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Caleres (Caleres) Beneish M-Score : -2.52 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Caleres 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 -2.52 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

CAL' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.23   Med: -2.55   Max: -2.32
Current: -2.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Caleres was -2.32. The lowest was -3.23. And the median was -2.55.


Caleres Beneish M-Score Historical Data

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

Caleres Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.81 -3.23 -2.56 -2.37 -2.52

Caleres Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -2.37 -2.57 -2.63 -2.71 -2.52

Competitive Comparison of Caleres's Beneish M-Score

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Caleres'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.


Caleres's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Caleres's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Caleres 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 Caleres 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 * 1.0836+0.528 * 0.9657+0.404 * 0.9997+0.892 * 0.9492+0.115 * 0.9462
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0484+4.679 * -0.015995-0.327 * 0.898
=-2.52

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $155 Mil.
Revenue was 697.123 + 761.904 + 695.533 + 662.734 = $2,817 Mil.
Gross Profit was 305.728 + 340.374 + 314.173 + 302.682 = $1,263 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $789 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,805 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $696 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $53 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,062 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $743 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $453 Mil.
Net Income was 55.807 + 46.914 + 33.943 + 34.727 = $171 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -0.602 + -0.752 + -0.031 + 1.492 = $0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 42.968 + 32.007 + 87.679 + 37.497 = $200 Mil.
Total Receivables was $150 Mil.
Revenue was 696.434 + 798.258 + 738.33 + 735.116 = $2,968 Mil.
Gross Profit was 281.188 + 339.876 + 336.815 + 326.994 = $1,285 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $831 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,836 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $679 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $49 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,068 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $911 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $444 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)
=(154.615 / 2817.294) / (150.329 / 2968.138)
=0.054881 / 0.050648
=1.0836

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)
=(1284.873 / 2968.138) / (1262.957 / 2817.294)
=0.432889 / 0.448287
=0.9657

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 - (788.909 + 695.612) / 1804.746) / (1 - (831.455 + 679.079) / 1836.472)
=0.177435 / 0.177481
=0.9997

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
=2817.294 / 2968.138
=0.9492

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))
=(49.011 / (49.011 + 679.079)) / (53.28 / (53.28 + 695.612))
=0.067314 / 0.071145
=0.9462

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)
=(1062.399 / 2817.294) / (1067.636 / 2968.138)
=0.377099 / 0.359699
=1.0484

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)
=((453.097 + 742.956) / 1804.746) / ((444.074 + 911.196) / 1836.472)
=0.662727 / 0.737975
=0.898

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
=(171.391 - 0.107 - 200.151) / 1804.746
=-0.015995

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.

Caleres has a M-score of -2.52 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Caleres (Caleres) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8300 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63105
Caleres Inc is a footwear retailer in the United States. The Company's business are organized into two reportable segments are famous Footwear and Brand Portfolio. The famous Footwear segment is comprised of famous Footwear retail stores, famousfootwear.com and famousfootwear.ca. The Brand Portfolio segment offers retailers and consumers a carefully cultivated portfolio of top brands. This segment is comprised of wholesale operations that designs, develops, sources, manufactures, markets and distributes branded, licensed and private-label footwear to online retailers, national chains, department stores, mass merchandisers and independent retailers, as well as Company owned famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Naturalizer and Allen Edmonds stores and e-commerce businesses.
Executives
John W Schmidt officer: Div Pres, Whls Better & Image 693 FIFTH AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Willis Hill officer: Chief Information Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Mark A Schmitt officer: SVP, CIO 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Todd E Hasty officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Diane M Sullivan officer: President, Brown Shoe Co., Inc 78 COUNTRY CLUB WAY, IPSWICH MA 01938
Douglas Koch officer: SVP & Chief Talent Officer 5032 WESTMINISTER PL, ST. LOUIS MO 63108
Daniel R Freidman officer: Div Pres, Whls Prod & Sorcing 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Carla C Hendra director 885 WEST END AVE. 12B, NEW YORK NY 10025
Jack Calandra officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer 6380 ROGERDALE RD., HOUSTON TX 77072
Bruce K Thorn director 15885 SPRAGUE RD, STRONGSVILLE OH 44136-1799
Jennifer Olsen officer: Chief Marketing Officer 8300 MARYLAND AVE., ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Ken Hannah officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer C/O MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC., P O BOX 8, ST, PETERS MO 63376
Michael R Edwards officer: Div President, Famous Footwear 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Thomas C Burke officer: VP, General Counsel 8300 MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Patricia G Mcginnis director 4827 V STREET, WASHINGTON DC 20007