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Wiwynn (TPE:6669) Beneish M-Score : -3.19 (As of May. 09, 2024)


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What is Wiwynn 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 -3.19 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TPE:6669' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.45   Med: -1.81   Max: 2.78
Current: -3.19

During the past 11 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Wiwynn was 2.78. The lowest was -3.45. And the median was -1.81.


Wiwynn Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Wiwynn 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 -1.95 -3.45 -0.78 -2.55 -3.39

Wiwynn 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 -1.66 -2.03 -1.06 -3.39 -3.19

Competitive Comparison of Wiwynn's Beneish M-Score

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Wiwynn'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.


Wiwynn's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Wiwynn 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 Wiwynn 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 * 0.9433+0.528 * 0.8141+0.404 * 1.1826+0.892 * 0.75+0.115 * 1.5897
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.321+4.679 * -0.090403-0.327 * 0.9915
=-3.19

* 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$21,747 Mil.
Revenue was 69628.237 + 58549.705 + 52817.25 + 56308.196 = NT$237,303 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7705.063 + 6460.21 + 5054.322 + 4960.184 = NT$24,180 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$99,925 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$111,512 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$8,951 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$1,164 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$2,757 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$52,329 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$10,166 Mil.
Net Income was 4707.274 + 3514.768 + 2615.056 + 2615.564 = NT$13,453 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = NT$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -8699.166 + 22198.621 + 11533.571 + -1499.366 = NT$23,534 Mil.
Total Receivables was NT$30,738 Mil.
Revenue was 74225.838 + 87439.399 + 79673.999 + 75057.225 = NT$316,396 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6182.561 + 7356.739 + 6443.624 + 6264.408 = NT$26,247 Mil.
Total Current Assets was NT$93,762 Mil.
Total Assets was NT$99,481 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was NT$3,730 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was NT$835 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was NT$2,782 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was NT$44,500 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was NT$11,731 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)
=(21746.617 / 237303.388) / (30738.219 / 316396.461)
=0.091641 / 0.097151
=0.9433

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)
=(26247.332 / 316396.461) / (24179.779 / 237303.388)
=0.082957 / 0.101894
=0.8141

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 - (99924.651 + 8951.422) / 111512.048) / (1 - (93762.188 + 3730.135) / 99480.895)
=0.023638 / 0.019989
=1.1826

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
=237303.388 / 316396.461
=0.75

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))
=(835.346 / (835.346 + 3730.135)) / (1164.313 / (1164.313 + 8951.422))
=0.18297 / 0.115099
=1.5897

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)
=(2756.645 / 237303.388) / (2782.379 / 316396.461)
=0.011617 / 0.008794
=1.321

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)
=((10165.562 + 52329.263) / 111512.048) / ((11730.513 + 44499.848) / 99480.895)
=0.560431 / 0.565238
=0.9915

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
=(13452.662 - 0 - 23533.66) / 111512.048
=-0.090403

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.

Wiwynn has a M-score of -3.19 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


Wiwynn (TPE:6669) Business Description

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Address
Xintai 5th Road, 8th Floor, 90, Section 1, Xizhi District, Taipei, TWN, 221-02
Wiwynn Corp is a Taiwan based cloud infrastructure provider. The company is a cloud-enabling service company that is engaged in research, development, design, testing, and sales of products, semi-products, peripheral equipments and parts of computer and peripheral equipments, data storage media, electric appliances and media products, information software, export business relating to the business of the company, management consult services, information software services, and data processing services. The company derives revenue from manufacturing and sale of servers and storage in cloud infrastructure and hyperscale data center.

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