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ACI Formulations (DHA:ACIFORMULA) Beneish M-Score : -2.22 (As of May. 17, 2024)


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What is ACI Formulations 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 -2.22 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

DHA:ACIFORMULA' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.05   Med: -2.09   Max: 0.6
Current: -2.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of ACI Formulations was 0.60. The lowest was -3.05. And the median was -2.09.


ACI Formulations Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for ACI Formulations'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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ACI Formulations Beneish M-Score Chart

ACI Formulations Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.04 -3.05 -2.73 -2.18 -1.62

ACI Formulations Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.79 -1.76 -1.62 -2.09 -2.22

Competitive Comparison of ACI Formulations's Beneish M-Score

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, ACI Formulations'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.


ACI Formulations's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

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



ACI Formulations 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 ACI Formulations 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 * 1.0308+0.528 * 1.0165+0.404 * 1.1419+0.892 * 1.0781+0.115 * 1.953
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9625+4.679 * -0.010672-0.327 * 0.9001
=-2.22

* 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 BDT2,709 Mil.
Revenue was 1387.48 + 1430.435 + 923.365 + 1308.181 = BDT5,049 Mil.
Gross Profit was 417.602 + 376.273 + 212.975 + 353.683 = BDT1,361 Mil.
Total Current Assets was BDT4,559 Mil.
Total Assets was BDT7,136 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was BDT2,532 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was BDT22 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was BDT827 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was BDT3,708 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was BDT25 Mil.
Net Income was 127.573 + 77.637 + -18.499 + 62.623 = BDT249 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = BDT0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 143.149 + 182.345 + 0 + 0 = BDT325 Mil.
Total Receivables was BDT2,437 Mil.
Revenue was 1434.835 + 1293.428 + 797.331 + 1157.893 = BDT4,683 Mil.
Gross Profit was 410.636 + 339.642 + 201.794 + 330.693 = BDT1,283 Mil.
Total Current Assets was BDT5,349 Mil.
Total Assets was BDT7,818 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was BDT2,425 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was BDT41 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was BDT797 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was BDT4,518 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was BDT26 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)
=(2708.693 / 5049.461) / (2437.351 / 4683.487)
=0.536432 / 0.520414
=1.0308

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)
=(1282.765 / 4683.487) / (1360.533 / 5049.461)
=0.273891 / 0.269441
=1.0165

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 - (4558.537 + 2531.88) / 7136.231) / (1 - (5349.08 + 2424.983) / 7818.015)
=0.00642 / 0.005622
=1.1419

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
=5049.461 / 4683.487
=1.0781

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))
=(41.23 / (41.23 + 2424.983)) / (21.861 / (21.861 + 2531.88))
=0.016718 / 0.00856
=1.953

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)
=(827.479 / 5049.461) / (797.367 / 4683.487)
=0.163875 / 0.170251
=0.9625

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)
=((25.261 + 3708.062) / 7136.231) / ((26.437 + 4517.649) / 7818.015)
=0.523151 / 0.581233
=0.9001

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
=(249.334 - 0 - 325.494) / 7136.231
=-0.010672

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.

ACI Formulations has a M-score of -2.22 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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ACI Formulations (DHA:ACIFORMULA) Business Description

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ACI Centre, 245, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka, BGD, 1208
ACI Formulations Ltd is an agricultural chemicals manufacturer. The principal activities of the company are manufacturing and marketing a number of agrochemical and consumer products. The company has structured its operations into the following business segments - Crop Care and Public Health segment, which manufactures and sell crop care and public health products; Mosquito Coil segment is engaged in the manufacturing and selling of mosquito coil products; the Aerosol segment is engaged in the manufacturing and selling aerosol and air freshener products; and Paint segment which manufactures and sells paint products. It derives key revenue from the Crop Care and Public Health segment.

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