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US Foods Holding (US Foods Holding) Beneish M-Score : -2.60 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is US Foods Holding 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 US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

USFD' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.07   Med: -2.55   Max: -2.02
Current: -2.6

During the past 12 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of US Foods Holding was -2.02. The lowest was -3.07. And the median was -2.55.


US Foods Holding Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for US Foods Holding'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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US Foods Holding Beneish M-Score Chart

US Foods Holding 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 -2.51 -2.92 -2.23 -2.55 -2.66

US Foods Holding 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 -2.61 -2.73 -2.69 -2.66 -2.60

Competitive Comparison of US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score

For the Food Distribution subindustry, US Foods Holding'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.


US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where US Foods Holding's Beneish M-Score falls into.



US Foods Holding 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 US Foods Holding 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 * 1.0331+0.528 * 0.952+0.404 * 0.9854+0.892 * 1.0346+0.115 * 1.0042
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.012+4.679 * -0.033757-0.327 * 0.9835
=-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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $2,176 Mil.
Revenue was 8949 + 8936 + 9106 + 9013 = $36,004 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1495 + 1590 + 1542 + 1591 = $6,218 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,234 Mil.
Total Assets was $13,390 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $2,303 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $402 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $5,196 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,238 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,585 Mil.
Net Income was 82 + 147 + 95 + 182 = $506 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -12 + -12 + -20 + 2 = $-42 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 139 + 205 + 282 + 374 = $1,000 Mil.
Total Receivables was $2,036 Mil.
Revenue was 8542 + 8515 + 8917 + 8827 = $34,801 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1425 + 1454 + 1460 + 1383 = $5,722 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,094 Mil.
Total Assets was $13,038 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $2,172 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $381 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $4,963 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,052 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $4,693 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)
=(2176 / 36004) / (2036 / 34801)
=0.060438 / 0.058504
=1.0331

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)
=(5722 / 34801) / (6218 / 36004)
=0.164421 / 0.172703
=0.952

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 - (4234 + 2303) / 13390) / (1 - (4094 + 2172) / 13038)
=0.5118 / 0.519405
=0.9854

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
=36004 / 34801
=1.0346

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))
=(381 / (381 + 2172)) / (402 / (402 + 2303))
=0.149236 / 0.148614
=1.0042

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)
=(5196 / 36004) / (4963 / 34801)
=0.144317 / 0.142611
=1.012

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)
=((4585 + 3238) / 13390) / ((4693 + 3052) / 13038)
=0.584242 / 0.594033
=0.9835

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
=(506 - -42 - 1000) / 13390
=-0.033757

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.

US Foods Holding has a M-score of -2.60 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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US Foods Holding (US Foods Holding) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9399 West Higgins Road, Suite 100, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
us Foods is the second-largest U.S. food service distributor behind Sysco, holding 11% market share of the highly fragmented food service distribution industry. us Foods distributes more than 400,000 food and nonfood products to the healthcare and hospitality industries (collectively 22% of 2021 sales), restaurants (61%), and education, government facilities, and grocers (17%). In addition to its delivery business, the firm has 80 cash-and- carry stores under the Chef'Store banner. After Sysco's attempt to purchase us Foods failed to gain federal approval in 2015, us Foods entered the public market via an initial public offering.
Executives
Scott D. Ferguson director 250 WEST 55TH STREET, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Poe David L Jr officer: EVP, Chief Merchant 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Martha Ha officer: EVP, General Counsel 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
James D Sturgell officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Randy J Taylor officer: EVP, Field Operations 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Steven Guberman officer: Chief Merchandising Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., STE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Andrew E. Iacobucci officer: Chief Merchandising Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., ROSEMONT IL 60018
Kkr Group Co. Inc. 10 percent owner 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr Fresh Holdings L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kkr Group Partnership L.p. 10 percent owner C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 30 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY 10001
Sunil Gupta director C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W HIGGINS RD, SUITE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
Jay Kvasnicka officer: See Remarks C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., STE 100, ROSEMONT IL 60018
David E Flitman officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O NALCO COMPANY, 1601 WEST DIEHL ROAD, NAPERVILLE IL 60563
Works James David Jr officer: EVP & CHRO 4001 RODNEY PARHAM RD, LITTLE ROCK AR 72212
Dirk J. Locascio officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O US FOODS HOLDING CORP., 9399 W. HIGGINS RD., ROSEMONT IL 60018