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Applied Digital (Applied Digital) Beneish M-Score : -0.13 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Applied Digital 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score -0.13 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

APLD' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.73   Med: -0.13   Max: 4.67
Current: -0.13

During the past 11 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Applied Digital was 4.67. The lowest was -1.73. And the median was -0.13.


Applied Digital Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Applied Digital'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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Applied Digital Beneish M-Score Chart

Applied Digital Annual Data
Trend May03 May04 May05 May06 May07 May08 May20 May21 May22 May23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.63 4.67 - - -1.73

Applied Digital Quarterly Data
May08 Aug08 Nov08 Feb09 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 - -1.73 1.33 -0.32 -0.13

Competitive Comparison of Applied Digital's Beneish M-Score

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Applied Digital'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.


Applied Digital's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Applied Digital's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Applied Digital 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 Applied Digital 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 * 0.7792+0.528 * 0.6457+0.404 * 4.3932+0.892 * 3.5206+0.115 * 0.5497
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.4869+4.679 * -0.178361-0.327 * 1.2457
=-0.13

* 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 (Feb24) TTM:Last Year (Feb23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $0.2 Mil.
Revenue was 43.348 + 42.203 + 36.323 + 22.038 = $143.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was -3.713 + 12.981 + 11.925 + 6.1 = $27.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $105.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $643.2 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $496.2 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $17.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $80.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $349.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $175.5 Mil.
Net Income was -62.838 + -10.529 + -11.457 + -6.473 = $-91.3 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -24.335 + -0.08 + -4.653 + 0 = $-29.1 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 38.84 + 4.539 + 4.517 + 4.591 = $52.5 Mil.
Total Receivables was $0.1 Mil.
Revenue was 14.09 + 12.34 + 6.924 + 7.523 = $40.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3.557 + 0.528 + 0.831 + 0.09 = $5.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $24.4 Mil.
Total Assets was $207.6 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $180.2 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $3.5 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $47.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $108.6 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $27.4 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)
=(0.225 / 143.912) / (0.082 / 40.877)
=0.001563 / 0.002006
=0.7792

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)
=(5.006 / 40.877) / (27.293 / 143.912)
=0.122465 / 0.189651
=0.6457

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 - (105.701 + 496.228) / 643.168) / (1 - (24.39 + 180.187) / 207.607)
=0.064119 / 0.014595
=4.3932

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
=143.912 / 40.877
=3.5206

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))
=(3.455 / (3.455 + 180.187)) / (17.586 / (17.586 + 496.228))
=0.018814 / 0.034226
=0.5497

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)
=(80.793 / 143.912) / (47.136 / 40.877)
=0.561406 / 1.153118
=0.4869

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)
=((175.52 + 349.16) / 643.168) / ((27.352 + 108.6) / 207.607)
=0.815774 / 0.654853
=1.2457

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
=(-91.297 - -29.068 - 52.487) / 643.168
=-0.178361

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.

Applied Digital has a M-score of -0.13 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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Applied Digital (Applied Digital) Business Description

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Address
3811 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 2100, Dallas, TX, USA, 75219
Applied Digital Corp designs, develops and operates next-generation datacenters across North America to provide digital infrastructure solutions to the rapidly growing high performance computing industry.
Executives
Virginia Moore director 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN,INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Richard N Nottenburg director 1303 EAST ALGONQUIN ROAD, SCHAUMBURG IL 60196
Michael Maniscalco officer: Chief Technology Officer 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, DALLAS TX 75219
Wes Cummins director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & Chairman 4505 LORRAINE AVE, DALLAS TX 75205
David Rench officer: Chief Financial Officer 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN, INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Regina Ingel officer: EVP - Operations 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN, INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Chuck Hastings director 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN, INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Douglas S Miller director C/O TELENAV, INC., 4655 GREAT AMERICA PK, SUITE 300, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Jason Zhang director 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN, INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Kelli Mcdonald director 3811 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2100, C/O APPLIED BLOCKCHAIN, INC., DALLAS TX 75219
Richard S Rosenfeld officer: CFO 105 STONEBRIDGE ROAD, MONTCLAIR NJ 07042
James A Schwartz director 28 COTTRELL STREET, MYSTIC CT 06355
Riley Investment Partners Master Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 810, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Riley Investment Management Llc 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 810, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Frank L Rees director, officer: Executive Vice-President

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