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Village Super Market (Village Super Market) Beneish M-Score : 1.95 (As of Apr. 24, 2024)


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What is Village Super Market 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score 1.95 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

VLGEA' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.51   Med: -2.49   Max: 1.95
Current: 1.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Village Super Market was 1.95. The lowest was -3.51. And the median was -2.49.


Village Super Market Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Village Super Market'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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Village Super Market Beneish M-Score Chart

Village Super Market Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.24 -2.24 -2.85 -1.50 -2.58

Village Super Market Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -3.28 -2.65 -2.58 -1.13 1.95

Competitive Comparison of Village Super Market's Beneish M-Score

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Village Super Market'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.


Village Super Market's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Village Super Market's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Village Super Market's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Village Super Market 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 Village Super Market 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 * 6.0949+0.528 * 0.9816+0.404 * 0.8935+0.892 * 1.0388+0.115 * 0.9877
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.986+4.679 * -0.054053-0.327 * 0.9517
=1.95

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $39 Mil.
Revenue was 575.579 + 536.354 + 553.806 + 529.294 = $2,195 Mil.
Gross Profit was 163.442 + 152.948 + 161.063 + 151.223 = $629 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $236 Mil.
Total Assets was $970 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $555 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $36 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $528 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $176 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $345 Mil.
Net Income was 14.48 + 11.585 + 15.294 + 11.017 = $52 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = $0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 30.295 + 18.379 + 36.269 + 19.887 = $105 Mil.
Total Receivables was $6 Mil.
Revenue was 563.866 + 519.689 + 527.503 + 501.962 = $2,113 Mil.
Gross Profit was 154.879 + 149.285 + 148.285 + 141.591 = $594 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $198 Mil.
Total Assets was $949 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $555 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $35 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $515 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $163 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $372 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)
=(39.466 / 2195.033) / (6.234 / 2113.02)
=0.01798 / 0.00295
=6.0949

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)
=(594.04 / 2113.02) / (628.676 / 2195.033)
=0.281133 / 0.286408
=0.9816

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 - (236.422 + 555.452) / 970.42) / (1 - (197.775 + 555.487) / 948.601)
=0.183988 / 0.205923
=0.8935

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
=2195.033 / 2113.02
=1.0388

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))
=(35.182 / (35.182 + 555.487)) / (35.647 / (35.647 + 555.452))
=0.059563 / 0.060306
=0.9877

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)
=(528.006 / 2195.033) / (515.492 / 2113.02)
=0.240546 / 0.24396
=0.986

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)
=((345.193 + 176.361) / 970.42) / ((372.248 + 163.476) / 948.601)
=0.537452 / 0.564752
=0.9517

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
=(52.376 - 0 - 104.83) / 970.42
=-0.054053

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.

Village Super Market has a M-score of 1.95 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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Village Super Market (Village Super Market) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
733 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ, USA, 07081
Village Super Market Inc operates a chain of ShopRite supermarkets, a few of which are in northern New Jersey, southern New Jersey, Maryland, and in northeastern Pennsylvania. The company is a member of Wakefern Food Corporation (Wakefern), a retailer-owned food cooperative and owner of the ShopRite name. It consists of one operating segment, the retail sale of food and nonfood products.
Executives
William Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
John Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Perry J. Blatt director C/O VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC., 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Prasad Pola director C/O VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC., 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Van Orden John L officer: CFO 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Kevin Begley officer: CFO 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Peter Lavoy director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
David Judge director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Luigi Perri officer: Controller 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Estate Of Perry Sumas 10 percent owner C/O PATRICIA ANAGNOSTIS, 148 KENT PLACE BLVD., SUMMIT NJ 07901
Steven Crystal director 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, - - - - - - - - - -, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Stephen Rooney director 212 DOLSON AVENUE, MIDDLETOWN NY 10940
Robert Sumas director, 10 percent owner, officer: EVP, Secretary 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
John James Sumas officer: VP & General Counsel 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081
Nicholas James Sumas officer: VP 733 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD NJ 07081

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