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SAKURA KCS (TSE:4761) Beneish M-Score : -3.01 (As of Mar. 16, 2025)


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What is SAKURA KCS 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 -3.01 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TSE:4761' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.03   Med: -2.57   Max: -1.99
Current: -3.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of SAKURA KCS was -1.99. The lowest was -3.03. And the median was -2.57.


SAKURA KCS Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SAKURA KCS'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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SAKURA KCS Beneish M-Score Chart

SAKURA KCS Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.86 -2.32 -1.99 -2.79 -3.01

SAKURA KCS Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 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 - - - -3.01 -

Competitive Comparison of SAKURA KCS's Beneish M-Score

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, SAKURA KCS'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.


SAKURA KCS's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



SAKURA KCS 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 SAKURA KCS 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 * 0.8237+0.528 * 0.8945+0.404 * 1.1894+0.892 * 0.9653+0.115 * 1.1297
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1+4.679 * -0.085781-0.327 * 0.9045
=-3.01

* 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 円6,037 Mil.
Revenue was 円22,769 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円5,718 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円17,124 Mil.
Total Assets was 円24,236 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was 円2,313 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was 円702 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was 円0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円4,146 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円306 Mil.
Net Income was 円895 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 円2,974 Mil.
Total Receivables was 円7,593 Mil.
Revenue was 円23,588 Mil.
Gross Profit was 円5,299 Mil.
Total Current Assets was 円16,750 Mil.
Total Assets was 円22,808 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was 円2,261 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was 円807 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was 円0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was 円4,258 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was 円374 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)
=(6037 / 22769) / (7593 / 23588)
=0.265141 / 0.321901
=0.8237

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)
=(5299 / 23588) / (5718 / 22769)
=0.224648 / 0.251131
=0.8945

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 - (17124 + 2313) / 24236) / (1 - (16750 + 2261) / 22808)
=0.198011 / 0.166477
=1.1894

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
=22769 / 23588
=0.9653

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))
=(807 / (807 + 2261)) / (702 / (702 + 2313))
=0.263038 / 0.232836
=1.1297

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)
=(0 / 22769) / (0 / 23588)
=0 / 0
=1

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)
=((306 + 4146) / 24236) / ((374 + 4258) / 22808)
=0.183694 / 0.203087
=0.9045

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
=(895 - 0 - 2974) / 24236
=-0.085781

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.

SAKURA KCS has a M-score of -3.01 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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SAKURA KCS Business Description

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21-1 Harima-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe, JPN
SAKURA KCS Corp is an information service provider. Its services include consulting, system integration, business solution, ICT-based solution, data center, and business process outsourcing. Consulting includes privacy mark acquisition support consulting, system audit, system consulting, consulting for building information security structure. System integration is based on system building. ICT infrastructure provides the infrastructure that supports information systems, networks, servers for utilizing information and communication technology. The data center provides facility (equipment), operation support, and cloud service. Business process outsourcing provides consistent information processing service from data input to calculation processing, form output, delivery.

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