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Innovative Food Holdings (Innovative Food Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -3.14 (As of May. 11, 2024)


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What is Innovative Food 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 -3.14 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

IVFH' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.78   Med: -2.2   Max: -1.05
Current: -3.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Innovative Food Holdings was -1.05. The lowest was -10.78. And the median was -2.20.


Innovative Food Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Innovative Food 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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Innovative Food Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

Innovative Food 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 -2.81 -3.98 -2.18 -2.21 -3.14

Innovative Food 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 -2.21 -2.09 -2.69 -2.42 -3.14

Competitive Comparison of Innovative Food Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Innovative Food 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.


Innovative Food Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Innovative Food Holdings's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Innovative Food 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 Innovative Food 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 * 0.9816+0.528 * 0.9153+0.404 * 0.1524+0.892 * 0.9153+0.115 * 0.8993
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.0364+4.679 * -0.024246-0.327 * 1.1566
=-3.14

* 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 $4.31 Mil.
Revenue was 19.09 + 17.3 + 18.833 + 16.995 = $72.22 Mil.
Gross Profit was 3.77 + 4.876 + 4.793 + 4.087 = $17.53 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13.64 Mil.
Total Assets was $21.32 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $7.47 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.61 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $17.39 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $8.64 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9.09 Mil.
Net Income was -1.675 + 0.135 + 0.013 + -2.829 = $-4.36 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -1.464 + 0.002 + 0.002 + -1.944 = $-3.40 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1.761 + -0.316 + 1.312 + -3.192 = $-0.44 Mil.
Total Receivables was $4.80 Mil.
Revenue was 22.678 + 20.06 + 20.523 + 15.643 = $78.90 Mil.
Gross Profit was 4.838 + 4.514 + 4.449 + 3.726 = $17.53 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $13.21 Mil.
Total Assets was $23.42 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $8.64 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $0.63 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $18.33 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $16.41 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $0.42 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)
=(4.308 / 72.218) / (4.795 / 78.904)
=0.059653 / 0.06077
=0.9816

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)
=(17.527 / 78.904) / (17.526 / 72.218)
=0.222131 / 0.242682
=0.9153

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 - (13.641 + 7.465) / 21.323) / (1 - (13.212 + 8.644) / 23.42)
=0.010177 / 0.066781
=0.1524

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
=72.218 / 78.904
=0.9153

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))
=(0.629 / (0.629 + 8.644)) / (0.609 / (0.609 + 7.465))
=0.067831 / 0.075427
=0.8993

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)
=(17.389 / 72.218) / (18.332 / 78.904)
=0.240785 / 0.232333
=1.0364

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)
=((9.086 + 8.641) / 21.323) / ((0.421 + 16.413) / 23.42)
=0.831356 / 0.718787
=1.1566

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
=(-4.356 - -3.404 - -0.435) / 21.323
=-0.024246

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.

Innovative Food Holdings has a M-score of -3.14 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Innovative Food Holdings (Innovative Food Holdings) Business Description

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Address
28411 Race Track Road, Bonita Springs, FL, USA, 34135
Innovative Food Holdings Inc through its subsidiaries is engaged in the distribution of perishables and specialty food products. Its customers include restaurants, hotels, country clubs, national chain accounts, casinos, hospitals, and catering houses. The company distributes perishable and specialty food and food-related products, including origin-specific seafood, domestic and imported meats, exotic game and poultry, artisanal cheeses, freshly prepared meals, caviar, wild and cultivated mushrooms, micro-greens, organic farmed and manufactured food products, estate-bottled olive oils and aged vinegar.
Executives
Samuel Klepfish director, officer: CEO 231 NORMAN AVENUE, BROOKLYN NY 11222
Robert William Bennett director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 28411 RACETRACK RD, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34135
Richard Tang officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS, INC., 28411 RACETRACK RD, BONITA SPRINGS FL 34135
Denver Johnson Smith director 350 S RACE STREET, DENVER CO 80209
Brady Smallwood director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 4505 NE BIRCHGROVE PL, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
James C Pappas 10 percent owner 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Jefferson Gramm director C/O BANDERA PARTNERS LLC, 50 BROAD STREET, SUITE 1820, NEW YORK NY 10004
Hank Cohn director 14 CHARLOTTE DRIVE, WESLEY HILLS NY 10977
David Polinsky director 90 BOOTH AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD NJ 07631
Jcp Investment Management, Llc 10 percent owner 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Mark Schmulen 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 11 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 2400, HOUSTON TX 77046
Loukas D. Kozonis 10 percent owner, other: See Explanation of Responses 4849 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE, SUITE 300, CHICAGO IL 60630
Jcp Investment Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Jcp Investment Partners, Lp 10 percent owner 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027
Jcp Investment Partnership, Lp 10 percent owner 1177 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1320, HOUSTON TX 77027