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Brilliance Technology Co (SZSE:300542) Beneish M-Score : -1.96 (As of Jun. 22, 2024)


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What is Brilliance Technology 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 -1.96 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

SZSE:300542' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.17   Med: -1.96   Max: 3.04
Current: -1.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Brilliance Technology Co was 3.04. The lowest was -3.17. And the median was -1.96.


Brilliance Technology Co Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brilliance Technology 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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Brilliance Technology Co Beneish M-Score Chart

Brilliance Technology Co 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 -2.55 -2.90 -2.69 -1.85 -2.88

Brilliance Technology 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 -2.24 -2.32 -2.54 -2.88 -1.96

Competitive Comparison of Brilliance Technology Co's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Brilliance Technology 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.


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

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

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



Brilliance Technology 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 Brilliance Technology 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 * 1.032+0.528 * 1.2225+0.404 * 0.911+0.892 * 1.2988+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9111+4.679 * 0.033555-0.327 * 1.103
=-1.96

* 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 ¥601 Mil.
Revenue was 191.344 + 885.622 + 343.05 + 343.293 = ¥1,763 Mil.
Gross Profit was 40.371 + 145.45 + 57.847 + 61.244 = ¥305 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥1,083 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥1,410 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥111 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥60 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥765 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥0 Mil.
Net Income was -13.207 + 55.769 + -21.786 + 8.725 = ¥30 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = ¥0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -374.849 + 417.707 + -15.093 + -45.593 = ¥-18 Mil.
Total Receivables was ¥448 Mil.
Revenue was 163.024 + 631.834 + 275.909 + 286.858 = ¥1,358 Mil.
Gross Profit was 42.864 + 119.15 + 60.458 + 64.528 = ¥287 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥997 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥1,335 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥113 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥51 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥657 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥0 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)
=(600.705 / 1763.309) / (448.146 / 1357.625)
=0.340669 / 0.330096
=1.032

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)
=(287 / 1357.625) / (304.912 / 1763.309)
=0.211399 / 0.17292
=1.2225

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 - (1082.692 + 110.996) / 1410.475) / (1 - (996.895 + 113.231) / 1335.431)
=0.153698 / 0.168713
=0.911

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
=1763.309 / 1357.625
=1.2988

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 + 113.231)) / (0 / (0 + 110.996))
=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)
=(59.944 / 1763.309) / (50.659 / 1357.625)
=0.033995 / 0.037314
=0.9111

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)
=((0.394 + 765.203) / 1410.475) / ((0 + 657.152) / 1335.431)
=0.542794 / 0.49209
=1.103

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
=(29.501 - 0 - -17.828) / 1410.475
=0.033555

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.

Brilliance Technology Co has a M-score of -1.96 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Brilliance Technology Co (SZSE:300542) Business Description

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Address
Landianchang East Road, Haidian District, 8/F,Tower B2, Golden Resource & Times Business Center No 2, Beijing, CHN, 100097
Brilliance Technology Co Ltd provides software development, computer system integration, consulting and project management services. The company's software solutions include international business, corporate settlement system, bank settlement system, and bank intermediary business platform solutions; channel integration cloud platform, total cooperation cloud platform, television banking system, online banking system, and call center application platform solutions; and data exchange applications and service products. It also provides IT infrastructure solutions comprising an information security system, enterprise network construction, and data center infrastructure solutions; and IT services.
Executives
Kang Lu Director
Yu Ke Jian Directors, executives
Tang Ruo Mei Supervisors
Zhang Yan Sheng Directors, executives
Yang Han Jie Director
Zhang Da Xin Directors, executives
Li Fu Hua Director
Ding Fei Securities Affairs Representative

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