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Benson Hill (Benson Hill) Beneish M-Score : -3.64 (As of May. 03, 2024)


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What is Benson Hill 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 -3.64 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

BHIL' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.55   Med: -4.6   Max: -3.64
Current: -3.64

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Benson Hill was -3.64. The lowest was -5.55. And the median was -4.60.


Benson Hill Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Benson Hill'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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Benson Hill Beneish M-Score Chart

Benson Hill Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - - -5.55 -3.64

Benson Hill Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -5.55 -3.61 -3.98 -3.82 -3.64

Competitive Comparison of Benson Hill's Beneish M-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Benson Hill'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.


Benson Hill's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Benson Hill's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Benson Hill 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 Benson Hill 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 * 1.0376+0.528 * 0.1854+0.404 * 0.8269+0.892 * 1.2416+0.115 * 0.9019
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.6864+4.679 * -0.187481-0.327 * 1.2456
=-3.64

* 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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $37.6 Mil.
Revenue was 116.589 + 113.066 + 109.038 + 134.643 = $473.3 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6.996 + 4.139 + 2.968 + 9.523 = $23.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $118.9 Mil.
Total Assets was $274.8 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $141.2 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $21.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $69.1 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $101.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $85.4 Mil.
Net Income was -37.847 + -17.57 + -56.841 + -3.054 = $-115.3 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.485 + 12.202 + -24.183 + 20.828 = $9.3 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 0.737 + -29.587 + -6.588 + -37.693 = $-73.1 Mil.
Total Receivables was $29.2 Mil.
Revenue was 99.18 + 122.296 + 93.631 + 66.126 = $381.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 0.789 + 5.931 + 5.742 + -8.935 = $3.5 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $300.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $500.9 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $168.0 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $22.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $81.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $92.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $181.7 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)
=(37.624 / 473.336) / (29.205 / 381.233)
=0.079487 / 0.076607
=1.0376

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)
=(3.527 / 381.233) / (23.626 / 473.336)
=0.009252 / 0.049914
=0.1854

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 - (118.918 + 141.222) / 274.764) / (1 - (300.728 + 167.952) / 500.92)
=0.053224 / 0.064362
=0.8269

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
=473.336 / 381.233
=1.2416

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))
=(22.836 / (22.836 + 167.952)) / (21.61 / (21.61 + 141.222))
=0.119693 / 0.132713
=0.9019

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)
=(69.063 / 473.336) / (81.034 / 381.233)
=0.145907 / 0.212558
=0.6864

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)
=((85.435 + 101.923) / 274.764) / ((181.713 + 92.517) / 500.92)
=0.681887 / 0.547453
=1.2456

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
=(-115.312 - 9.332 - -73.131) / 274.764
=-0.187481

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.

Benson Hill has a M-score of -3.64 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Benson Hill (Benson Hill) Business Description

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Address
1001 North Warson Road, Saint Louis, MO, USA, 63132
Benson Hill Inc is a food technology company. It operates in one segment Ingredients. The ingredients segment is currently focused on commercializing soybean and yellow pea products, including soy-based specialty vegetable oils, aquaculture and animal feed, and ultra-high protein soy-based ingredients that have the potential to eliminate costly water and energy-intensive processing associated with producing products for the food and feed markets, alleviating supply constraints to help bring plant-based proteins to scale.
Executives
Bruce Tyler Bennett officer: President, Ingredients C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Richard L Mack director 9590 SKY LANE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55347
Yevgeny Fundler officer: Chief Legal Officer, other: Corporate Secretary 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, ST. LOUIS MO 63132
Jason Bull officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Dean P Freeman officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BENSON HILL, INC.,1001 N WARSON RD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Matthew B. Crisp director, officer: President and CEO C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Montgomery Molly director 739 MILLER AVENUE, MILL VALLEY CA 94941
David J. Lee director C/O ZYNGA INC., 699 8TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Deann L Brunts director, officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O B&G FOODS, INC., 4 GATEHALL DRIVE, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Adrienne Elsner director ONE OWENS CORNING PKWY, TOLEDO OH 43659
Linda Whitley-taylor director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 NORTH WARSON ROAD, SAINT LOUIS MO 63132
Stephan Dolezalek director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Daniel Jacobi director C/O BENSON HILL, INC., 1001 N. WARSON RD., ST. LEWIS MO 63132
Michael D. Wilds officer: CFO and CAO C/O MAGNETAR CAPITAL LLC, 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201
Star Peak Sponsor Ii Llc 10 percent owner 1603 ORRINGTON AVENUE, 13TH FLOOR, EVANSTON IL 60201