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Next Technology Holding (Next Technology Holding) Beneish M-Score : -2.87 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is Next Technology 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 -2.87 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

NXTT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.19   Med: -2.87   Max: 0.67
Current: -2.87

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Next Technology Holding was 0.67. The lowest was -5.19. And the median was -2.87.


Next Technology Holding Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Next Technology 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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Next Technology Holding Beneish M-Score Chart

Next Technology Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - 0.67 -5.19 -2.87

Next Technology Holding Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -5.19 63.22 83.14 -3.01 -2.87

Competitive Comparison of Next Technology Holding's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Next Technology 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.


Next Technology Holding's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Next Technology 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 Next Technology 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 * 1.3214+0.528 * 2.4448+0.404 * 0+0.892 * 0.9045+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.6182+4.679 * -0.239466-0.327 * 0.7176
=-2.87

* 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 $6.94 Mil.
Revenue was 0.999 + 1.634 + 0 + 0.614 = $3.25 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.2 + 1.235 + -0.095 + -0.296 = $1.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $54.94 Mil.
Total Assets was $54.94 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.00 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.00 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $4.99 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.04 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.00 Mil.
Net Income was 11.118 + -14.1 + 0.026 + -2.225 = $-5.18 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 12.865 + -13.995 + 0.975 + 0.002 = $-0.15 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -0.755 + 3.644 + 5.792 + -0.553 = $8.13 Mil.
Total Receivables was $5.81 Mil.
Revenue was 0 + 0 + 1.451 + 2.139 = $3.59 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0 + 0 + 1.356 + 1.466 = $2.82 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $47.02 Mil.
Total Assets was $47.02 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.99 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.28 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $8.93 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4.82 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)
=(6.939 / 3.247) / (5.806 / 3.59)
=2.13705 / 1.61727
=1.3214

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)
=(2.822 / 3.59) / (1.044 / 3.247)
=0.786072 / 0.321528
=2.4448

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 - (54.939 + 0) / 54.939) / (1 - (47.017 + 0.992) / 47.017)
=0 / -0.021099
=0

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
=3.247 / 3.59
=0.9045

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))
=(0.278 / (0.278 + 0.992)) / (0 / (0 + 0))
=0.218898 /
=1

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)
=(4.992 / 3.247) / (8.928 / 3.59)
=1.537419 / 2.486908
=0.6182

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)
=((0 + 4.038) / 54.939) / ((0 + 4.816) / 47.017)
=0.0735 / 0.102431
=0.7176

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
=(-5.181 - -0.153 - 8.128) / 54.939
=-0.239466

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.

Next Technology Holding has a M-score of -2.87 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Next Technology Holding (Next Technology Holding) Business Description

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Address
No. 18, Kechuang 10th Street, Room 101, Level 1 Building 8, Beijing Economic and Technological, Development Zone, Beijing, CHN, 100020
WeTrade Group Inc is engaged in providing technical services and solutions via its membership-based social e-commerce platform and chatGPT technical services. The company provides technology services to both individual and corporate users. It offers an international cloud-based intelligence system and independently developed a micro-business cloud intelligence system called the YCloud. The company also serves tourism, hospitality, livestreaming and short video, medical beauty, and traditional retail industries.
Executives
Biming Guo director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, BEIJING F4 100020
Kean Tat Che director, officer: CFO and Executive Director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Yuxing Ye director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Donghui Wang director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Ning Qin director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Pijun Liu director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Executive Director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Zhuo Li director, officer: COO and Executive Director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Daxue Li director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Zheng Dai director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and Exec. Director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000
Hung Fai Choi director NO 1 GAOBEI SOUTH COAST, YI AN MEN 111 BLOCK 37, CHAO YANG DIST., BEIJING CITY F4 00000

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