933 / 0.257382
=1.0526

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)
=((174.266 + 1820.581) / 3634.075) / ((267.416 + 2087.816) / 3951.229)
=0.548928 / 0.596076
=0.9209

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
=(228.246 - 7.707 - 377.72) / 3634.075
=-0.043252

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.

Steel Partners Holdings LP has a M-score of -2.60 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Steel Partners Holdings LP Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
590 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Steel Partners Holdings LP operates in industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain management and logistics, banking, and youth sports industries. It operates in various segments including the Diversified Industrial segment comprised of manufacturers of engineered niche industrial products, including joining materials, tubing, building materials, performance materials, electrical products, cutting replacement products and services, and metallized films and packaging businesses; the Energy segment provides drilling and production services to the oil and gas industry and owns a youth sports business; the Financial Services segment consists of the operations of WebBank, a Utah chartered industrial bank, which engages in full range of banking activities.
Executives
Jack L Howard director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 182 FARMERS LANE, STE 101, SANTA ROSA CA 95405
Gordon A. Walker officer: Senior Vice President KNOWLES CORPORATION, 1151 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL 60143
Warren G Lichtenstein director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman C/O STEEL PARTNERS II L P, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Eric P. Karros director C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Rory H. Tahari director 510 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Richard I Neal director C/O UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, 124 INDUSTRY LANE, HUNT VALLEY MD 21030
John P Mcniff director 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Lon Rosen director 120 S. CARMELINA AVE., LOS ANGELES CA 90049
James Iii Benenson director C/O STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Douglas Woodworth officer: Chief Financial Officer STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P., 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Sph Spv-i Llc other: See Footnote 1 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Wgl Capital Corp. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Emh Howard Llc other: See Footnote 1 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Steel Partners, Ltd. 10 percent owner 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Fejes William Theodore Jr officer: Chief Operating Officer 440 NORTH FIFTH AVENUE, CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201