GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Basic Materials » Chemicals » Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp (OTCPK:TYNPF) » Definitions » Beneish M-Score

Nipponnso Holdings (Nipponnso Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -2.71 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


View and export this data going back to 2014. Start your Free Trial

What is Nipponnso Holdings 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 -2.71 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TYNPF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.44   Med: -2.58   Max: -2.2
Current: -2.71

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Nipponnso Holdings was -2.20. The lowest was -3.44. And the median was -2.58.


Nipponnso Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nipponnso Holdings'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.

* Premium members only.

Nipponnso Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

Nipponnso Holdings Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.31 -2.89 -2.67 -2.46 -2.62

Nipponnso Holdings 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 -2.50 -2.62 -2.61 -2.67 -2.71

Competitive Comparison of Nipponnso Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Chemicals subindustry, Nipponnso Holdings'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.


Nipponnso Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nipponnso Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nipponnso Holdings 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 Nipponnso Holdings 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 * 0.9799+0.528 * 0.9068+0.404 * 0.9609+0.892 * 1.0214+0.115 * 1.0115
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0225+4.679 * -0.050475-0.327 * 0.9732
=-2.77

* 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 $1,806 Mil.
Revenue was 2195.31 + 2053.962 + 2185.251 + 2346.483 = $8,781 Mil.
Gross Profit was 896.15 + 853.319 + 861.818 + 895.579 = $3,507 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,552 Mil.
Total Assets was $16,615 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $5,712 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $776 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $2,376 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4,005 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,969 Mil.
Net Income was 172.564 + 162.258 + 173.729 + 154.716 = $663 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 299.907 + 367.723 + 237.765 + 596.517 = $1,502 Mil.
Total Receivables was $1,804 Mil.
Revenue was 2218.748 + 2077.639 + 2060.332 + 2240.174 = $8,597 Mil.
Gross Profit was 828.931 + 730.108 + 764.956 + 789.408 = $3,113 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $3,767 Mil.
Total Assets was $15,639 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $5,650 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $778 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $2,275 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,210 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $5,470 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)
=(1805.878 / 8781.006) / (1804.339 / 8596.893)
=0.205657 / 0.209883
=0.9799

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)
=(3113.403 / 8596.893) / (3506.866 / 8781.006)
=0.362154 / 0.39937
=0.9068

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 - (4551.849 + 5711.866) / 16614.968) / (1 - (3767.467 + 5649.981) / 15638.818)
=0.382261 / 0.397816
=0.9609

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
=8781.006 / 8596.893
=1.0214

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))
=(777.774 / (777.774 + 5649.981)) / (776.156 / (776.156 + 5711.866))
=0.121002 / 0.119629
=1.0115

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)
=(2376.302 / 8781.006) / (2275.382 / 8596.893)
=0.270618 / 0.264675
=1.0225

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)
=((4969.187 + 4005.216) / 16614.968) / ((5469.852 + 3209.559) / 15638.818)
=0.54014 / 0.554991
=0.9732

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
=(663.267 - 0 - 1501.912) / 16614.968
=-0.050475

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.

Nipponnso Holdings has a M-score of -2.77 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


Nipponnso Holdings Beneish M-Score Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Nipponnso Holdings's Beneish M-Score provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Nipponnso Holdings (Nipponnso Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Toyo Building 1-3-26, Koyama, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 142-8558
Nippon Sanso Holdings Group is the leading industrial gases manufacturer in Japan. The company's three main business domains are the industrial gases business, the electronics business, and the Thermos business. The company has a global presence with a majority of its revenue coming from the gas business in Japan. The industrial gases operation supplies the steelmaking, chemical, and automotive industries and provides medical products. The industrial gases domain dramatically expanded following the Praxair, Inc. acquisition that added a new business vertical. The electronics business has a supply chain in east Asia and is a hub for major semiconductor manufacturers.

Nipponnso Holdings (Nipponnso Holdings) Headlines

From GuruFocus