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Unimicron Technology (TPE:3037) Beneish M-Score : -2.19 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Unimicron Technology 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 -2.19 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TPE:3037' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.43   Med: -2.83   Max: -2.19
Current: -2.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Unimicron Technology was -2.19. The lowest was -3.43. And the median was -2.83.


Unimicron Technology Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unimicron Technology'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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Unimicron Technology Beneish M-Score Chart

Unimicron Technology 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 -2.82 -2.91 -3.07 -3.17 -2.75

Unimicron Technology 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 -3.34 -3.32 -2.85 -2.75 -2.19

Competitive Comparison of Unimicron Technology's Beneish M-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Unimicron Technology'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.


Unimicron Technology's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Unimicron Technology 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 Unimicron Technology 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 * 1.2791+0.528 * 1.8307+0.404 * 1.1632+0.892 * 0.7618+0.115 * 0.8973
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.3417+4.679 * -0.04118-0.327 * 0.9927
=-2.19

* 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$21,755 Mil.
Revenue was 26402.819 + 25689.382 + 26545.656 + 25234.907 = NT$103,873 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4292.126 + 4508.234 + 5229.941 + 5100.981 = NT$19,131 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$90,849 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$223,096 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$114,879 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$15,609 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$6,576 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$46,276 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$27,040 Mil.
Net Income was 2433.573 + 2906.923 + 2589.228 + 2388.761 = NT$10,318 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NT$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2750.636 + 7039.092 + 3813.558 + 5902.34 = NT$19,506 Mil.
Total Receivables was NT$22,326 Mil.
Revenue was 26566.206 + 36689.686 + 37453.505 + 35634.988 = NT$136,344 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5462.447 + 12741.995 + 14298.881 + 13469.308 = NT$45,973 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$102,618 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$222,516 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$105,005 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$12,626 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$6,434 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$48,172 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$25,488 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)
=(21755.499 / 103872.764) / (22325.769 / 136344.385)
=0.209444 / 0.163745
=1.2791

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)
=(45972.631 / 136344.385) / (19131.282 / 103872.764)
=0.33718 / 0.18418
=1.8307

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 - (90849.148 + 114879.135) / 223096.366) / (1 - (102618.087 + 105005.149) / 222516.242)
=0.07785 / 0.06693
=1.1632

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
=103872.764 / 136344.385
=0.7618

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))
=(12626.211 / (12626.211 + 105005.149)) / (15608.801 / (15608.801 + 114879.135))
=0.107337 / 0.119619
=0.8973

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)
=(6576.26 / 103872.764) / (6433.872 / 136344.385)
=0.063311 / 0.047188
=1.3417

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)
=((27039.777 + 46275.643) / 223096.366) / ((25487.547 + 48172.061) / 222516.242)
=0.328627 / 0.33103
=0.9927

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
=(10318.485 - 0 - 19505.626) / 223096.366
=-0.04118

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.

Unimicron Technology has a M-score of -2.19 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Unimicron Technology (TPE:3037) Business Description

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No. 179, Shanying Road, Guishan District, Taoyuan, TWN
Unimicron Technology Corporation manufactures and distributes printed circuit boards and integrated circuit products. The company is based in Taiwan and earns its revenue in the Asia region, but also has operations in America and domestically within Taiwan. Unimicron manufactures printed circuit boards, multilayer chip scale packages, ball grid array, system in package, embedded passive products, super-thin substrate, and flip chip substrate, to be used in mobile devices, telecommunications applications, and laptop computers.

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