Cognizant Technology Solutions Beneish M-Score Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cognizant Technology Solutions'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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Cognizant Technology Solutions Annual Data
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-2.54 |
-2.93 |
-2.43 |
-2.44 |
-2.40 |
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Quarterly Data
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-2.44 |
-2.60 |
-2.46 |
-2.37 |
-2.40 |
Competitive Comparison
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Cognizant Technology Solutions'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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Beneish M-Score Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cognizant Technology Solutions's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cognizant Technology Solutions's Beneish M-Score falls into.
Cognizant Technology Solutions 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 Cognizant Technology Solutions 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 * 1.0179 | + | 0.528 * 1.0395 | + | 0.404 * 1.0454 | + | 0.892 * 0.9961 | + | 0.115 * 0.8915 |
| - | 0.172 * SGAI | + | 4.679 * TATA | - | 0.327 * LVGI |
| - | 0.172 * 0.9482 | + | 4.679 * 0.000649 | - | 0.327 * 0.9171 |
| = | -2.40 |
* 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 $3,849 Mil.
Revenue was 4758 + 4897 + 4886 + 4812 = $19,353 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1677 + 1688 + 1655 + 1669 = $6,689 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7,506 Mil.
Total Assets was $18,483 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,659 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $555 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $3,252 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,333 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,129 Mil.
Net Income was 558 + 525 + 463 + 580 = $2,126 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -38 + -66 + -127 + 15 = $-216 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 737 + 828 + 36 + 729 = $2,330 Mil.
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Total Receivables was $3,796 Mil.
Revenue was 4839 + 4857 + 4906 + 4826 = $19,428 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1687 + 1777 + 1787 + 1729 = $6,980 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $7,266 Mil.
Total Assets was $17,852 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $1,977 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $569 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $3,443 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,347 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,352 Mil.
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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) |
| = | (3849 / 19353) | / | (3796 / 19428) |
| = | 0.198884 | / | 0.195388 |
| | = | 1.0179 |
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) |
| = | (6980 / 19428) | / | (6689 / 19353) |
| = | 0.359275 | / | 0.345631 |
| | = | 1.0395 |
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 - (7506 + 1659) / 18483) | / | (1 - (7266 + 1977) / 17852) |
| = | 0.504139 | / | 0.482243 |
| | = | 1.0454 |
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 |
| = | 19353 | / | 19428 |
| | = | 0.9961 |
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)) |
| = | (569 / (569 + 1977)) | / | (555 / (555 + 1659)) |
| = | 0.223488 | / | 0.250678 |
| | = | 0.8915 |
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) |
| = | (3252 / 19353) | / | (3443 / 19428) |
| = | 0.168036 | / | 0.177218 |
| | = | 0.9482 |
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) |
| = | ((1129 + 3333) / 18483) | / | ((1352 + 3347) / 17852) |
| = | 0.241411 | / | 0.26322 |
| | = | 0.9171 |
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 |
| = | (2126 - -216 | - | 2330) | / | 18483 |
| | = | 0.000649 |
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.
Cognizant Technology Solutions has a M-score of -2.40 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
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