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Ikanos Communications (FRA:I9J1) Beneish M-Score : -3.48 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Ikanos Communications 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 Ikanos Communications's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:I9J1' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.07   Med: -3.48   Max: 12.54
Current: -3.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Ikanos Communications was 12.54. The lowest was -6.07. And the median was -3.48.


Ikanos Communications Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ikanos Communications'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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Ikanos Communications Beneish M-Score Chart

Ikanos Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.87 -3.79 -3.79 -3.19 -3.36

Ikanos Communications Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 -4.03 -3.58 -3.36 -2.80 -3.48

Competitive Comparison of Ikanos Communications's Beneish M-Score

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Ikanos Communications'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.


Ikanos Communications's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Ikanos Communications's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ikanos Communications 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 Ikanos Communications 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 * 1.6503+0.528 * 1.0285+0.404 * 0.8717+0.892 * 0.8408+0.115 * 1.1967
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.4065+4.679 * -0.232316-0.327 * 1.4398
=-3.34

* 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 (Jun15) TTM:Last Year (Jun14) TTM:
Total Receivables was €9.59 Mil.
Revenue was 9.862 + 9.407 + 9.34 + 8.597 = €37.21 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5.057 + 4.609 + 4.567 + 3.765 = €18.00 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €27.25 Mil.
Total Assets was €41.48 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €12.43 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €4.59 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €15.72 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €18.33 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €8.49 Mil.
Net Income was -10.974 + -11.082 + -8.443 + -7.977 = €-38.48 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = €0.00 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -5.072 + -6.3 + -9.193 + -8.275 = €-28.84 Mil.
Total Receivables was €6.91 Mil.
Revenue was 8.284 + 10.493 + 12.835 + 12.641 = €44.25 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.033 + 5.117 + 6.406 + 6.46 = €22.02 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €26.45 Mil.
Total Assets was €35.39 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €7.18 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €3.42 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €13.29 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €15.90 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €0.00 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)
=(9.592 / 37.206) / (6.913 / 44.253)
=0.257808 / 0.156215
=1.6503

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)
=(22.016 / 44.253) / (17.998 / 37.206)
=0.497503 / 0.483739
=1.0285

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 - (27.253 + 12.427) / 41.478) / (1 - (26.45 + 7.184) / 35.394)
=0.043348 / 0.049726
=0.8717

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
=37.206 / 44.253
=0.8408

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))
=(3.424 / (3.424 + 7.184)) / (4.59 / (4.59 + 12.427))
=0.322775 / 0.26973
=1.1967

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)
=(15.716 / 37.206) / (13.29 / 44.253)
=0.422405 / 0.300319
=1.4065

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)
=((8.489 + 18.331) / 41.478) / ((0 + 15.895) / 35.394)
=0.646608 / 0.449087
=1.4398

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
=(-38.476 - 0 - -28.84) / 41.478
=-0.232316

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.

Ikanos Communications has a M-score of -3.34 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Ikanos Communications (FRA:I9J1) Business Description

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Ikanos Communications Inc was incorporated in the State of California in April 1999 and reincorporated in the State of Delaware in September 2005. The Company is a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor products and software for delivering high speed broadband solutions to the digital home. The Company's broadband multi-mode and digital subscriber line processors and other semiconductor offerings power carrier infrastructure and customer premise equipment for network equipment manufacturers who, in turn, serve telecommunications service providers. The Company has developed programmable, scalable chip architectures, which form the foundation for deploying and delivering multi-play services. This communications processor architecture with wire-speed packet processing capabilities enables high-performance end user devices capable of distributing advanced services in the home. These products support telecommunications services providers' multi-play deployment plans to the digital home while keeping their capital and operating expenditures low and have been deployed by service providers in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The Company outsources all of its semiconductor fabrication, assembly, and test functions, which allows focusing on the design, development, sales, and marketing of its products and reduces the level of its capital investment. It offers multiple product lines that are designed to address different segments of the communications processor and the high-speed broadband DSL markets. The Company currently competes or expects to compete with, among others, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadcom Corporation, Cavium, Inc., Cortina Systems, Inc., Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., PMC-Sierra, Inc., Metanoia Communication, QUALCOMM Incorporated, Realtek Semiconductor Corp., and MediaTek Inc. As of December 29, 2013, the Company had over 285 patents issued in the United States and more than 35 companion patents issued in foreign jurisdictions.

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