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President Chain Store (TPE:2912) Beneish M-Score : -2.91 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is President Chain Store 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 -2.91 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TPE:2912' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.45   Med: -2.96   Max: 2.46
Current: -2.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of President Chain Store was 2.46. The lowest was -3.45. And the median was -2.96.


President Chain Store Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for President Chain Store'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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President Chain Store Beneish M-Score Chart

President Chain Store 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 -3.06 -2.84 -2.97 -3.00 -2.91

President Chain Store 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 -3.00 -2.94 -2.88 -2.92 -2.91

Competitive Comparison of President Chain Store's Beneish M-Score

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, President Chain Store'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.


President Chain Store's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, President Chain Store's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where President Chain Store's Beneish M-Score falls into.



President Chain Store 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 President Chain Store 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 * 1.0135+0.528 * 0.9875+0.404 * 1.1619+0.892 * 1.0916+0.115 * 0.9913
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0111+4.679 * -0.123467-0.327 * 1.0121
=-2.91

* 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 NT$10,270 Mil.
Revenue was 81449.846 + 82531.464 + 77586.335 + 75474.209 = NT$317,042 Mil.
Gross Profit was 27829.073 + 28373.978 + 26128.765 + 25840.41 = NT$108,172 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$94,873 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$257,352 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$125,703 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$23,757 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$94,385 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$108,884 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$84,418 Mil.
Net Income was 2202.958 + 3036.415 + 2553.94 + 2820.601 = NT$10,614 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NT$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 8557.097 + 18749.564 + 11616.76 + 3465.093 = NT$42,389 Mil.
Total Receivables was NT$9,283 Mil.
Revenue was 75789.469 + 75846.879 + 71130.619 + 67667.17 = NT$290,434 Mil.
Gross Profit was 25854.153 + 25541.948 + 23558.617 + 22899.806 = NT$97,855 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$85,087 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$233,210 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$119,440 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$22,340 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$85,511 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$97,709 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$75,370 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)
=(10270.109 / 317041.854) / (9282.564 / 290434.137)
=0.032394 / 0.031961
=1.0135

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)
=(97854.524 / 290434.137) / (108172.226 / 317041.854)
=0.336925 / 0.341192
=0.9875

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 - (94873.413 + 125702.725) / 257352.472) / (1 - (85087.134 + 119440.381) / 233209.8)
=0.142903 / 0.122989
=1.1619

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
=317041.854 / 290434.137
=1.0916

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))
=(22340.433 / (22340.433 + 119440.381)) / (23756.813 / (23756.813 + 125702.725))
=0.15757 / 0.158951
=0.9913

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)
=(94385.089 / 317041.854) / (85510.629 / 290434.137)
=0.297705 / 0.294423
=1.0111

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)
=((84417.863 + 108883.539) / 257352.472) / ((75370.281 + 97709.081) / 233209.8)
=0.751115 / 0.742162
=1.0121

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
=(10613.914 - 0 - 42388.514) / 257352.472
=-0.123467

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.

President Chain Store has a M-score of -2.91 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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President Chain Store (TPE:2912) Business Description

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Address
65 Tung Hsing Road, 2nd Floor, Taipei, TWN, 110
President Chain Store Corp., or PCSC, was established in 1978 and is 45% held by its parent, Uni-President Enterprises. The company operates 7-Eleven along with other retail businesses such as drug stores (COSMED), department stores, bakery, restaurants, and Starbucks in Taiwan. The company also runs 7-Eleven in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and the Philippines.

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