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PagerDuty (PagerDuty) Beneish M-Score : -3.23 (As of May. 13, 2024)


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What is PagerDuty 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 -3.23 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

PD' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.23   Med: -2.9   Max: -1.76
Current: -3.23

During the past 7 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of PagerDuty was -1.76. The lowest was -3.23. And the median was -2.90.


PagerDuty Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for PagerDuty'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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PagerDuty Beneish M-Score Chart

PagerDuty Annual Data
Trend Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -2.90 -1.76 -2.84 -2.95 -3.23

PagerDuty 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 -2.95 -3.36 -3.24 -3.37 -3.23

Competitive Comparison of PagerDuty's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, PagerDuty'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.


PagerDuty's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



PagerDuty 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 PagerDuty 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 * 0.9464+0.528 * 0.9887+0.404 * 0.958+0.892 * 1.1616+0.115 * 0.722
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9032+4.679 * -0.162572-0.327 * 1.1487
=-3.23

* 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 $100.4 Mil.
Revenue was 111.117 + 108.72 + 107.616 + 103.246 = $430.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 90.759 + 89.015 + 87.783 + 85.31 = $352.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $703.2 Mil.
Total Assets was $925.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $21.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $20.2 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $309.3 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $281.7 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $454.8 Mil.
Net Income was -28.152 + -12.766 + -22.053 + -12.218 = $-75.2 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -3.686 + 4.643 + 1.242 + 1.067 = $3.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 22.155 + 16.917 + 10.75 + 22.152 = $72.0 Mil.
Total Receivables was $91.3 Mil.
Revenue was 100.966 + 94.203 + 90.253 + 85.371 = $370.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was 82.622 + 76.196 + 71.886 + 69.655 = $300.4 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $600.3 Mil.
Total Assets was $817.9 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $32.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $17.4 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $294.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $271.1 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $295.6 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)
=(100.413 / 430.699) / (91.345 / 370.793)
=0.23314 / 0.24635
=0.9464

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)
=(300.359 / 370.793) / (352.867 / 430.699)
=0.810045 / 0.819289
=0.9887

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 - (703.198 + 21.421) / 925.306) / (1 - (600.336 + 32.372) / 817.873)
=0.216887 / 0.226398
=0.958

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
=430.699 / 370.793
=1.1616

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))
=(17.429 / (17.429 + 32.372)) / (20.153 / (20.153 + 21.421))
=0.349973 / 0.48475
=0.722

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)
=(309.344 / 430.699) / (294.86 / 370.793)
=0.718237 / 0.795215
=0.9032

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)
=((454.839 + 281.655) / 925.306) / ((295.612 + 271.077) / 817.873)
=0.795946 / 0.692881
=1.1487

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
=(-75.189 - 3.266 - 71.974) / 925.306
=-0.162572

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.

PagerDuty has a M-score of -3.23 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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PagerDuty (PagerDuty) Business Description

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600 Townsend Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103
PagerDuty is a digital operations management platform that manages urgent and mission-critical work for a modern, digital business. Its platform harnesses digital signals from virtually any software-enabled system or device, combines it with human response data, and orchestrates teams to take the right actions in real-time. The product offerings of the company include DEVOPS, AIOPS, PROCESS AUTOMATION and BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
Executives
Howard Wilson officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PAGERDUTY, INC., 600 TOWNSEND ST., STE. 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Shelley Webb officer: SVP and General Counsel 600 TOWNSEND STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mitra Rezvan officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O, 600 TOWNSEND STREET, SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Rathi Murthy director C/O PAGERDUTY, INC., 600 TOWNSEND ST., STE. 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Jennifer Tejada director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 767 FIFTH AVENUE, C/O THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., NEW YORK NY 10153
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Dave Justice officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O PAGERDUTY, INC., 600 TOWNSEND ST., SUITE 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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Stacey Giamalis officer: Senior VP, Legal and GC C/O PAGERDUTY, INC., 600 TOWNSEND ST., STE. 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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Dan Alexandru Solomon director, officer: CTO & Co-Founder C/O PAGERDUTY, INC., 600 TOWNSEND ST., STE. 200, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
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