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Cablevision Systems (FRA:CVY) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Cablevision Systems 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.

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

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Cablevision Systems was 0.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


Cablevision Systems Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cablevision Systems'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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Cablevision Systems Beneish M-Score Chart

Cablevision Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.61 -3.12 -3.25 -3.31 -3.27

Cablevision Systems Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16
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 -3.27 -3.25 -3.29 -3.27 -3.19

Competitive Comparison of Cablevision Systems's Beneish M-Score

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Cablevision Systems'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.


Cablevision Systems's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cablevision Systems's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cablevision Systems 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 Cablevision Systems 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 * 0.9141+0.528 * 1.0103+0.404 * 0.9847+0.892 * 1.1145+0.115 * 0.9134
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.031+4.679 * -0.16208-0.327 * 0.9762
=-3.22

* 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 (Mar16) TTM:Last Year (Mar15) TTM:
Total Receivables was €236 Mil.
Revenue was 1473.4 + 1495.402 + 1436.827 + 1473.173 = €5,879 Mil.
Gross Profit was 745.157 + 764.829 + 723.244 + 755.387 = €2,989 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €1,650 Mil.
Total Assets was €6,046 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €2,656 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €772 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,429 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €1,880 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €7,642 Mil.
Net Income was 84.751 + 29.484 + 20.585 + 67.355 = €202 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 48.783 + 7.046 + 1.386 + 49.626 = €107 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 136.993 + 310.525 + 299.181 + 328.52 = €1,075 Mil.
Total Receivables was €232 Mil.
Revenue was 1492.048 + 1322.77 + 1261.921 + 1198.309 = €5,275 Mil.
Gross Profit was 756.648 + 683.8 + 650.722 + 618.108 = €2,709 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €1,653 Mil.
Total Assets was €6,192 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €2,730 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €707 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,243 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €1,606 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €8,386 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)
=(236.214 / 5878.802) / (231.865 / 5275.048)
=0.040181 / 0.043955
=0.9141

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)
=(2709.278 / 5275.048) / (2988.617 / 5878.802)
=0.513603 / 0.508372
=1.0103

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 - (1649.501 + 2656.188) / 6045.683) / (1 - (1652.506 + 2729.563) / 6191.912)
=0.287808 / 0.292291
=0.9847

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
=5878.802 / 5275.048
=1.1145

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))
=(707.314 / (707.314 + 2729.563)) / (772.492 / (772.492 + 2656.188))
=0.205801 / 0.225303
=0.9134

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)
=(1428.633 / 5878.802) / (1243.322 / 5275.048)
=0.243014 / 0.235699
=1.031

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)
=((7642.48 + 1880.424) / 6045.683) / ((8385.961 + 1605.551) / 6191.912)
=1.575158 / 1.613639
=0.9762

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
=(202.175 - 106.841 - 1075.219) / 6045.683
=-0.16208

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.

Cablevision Systems has a M-score of -3.22 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Cablevision Systems (FRA:CVY) Business Description

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Cablevision Systems Corp is a Delaware corporation which was organized in 1997. It operates through its subsidiary, CSC Holdings. CSC Holdings is a cable operator in the United States. It also provides high-speed data and Voice over Internet Protocol services using its television broadband network; and Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice and video transport and managed services, to the business market in the New York metropolitan area. One of its subsidiaries also operates a newspaper publishing business. It also owns a cable television advertising sales business and regional news and other local programming services businesses. The Company classifies its operations into three reportable segments: Cable, consisting principally of video, high-speed data, and VoIP services; Lightpath; and Other, consisting principally of Newsday, which includes the Newsday daily newspaper, amNew York, Star Community Publishing Group, and online websites including newsday.com and exploreLI.com, the News 12 Networks, which provides regional news programming services, Cablevision Media Sales Corporation, a cable television advertising company, and MSG Varsity, a program service dedicated to showcasing high school sports and activities and other local programming. The Company's cable television systems are operated in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut under non-exclusive franchise agreements, where required by the franchising authority, with state and/or municipal or county franchising authorities. The Company's competitors include Verizon Communications, Inc., AT&T Inc., RCN Corporation, among others. Its cable television systems are subject to federal, state and local regulations.

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