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HireRight Holdings (HireRight Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -2.97 (As of Apr. 29, 2024)


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What is HireRight 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.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.97 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

HRT' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.97   Med: -2.68   Max: -2.39
Current: -2.97

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of HireRight Holdings was -2.39. The lowest was -2.97. And the median was -2.68.


HireRight Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for HireRight 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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HireRight Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

HireRight Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - - -2.39 -2.97

HireRight Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 -2.39 -2.64 -2.63 -2.93 -2.97

Competitive Comparison of HireRight Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, HireRight 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.


HireRight Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



HireRight 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 HireRight 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 * 0.9872+0.528 * 0.9597+0.404 * 1.0392+0.892 * 0.8949+0.115 * 0.9347
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.1937+4.679 * -0.063879-0.327 * 1.12
=-2.97

* 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 $120.7 Mil.
Revenue was 166.044 + 188.262 + 192.124 + 175.447 = $721.9 Mil.
Gross Profit was 81.495 + 93.84 + 93.548 + 76.996 = $345.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $263.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,548.3 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $12.5 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $86.5 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $214.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $147.4 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $726.8 Mil.
Net Income was -4.506 + -1.655 + 2.512 + -7.911 = $-11.6 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -1.45 + -0.881 + -0.242 + -0.306 = $-2.9 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 39.594 + 38.056 + 17.587 + -5.015 = $90.2 Mil.
Total Receivables was $136.7 Mil.
Revenue was 175.362 + 210.303 + 222.292 + 198.711 = $806.7 Mil.
Gross Profit was 82.863 + 99.455 + 102.302 + 86.308 = $370.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $318.8 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,605.7 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $17.5 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $77.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $200.9 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $126.2 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $683.2 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)
=(120.724 / 721.877) / (136.656 / 806.668)
=0.167236 / 0.169408
=0.9872

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)
=(370.928 / 806.668) / (345.879 / 721.877)
=0.459827 / 0.479138
=0.9597

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 - (263.696 + 12.543) / 1548.29) / (1 - (318.803 + 17.468) / 1605.747)
=0.821584 / 0.790583
=1.0392

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
=721.877 / 806.668
=0.8949

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))
=(77.622 / (77.622 + 17.468)) / (86.457 / (86.457 + 12.543))
=0.8163 / 0.873303
=0.9347

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)
=(214.559 / 721.877) / (200.853 / 806.668)
=0.297224 / 0.248991
=1.1937

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)
=((726.767 + 147.351) / 1548.29) / ((683.206 + 126.204) / 1605.747)
=0.56457 / 0.504071
=1.12

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
=(-11.56 - -2.879 - 90.222) / 1548.29
=-0.063879

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.

HireRight Holdings has a M-score of -2.97 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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HireRight Holdings (HireRight Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
100 Centerview Drive, Suite 300, Nashville, TN, USA, 37214
HireRight Holdings Corp is a global provider of technology-driven workforce risk management and compliance solutions. It provides comprehensive background screening, verification, identification, monitoring, and drug and health screening services. It offers services via a unified global software and data platform that tightly integrates into its customers' human capital management (HCM) systems enabling effective and efficient workflows for workforce hiring, onboarding, and monitoring. The company's revenues is derived from contracts to provide services. Majority of the revenue is generated from United States.
Executives
Mary O'loughlin officer: EVP, North America 100 CENTERVIEW DRIVE, SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37214
Michael E Ensor officer: SVP, Global Head of Operations 100 CENTERVIEW DRIVE, SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37214
James R Daxner officer: EVP, Global Head of Product 100 CENTERVIEW DRIVE, SUITE 300, NASHVILLE TN 37214
James Laplaine director 100 CENTERVIEW DR,, NASHVILLE TN 37214
Lisa L Troe director 12181 BLUFF CREEK DRIVE, 4TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90094
Rjc Gis Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 401 QUAY COMMONS UNIT 1801, SARASOTA FL 34236
Venkat Bhamidipati director 6220 AMERICA CENTER DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Lawrence M Kutscher director ONE DIAMOND HILL RD, MURRAY HILL NJ 07974
Jeanne S. Conrad 10 percent owner 401 QUAY COMMONS UNIT 1801, SARASOTA FL 34236
Raymond W. Conrad 10 percent owner 401 QUAY COMMONS UNIT 1801, SARASOTA FL 34236
General Atlantic, L.p. director, 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic Genpar (bermuda), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE COMPANY,LLC, 55 EAST 52ND ST. 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic Partners (bermuda) Hrg Ii, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O CONYERS CLIENT SERVICES LIMITED, CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
General Atlantic (spv) Gp (bermuda), Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O CONYERS CLIENT SERVICES LIMITED, CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Gap (bermuda) L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE COMPANY, 55 EAST 52ND ST. 32ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055