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Atlassian (Atlassian) Beneish M-Score : -3.45 (As of Apr. 24, 2024)


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What is Atlassian 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 -3.45 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TEAM' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.98   Med: -3.03   Max: -1.87
Current: -3.45

During the past 11 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Atlassian was -1.87. The lowest was -3.98. And the median was -3.03.


Atlassian Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Atlassian'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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Atlassian Beneish M-Score Chart

Atlassian Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.08 -2.77 -3.15 -3.13 -3.67

Atlassian 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 -3.64 -3.98 -3.67 -3.81 -3.45

Competitive Comparison of Atlassian's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Atlassian'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.


Atlassian's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Atlassian's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Atlassian 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 Atlassian 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 * 1.2121+0.528 * 1.0151+0.404 * 1.3806+0.892 * 1.2239+0.115 * 0.7174
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9784+4.679 * -0.324761-0.327 * 0.9217
=-3.45

* 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 $526 Mil.
Revenue was 1060.11 + 977.775 + 939.098 + 915.453 = $3,892 Mil.
Gross Profit was 865.574 + 799.746 + 769.322 + 746.801 = $3,181 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,272 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,449 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $267 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $63 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,443 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $2,118 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,175 Mil.
Net Income was -84.469 + -31.883 + -58.952 + -209.037 = $-384 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -4.639 + -8.335 + -7.096 + -0.943 = $-21 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 289.594 + 166.956 + 272.775 + 352.369 = $1,082 Mil.
Total Receivables was $355 Mil.
Revenue was 872.704 + 807.392 + 759.841 + 740.491 = $3,180 Mil.
Gross Profit was 716.759 + 668 + 629.437 + 624.428 = $2,639 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,135 Mil.
Total Assets was $3,614 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $355 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $56 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,205 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $1,645 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1,257 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)
=(526.379 / 3892.436) / (354.844 / 3180.428)
=0.135231 / 0.111571
=1.2121

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)
=(2638.624 / 3180.428) / (3181.443 / 3892.436)
=0.829644 / 0.81734
=1.0151

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 - (2271.541 + 267.29) / 4449.498) / (1 - (2134.76 + 355.145) / 3614.015)
=0.429412 / 0.311042
=1.3806

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
=3892.436 / 3180.428
=1.2239

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))
=(56.233 / (56.233 + 355.145)) / (62.923 / (62.923 + 267.29))
=0.136694 / 0.190553
=0.7174

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)
=(1442.902 / 3892.436) / (1204.97 / 3180.428)
=0.370694 / 0.37887
=0.9784

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)
=((1174.661 + 2118.099) / 4449.498) / ((1257.159 + 1644.65) / 3614.015)
=0.74003 / 0.802932
=0.9217

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
=(-384.341 - -21.013 - 1081.694) / 4449.498
=-0.324761

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.

Atlassian has a M-score of -3.45 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Atlassian (Atlassian) Business Description

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Address
341 George Street, Level 6, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Atlassian produces software that helps teams work together more efficiently and effectively. The company provides project planning and management software, collaboration tools, and IT help desk solutions. The company operates in four segments: subscriptions (term licenses and cloud agreements), maintenance (annual maintenance contracts that provide support and periodic updates and are generally attached to perpetual license sales), perpetual license (upfront sale for indefinite usage of the software), and other (training, strategic consulting, and revenue from the Atlassian Marketplace app store). Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Sydney.
Executives
Michael Cannon-brookes director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO, Co-Founder ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Scott Farquhar director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO, Co-Founder ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Anutthara Bharadwaj officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Gene Liu officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Heather Mirjahangir Fernandez director C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Rajeev Bashyam Rajan officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Cameron Deatsch officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94101
Joseph Leo Binz officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ATLASSIAN, 350 BUSH STREET FLOOR 13, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
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