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Creative Realities (Creative Realities) Beneish M-Score : -2.62 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Creative Realities 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 -2.62 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

CREX' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5   Med: -2.75   Max: 11.59
Current: -2.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Creative Realities was 11.59. The lowest was -5.00. And the median was -2.75.


Creative Realities Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Creative Realities'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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Creative Realities Beneish M-Score Chart

Creative Realities 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 -2.39 -3.89 -2.71 -1.17 -2.59

Creative Realities 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 -2.75 -3.50 -3.74 -2.59 -2.62

Competitive Comparison of Creative Realities's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Creative Realities'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.


Creative Realities's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Creative Realities's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Creative Realities 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 Creative Realities 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 * 1.244+0.528 * 0.9252+0.404 * 0.9589+0.892 * 1.1168+0.115 * 0.8789
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9228+4.679 * -0.070052-0.327 * 1.2434
=-2.62

* 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 $9.52 Mil.
Revenue was 12.285 + 14.458 + 11.568 + 9.196 = $47.51 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5.764 + 7.493 + 5.303 + 4.298 = $22.86 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $16.32 Mil.
Total Assets was $68.21 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1.34 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $3.28 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $16.50 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $38.74 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.44 Mil.
Net Income was -0.109 + 1.419 + -1.931 + -1.425 = $-2.05 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.639 + 0.121 + -1.372 + 0.107 = $-0.51 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.938 + -3.139 + 1.962 + 2.476 = $3.24 Mil.
Total Receivables was $6.85 Mil.
Revenue was 9.944 + 10.49 + 11.18 + 10.923 = $42.54 Mil.
Gross Profit was 5.089 + 4.671 + 4.514 + 4.662 = $18.94 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13.04 Mil.
Total Assets was $65.10 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1.75 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $2.91 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $16.01 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $16.86 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $13.22 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)
=(9.516 / 47.507) / (6.849 / 42.537)
=0.200307 / 0.161013
=1.244

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)
=(18.936 / 42.537) / (22.858 / 47.507)
=0.445165 / 0.48115
=0.9252

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 - (16.317 + 1.339) / 68.206) / (1 - (13.037 + 1.749) / 65.102)
=0.741137 / 0.772879
=0.9589

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
=47.507 / 42.537
=1.1168

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))
=(2.905 / (2.905 + 1.749)) / (3.281 / (3.281 + 1.339))
=0.624194 / 0.710173
=0.8789

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)
=(16.501 / 47.507) / (16.01 / 42.537)
=0.347338 / 0.376378
=0.9228

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)
=((0.444 + 38.735) / 68.206) / ((13.216 + 16.859) / 65.102)
=0.574422 / 0.461967
=1.2434

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
=(-2.046 - -0.505 - 3.237) / 68.206
=-0.070052

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.

Creative Realities has a M-score of -2.62 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Creative Realities (Creative Realities) Business Description

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Address
13100 Magisterial Drive, Suite 100, Louisville, KY, USA, 40223
Creative Realities Inc, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing innovative digital marketing technology & solutions to global retail companies, luxury and other individual retail brands, advertising networks, outdoor clients, enterprises, and other organizations. The Company operates in one reportable segment being marketing technology solutions .The company provides solutions related to digital merchandising systems, omnichannel customer engagement systems, interactive digital shopping assistants, advisors and kiosks, and high-end audio-visual networks along with marketing technologies such as mobile, social media, point-of-sale transactions, beaconing, and web-based media.
Executives
Logan William Lindsey Iv officer: CFO 13100 CEDAR FOREST WAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40245
Richard C Mills director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O POMEROY COMPUTER RESOURCES INC, 1020 PETERSBURG ROAD, HEBRON KY 41048
Donald A Harris director C/O NFINANSE INC., 3923 COCONUT PALM DRIVE, SUITE 107, TAMPA FL 33619
Stephen Nesbit director 13100 MAGISTERIAL DRIVE, SUITE 100, LOUISVILLE KY 40223
Slipstream Communications, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Pegasus Investors Iv Gp, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Pegasus Investors Iv, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Bcom Holdings, Lp 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Pegasus Capital Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Craig M Cogut 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Bcom Gp Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Business Services Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Slipstream Funding, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PEGASUS CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.P., 750 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 600, STAMFORD CT 06902
Dennis Mcgill director 3601 PLAINS BLVD, STE 1, AMARILLO TX 79102
Alec Machiels director 505 PARK AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022