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SoftwareONE Holding AG (XSWX:SWON) Beneish M-Score

: -2.56 (As of Today)
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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 -2.56 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

XSWX:SWON' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.66   Med: -2.54   Max: 1.89
Current: -2.56

During the past 8 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of SoftwareONE Holding AG was 1.89. The lowest was -2.66. And the median was -2.54.


SoftwareONE Holding AG Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SoftwareONE Holding AG'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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SoftwareONE Holding AG Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.12 1.89 -2.51 -2.62 -2.56

SoftwareONE Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Beneish M-Score 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 -2.51 - -2.62 - -2.56

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, SoftwareONE Holding AG'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.


SoftwareONE Holding AG Beneish M-Score Distribution

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

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



SoftwareONE Holding AG 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 SoftwareONE Holding AG 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 * 1.1366+0.528 * 0.9175+0.404 * 0.9419+0.892 * 1.0363+0.115 * 0.9181
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.3413+4.679 * -0.014762-0.327 * 1.0902
=-2.56

* 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 CHF2,476 Mil.
Revenue was CHF1,011 Mil.
Gross Profit was CHF429 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CHF2,861 Mil.
Total Assets was CHF3,784 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was CHF60 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was CHF66 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was CHF87 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CHF2,894 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF19 Mil.
Net Income was CHF21 Mil.
Gross Profit was CHF0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was CHF77 Mil.
Total Receivables was CHF2,102 Mil.
Revenue was CHF976 Mil.
Gross Profit was CHF380 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CHF2,551 Mil.
Total Assets was CHF3,449 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was CHF63 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was CHF59 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was CHF62 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CHF2,418 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CHF18 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)
=(2475.742 / 1011.289) / (2101.822 / 975.831)
=2.448105 / 2.153879
=1.1366

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)
=(379.621 / 975.831) / (428.798 / 1011.289)
=0.389023 / 0.424011
=0.9175

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 - (2861.499 + 59.794) / 3783.891) / (1 - (2551.277 + 63.048) / 3449.077)
=0.227966 / 0.242022
=0.9419

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
=1011.289 / 975.831
=1.0363

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))
=(58.554 / (58.554 + 63.048)) / (65.943 / (65.943 + 59.794))
=0.481522 / 0.524452
=0.9181

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)
=(86.831 / 1011.289) / (62.469 / 975.831)
=0.085862 / 0.064016
=1.3413

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)
=((19.336 + 2894.249) / 3783.891) / ((18.122 + 2417.937) / 3449.077)
=0.769997 / 0.706293
=1.0902

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
=(21.417 - 0 - 77.275) / 3783.891
=-0.014762

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.

SoftwareONE Holding AG has a M-score of -2.56 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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SoftwareONE Holding AG (XSWX:SWON) Business Description

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Riedenmatt 4, Stans, CHE, CH-6370
SoftwareONE Holding AG is engaged in providing cloud technology solutions. It generates its revenue from Software and Cloud Marketplace by arranging software license agreements between software providers and end customers and managing cloud subscriptions for them (point in time). Revenue from Software and Cloud Services is generated by providing services to customers (over time), the sale of on-premise software only used to provide software asset management solutions and the resale or sale of self-developed on-premise software. Switzerland, the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands are the main geographical markets for the company.

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