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Crown Castle (BSP:C1CI34) Beneish M-Score : -2.95 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Crown Castle 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 -2.95 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

BSP:C1CI34' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.08   Med: -2.57   Max: -2.18
Current: -2.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Crown Castle was -2.18. The lowest was -3.08. And the median was -2.57.


Crown Castle Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crown Castle'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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Crown Castle Beneish M-Score Chart

Crown Castle 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 -2.55 -3.01 -2.30 -2.53 -2.84

Crown Castle 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 -2.34 -2.53 -2.53 -2.84 -2.95

Competitive Comparison of Crown Castle's Beneish M-Score

For the REIT - Specialty subindustry, Crown Castle'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.


Crown Castle's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Crown Castle's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Crown Castle 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 Crown Castle 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 * 0.7534+0.528 * 0.9793+0.404 * 1.0106+0.892 * 0.9251+0.115 * 0.9716
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0018+4.679 * -0.040842-0.327 * 1.0348
=-2.99

* 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 R$2,505 Mil.
Revenue was 8171.852 + 8202.265 + 8232.813 + 9061.858 = R$33,669 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5861.225 + 5982.656 + 5832.605 + 6528.227 = R$24,205 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$4,865 Mil.
Total Assets was R$190,383 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was R$107,897 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was R$8,665 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was R$3,672 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$11,633 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$139,220 Mil.
Net Income was 1548.718 + 1778.627 + 1308.756 + 2208.434 = R$6,845 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -74.697 + -88.196 + -395.096 + -121.343 = R$-679 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 2982.9 + 4253.026 + 2632.327 + 5431.29 = R$15,300 Mil.
Total Receivables was R$3,594 Mil.
Revenue was 9234.848 + 9252.886 + 9155.326 + 8752.712 = R$36,396 Mil.
Gross Profit was 6531.584 + 6525.278 + 6407.679 + 6158.194 = R$25,623 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$6,901 Mil.
Total Assets was R$203,417 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was R$114,454 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was R$8,911 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was R$3,962 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$13,204 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$142,554 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)
=(2504.839 / 33668.788) / (3593.934 / 36395.772)
=0.074396 / 0.098746
=0.7534

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)
=(25622.735 / 36395.772) / (24204.713 / 33668.788)
=0.704003 / 0.718907
=0.9793

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 - (4865.265 + 107897.327) / 190382.734) / (1 - (6901.395 + 114453.776) / 203416.664)
=0.407706 / 0.403416
=1.0106

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
=33668.788 / 36395.772
=0.9251

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))
=(8910.546 / (8910.546 + 114453.776)) / (8665.13 / (8665.13 + 107897.327))
=0.07223 / 0.074339
=0.9716

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)
=(3671.955 / 33668.788) / (3962.41 / 36395.772)
=0.109061 / 0.10887
=1.0018

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)
=((139220.269 + 11632.813) / 190382.734) / ((142554.173 + 13203.801) / 203416.664)
=0.792367 / 0.765709
=1.0348

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
=(6844.535 - -679.332 - 15299.543) / 190382.734
=-0.040842

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.

Crown Castle has a M-score of -2.99 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Crown Castle (BSP:C1CI34) Business Description

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Address
8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-1908
Crown Castle International owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 85,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small-cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big three U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust.

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