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Tencent Holdings (HKSE:00700) Beneish M-Score

: -2.56 (As of Today)
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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 -2.56 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

HKSE:00700' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.56   Med: -2.26   Max: -2.12
Current: -2.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Tencent Holdings was -2.12. The lowest was -2.56. And the median was -2.26.


Tencent Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tencent 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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Tencent Holdings 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 -2.46 -2.22 -2.12 -2.48 -

Tencent Holdings 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 -2.48 -2.66 -2.41 -2.56 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Tencent 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.


Tencent Holdings Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Tencent Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Tencent 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 Tencent 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 * 1.0058+0.528 * 0.9148+0.404 * 0.9328+0.892 * 1.0067+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8874+4.679 * -0.005704-0.327 * 1.0251
=-2.56

* 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 (Sep23) TTM:Last Year (Sep22) TTM:
Total Receivables was HK$50,768 Mil.
Revenue was 165867.142 + 163200.808 + 170833.29 + 161872.265 = HK$661,774 Mil.
Gross Profit was 82086.67 + 77483.414 + 77658.951 + 69037.537 = HK$306,267 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$542,790 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$1,653,290 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$89,928 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$146,971 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$388,689 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$329,006 Mil.
Net Income was 38812.643 + 28625.331 + 29429.35 + 118671.04 = HK$215,538 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = HK$0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 69752.698 + 44501.555 + 70955.966 + 39758.394 = HK$224,969 Mil.
Total Receivables was HK$50,138 Mil.
Revenue was 156655.886 + 157114.386 + 167033.783 + 176553.501 = HK$657,358 Mil.
Gross Profit was 69311.113 + 67831.581 + 70371.416 + 70795.03 = HK$278,309 Mil.
Total Current Assets was HK$463,418 Mil.
Total Assets was HK$1,652,901 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was HK$95,636 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was HK$0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was HK$164,519 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was HK$319,083 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was HK$380,897 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)
=(50767.95 / 661773.505) / (50137.98 / 657357.556)
=0.076715 / 0.076272
=1.0058

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)
=(278309.14 / 657357.556) / (306266.572 / 661773.505)
=0.423376 / 0.462797
=0.9148

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 - (542790.231 + 89928.149) / 1653289.651) / (1 - (463418.199 + 95636.432) / 1652900.586)
=0.617297 / 0.661774
=0.9328

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
=661773.505 / 657357.556
=1.0067

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))
=(0 / (0 + 95636.432)) / (0 / (0 + 89928.149))
=0 / 0
=1

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)
=(146970.972 / 661773.505) / (164518.887 / 657357.556)
=0.222087 / 0.250273
=0.8874

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)
=((329006.392 + 388688.527) / 1653289.651) / ((380897.461 + 319082.946) / 1652900.586)
=0.434101 / 0.423486
=1.0251

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
=(215538.364 - 0 - 224968.613) / 1653289.651
=-0.005704

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.

Tencent Holdings has a M-score of -2.56 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Tencent Holdings (HKSE:00700) Business Description

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No. 33 Haitian 2nd Road, Tencent Binhai Towers, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, CHN, 518054
Tencent is arguably the most influential internet firm in China as one can hardly go by a day without using its products. Tencent is the world's largest video game vendor and owns the world's top-grossing mobile game--Honor of Kings. Tencent also runs China's largest social media super app--WeChat. The app is now part of the fabric of life for Chinese people who use it to chat, shop, watch videos, play games, order food and taxis, and more. Equally as impressive as its own portfolio, Tencent is also among the world's largest venture capital and investment corporations. The firm is now one of the largest shareholders in leading tech companies like Meituan, JD, DiDi, Snap, PDD, Kuaishou, Epic Games, and more.

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