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Lanner Electronics (ROCO:6245) Beneish M-Score : -3.07 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is Lanner Electronics 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 -3.07 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

ROCO:6245' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.67   Med: -2.51   Max: -1.58
Current: -3.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Lanner Electronics was -1.58. The lowest was -3.67. And the median was -2.51.


Lanner Electronics Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lanner Electronics'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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Lanner Electronics Beneish M-Score Chart

Lanner Electronics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.00 -2.79 -1.92 -2.36 -3.48

Lanner Electronics Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -3.14 -3.46 -3.67 -3.48 -3.07

Competitive Comparison of Lanner Electronics's Beneish M-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Lanner Electronics'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.


Lanner Electronics's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Lanner Electronics 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 Lanner Electronics 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 * 1.0674+0.528 * 0.9369+0.404 * 0.987+0.892 * 0.7652+0.115 * 0.9234
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.1935+4.679 * -0.097647-0.327 * 0.6954
=-3.07

* 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was NT$938 Mil.
Revenue was 1657.611 + 2160.63 + 1793.033 + 2211.135 = NT$7,822 Mil.
Gross Profit was 570.018 + 717.209 + 646.181 + 720.641 = NT$2,654 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$7,771 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$9,196 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$1,272 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$150 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$1,020 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$2,815 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$18 Mil.
Net Income was 208.487 + 208.742 + 232.67 + 290.882 = NT$941 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NT$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 210.838 + 471.252 + 758.584 + 398.112 = NT$1,839 Mil.
Total Receivables was NT$1,149 Mil.
Revenue was 2206.539 + 3136.234 + 2541.727 + 2338.418 = NT$10,223 Mil.
Gross Profit was 734.831 + 1070.406 + 774.84 + 669.618 = NT$3,250 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$7,257 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$8,756 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$1,351 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$145 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$1,117 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$3,835 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$43 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)
=(938.468 / 7822.409) / (1149.027 / 10222.918)
=0.119972 / 0.112397
=1.0674

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)
=(3249.695 / 10222.918) / (2654.049 / 7822.409)
=0.317883 / 0.339288
=0.9369

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 - (7770.681 + 1272.433) / 9196.473) / (1 - (7256.53 + 1351.147) / 8755.607)
=0.016676 / 0.016895
=0.987

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
=7822.409 / 10222.918
=0.7652

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))
=(145.394 / (145.394 + 1351.147)) / (149.612 / (149.612 + 1272.433))
=0.097153 / 0.105209
=0.9234

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)
=(1019.801 / 7822.409) / (1116.625 / 10222.918)
=0.130369 / 0.109228
=1.1935

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)
=((17.664 + 2815.268) / 9196.473) / ((42.887 + 3835.457) / 8755.607)
=0.308045 / 0.442955
=0.6954

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
=(940.781 - 0 - 1838.786) / 9196.473
=-0.097647

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.

Lanner Electronics has a M-score of -3.07 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Lanner Electronics (ROCO:6245) Business Description

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No. 173, Datong Road, 7th Floor, Section 2, XiZhi District, New Taipei, TWN, 22184
Lanner Electronics Inc is a Taiwan-based company that engages in the provision of engineering and manufacturing services for network appliances and rugged applied computing platforms for system integrators, service providers, and application developers. Its products include telecommunication data center appliances, industrial communication platforms, embedded boxes, vehicle computers, and embedded boards. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.

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