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National United Resources Holdings (HKSE:00254) Beneish M-Score : -1.51 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is National United Resources Holdings 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.

Warning Sign:

Beneish M-Score -1.51 higher than -1.78, which implies that the company might have manipulated its financial results.

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

HKSE:00254' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.4   Med: -1.44   Max: 31.25
Current: -1.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of National United Resources Holdings was 31.25. The lowest was -20.40. And the median was -1.44.


National United Resources Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for National United Resources Holdings'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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National United Resources Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

National United Resources Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Beneish M-Score
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National United Resources Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of National United Resources Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, National United Resources Holdings'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.


National United Resources Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, National United Resources Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where National United Resources Holdings's Beneish M-Score falls into.



National United Resources Holdings 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 National United Resources Holdings 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 * 0.5985+0.528 * 2.3473+0.404 * 1.1829+0.892 * 1.376+0.115 * 0.6577
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.5621+4.679 * 0.042228-0.327 * 1.0521
=-1.51

* 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 (Dec20) TTM:Last Year (Dec19) TTM:
Total Receivables was HK$63.0 Mil.
Revenue was HK$134.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$31.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$84.9 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$327.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$198.8 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$27.3 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$33.2 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$842.0 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$10.8 Mil.
Net Income was HK$36.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$0.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was HK$22.9 Mil.
Total Receivables was HK$76.4 Mil.
Revenue was HK$97.8 Mil.
Gross Profit was HK$52.8 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$129.1 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$382.0 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$209.8 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$18.1 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$43.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$903.9 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$41.8 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)
=(62.959 / 134.527) / (76.445 / 97.767)
=0.468003 / 0.78191
=0.5985

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)
=(52.812 / 97.767) / (30.959 / 134.527)
=0.540182 / 0.230132
=2.3473

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 - (84.932 + 198.791) / 327.367) / (1 - (129.085 + 209.817) / 381.95)
=0.133318 / 0.112706
=1.1829

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
=134.527 / 97.767
=1.376

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))
=(18.081 / (18.081 + 209.817)) / (27.27 / (27.27 + 198.791))
=0.079338 / 0.120631
=0.6577

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)
=(33.229 / 134.527) / (42.961 / 97.767)
=0.247006 / 0.439422
=0.5621

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)
=((10.772 + 842.006) / 327.367) / ((41.808 + 903.916) / 381.95)
=2.60496 / 2.476041
=1.0521

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
=(36.726 - 0 - 22.902) / 327.367
=0.042228

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.

National United Resources Holdings has a M-score of -1.51 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.


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National United Resources Holdings (HKSE:00254) Business Description

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Address
213 Queen's Road East, Unit 2806, 28th Floor, Wu Chung House, Wanchai, Hong Kong, HKG
National United Resources Holdings Ltd is an investment holding company. The company is engaged in car rental and shuttle bus services business through the TMTC Group. The TMTC Group has 700 electric buses and fuel buses over vehicles in total with capacity of 5 to 59 seats. The car rental and shuttle bus services business serves with particular capacity requirements, type of vehicles, point to point services, contracted tailor-made services, routes/commute served with specified timetable to employees/students of institutional customers between the working places/schools to different residential communities; car rental without chauffeur; and car rental with chauffeur for trip on business, leisure and various government grand events purposes.

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