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M-Tron Industries (M-Tron Industries) Beneish M-Score : -2.57 (As of May. 23, 2024)


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What is M-Tron Industries 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 -2.57 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

MPTI' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.05   Med: -2.62   Max: -2.49
Current: -2.57

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of M-Tron Industries was -2.49. The lowest was -3.05. And the median was -2.62.


M-Tron Industries Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for M-Tron Industries'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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M-Tron Industries Beneish M-Score Chart

M-Tron Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - -2.74 -2.56

M-Tron Industries Quarterly Data
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 -3.05 -2.49 -2.66 -2.56 -2.57

Competitive Comparison of M-Tron Industries's Beneish M-Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, M-Tron Industries'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.


M-Tron Industries's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



M-Tron Industries 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 M-Tron Industries 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 * 0.7931+0.528 * 0.8156+0.404 * 1.2653+0.892 * 1.2824+0.115 * 1.0023
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.1477+4.679 * -0.051378-0.327 * 0.6831
=-2.57

* 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 $5.59 Mil.
Revenue was 11.185 + 10.773 + 10.888 + 10.14 = $42.99 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.779 + 4.693 + 4.658 + 4.219 = $18.35 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $20.72 Mil.
Total Assets was $26.78 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $4.12 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.87 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $13.02 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.06 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.01 Mil.
Net Income was 1.486 + 0.073 + 1.586 + 1.277 = $4.42 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.042 + 0.1 + 0.012 + 0.022 = $0.18 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.496 + 2.132 + 1.494 + 0.5 = $5.62 Mil.
Total Receivables was $5.50 Mil.
Revenue was 9.367 + 8.673 + 8.417 + 7.064 = $33.52 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3.196 + 3.093 + 2.729 + 2.652 = $11.67 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $15.57 Mil.
Total Assets was $20.40 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $3.66 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.77 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $8.85 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $5.59 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.06 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)
=(5.594 / 42.986) / (5.5 / 33.521)
=0.130135 / 0.164076
=0.7931

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)
=(11.67 / 33.521) / (18.349 / 42.986)
=0.34814 / 0.42686
=0.8156

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 - (20.723 + 4.115) / 26.782) / (1 - (15.567 + 3.658) / 20.395)
=0.072586 / 0.057367
=1.2653

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
=42.986 / 33.521
=1.2824

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))
=(0.772 / (0.772 + 3.658)) / (0.866 / (0.866 + 4.115))
=0.174266 / 0.173861
=1.0023

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)
=(13.022 / 42.986) / (8.848 / 33.521)
=0.302936 / 0.263954
=1.1477

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)
=((0.01 + 5.057) / 26.782) / ((0.059 + 5.59) / 20.395)
=0.189194 / 0.27698
=0.6831

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
=(4.422 - 0.176 - 5.622) / 26.782
=-0.051378

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.

M-Tron Industries has a M-score of -2.57 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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M-Tron Industries (M-Tron Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2525 Shader Road, Orlando, FL, USA, 32804
M-Tron Industries Inc is a diversified holding company with subsidiaries engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of highly-engineered, high reliability frequency and spectrum control products used to control the frequency or timing of signals in electronic circuits in various applications. It offers a wide range of products such as microwave and millimeter wave filters; cavity, crystal, ceramic, lumped element and switched filters; crystal resonators, integrated microwave assemblies and state-of-the-art solid state power amplifier products.
Executives
William Arnold Drafts officer: President 746 CRISTALDI WAY, LONGWOOD FL 32779
Ferrantino Michael J Jr director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 12 MARTINGALE LANE, ANDOVER MA 01810
Ivan Arteaga director 497 EISENHOWER COURT, WYCKOFF NJ 07481
James William Tivy officer: Chief Financial Officer 220 E. CENTRAL PARKWAY, SUITE 2060, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS FL 32701
Mario J Gabelli 10 percent owner 191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Linda M Biles officer: VP, Controller 2525 SHADER ROAD, ORLANDO FL 32804
Marc Gabelli director, 10 percent owner 401 THEODORE FREMD AVE, RYE NY 10580
Bel Lazar director 4705 S. APOPKA VINELAND ROAD, SUITE 201, ORLANDO FL 32819
Hendi Susanto director 2525 SHADER RD., ORLANDO FL 32804
Lapenta Robert V Jr director C/O ASTON CAPITAL, 177 BROAD ST., 12TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
David M Goldman director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
John S Mega director C/O L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, 600 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016