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SentinelOne (SentinelOne) Beneish M-Score

: -2.83 (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 -2.83 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

S' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.83   Med: -1.24   Max: -0.16
Current: -2.83

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of SentinelOne was -0.16. The lowest was -2.83. And the median was -1.24.


SentinelOne Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for SentinelOne'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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SentinelOne Annual Data
Trend Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score
- - -1.24 -0.16 -2.83

SentinelOne Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score 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 -0.16 -0.60 -2.72 -2.98 -2.83

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, SentinelOne'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.


SentinelOne Beneish M-Score Distribution

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

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



SentinelOne 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 SentinelOne 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 * 0.9616+0.528 * 0.9257+0.404 * 0.7263+0.892 * 1.4713+0.115 * 0.8815
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8545+4.679 * -0.113953-0.327 * 1.1925
=-2.83

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was $214.3 Mil.
Revenue was 174.175 + 164.165 + 149.421 + 133.393 = $621.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 125.909 + 120.4 + 104.754 + 90.81 = $441.9 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $1,297.3 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,321.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $67.3 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $38.9 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $595.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $590.1 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $18.2 Mil.
Net Income was -71.982 + -70.304 + -89.538 + -106.869 = $-338.7 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -3.114 + 0.531 + -2.846 + -0.359 = $-5.8 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -6.182 + -22.23 + -11.903 + -28.059 = $-68.4 Mil.
Total Receivables was $151.5 Mil.
Revenue was 126.096 + 115.323 + 102.505 + 78.255 = $422.2 Mil.
Gross Profit was 86.325 + 74.317 + 66.244 + 51.116 = $278.0 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $914.7 Mil.
Total Assets was $2,258.9 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $62.3 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $29.7 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $473.6 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $473.3 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23.1 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)
=(214.322 / 621.154) / (151.492 / 422.179)
=0.345038 / 0.358834
=0.9616

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)
=(278.002 / 422.179) / (441.873 / 621.154)
=0.658493 / 0.711374
=0.9257

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 - (1297.331 + 67.291) / 2321.407) / (1 - (914.733 + 62.305) / 2258.913)
=0.412157 / 0.567474
=0.7263

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
=621.154 / 422.179
=1.4713

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))
=(29.721 / (29.721 + 62.305)) / (38.912 / (38.912 + 67.291))
=0.322963 / 0.366393
=0.8815

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)
=(595.407 / 621.154) / (473.57 / 422.179)
=0.95855 / 1.121728
=0.8545

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)
=((18.239 + 590.067) / 2321.407) / ((23.079 + 473.279) / 2258.913)
=0.262042 / 0.219733
=1.1925

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
=(-338.693 - -5.788 - -68.374) / 2321.407
=-0.113953

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.

SentinelOne has a M-score of -2.83 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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SentinelOne (SentinelOne) Business Description

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Address
444 Castro Street, Suite 400, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94041
SentinelOne is a cloud-based cybersecurity company specializing in endpoint protection. SentinelOne's primary offering is its Singularity platform that offers a single pane of glass for an enterprise to detect and respond to security threats attacking its IT infrastructure. The California-based firm was founded in 2013 and went public in 2021.
Executives
Narayanan Srivatsan officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO SREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Tomer Weingarten officer: President, CEO C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO SREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Insight Associates Fund X Follow-on, Ltd. 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Insight Holdings Group, Llc 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
David J. Bernhardt officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 555 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Ric Smith officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O SENTINELONE, 444 CASTRO SREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Keenan Michael Conder officer: Chief Legal Officer & Sec'y C/O TABLEAU SOFTWARE, INC., 837 N. 34TH ST., SUITE 200, SEATTLE WA 98103
Robin Tomasello officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO ST., SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Nicholas Warner officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO SREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Mark S Peek director 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Daniel S Loeb 10 percent owner THIRD POINT LLC, 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robert S Schwartz director C/O THIRD POINT LLC, 390 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ana G. Pinczuk director 5725 DELPHI DRIVE, TROY MI 48098
Efraim Harari officer: Chief Legal and Trust Officer C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO SREET, SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
Insight Associates Xi, L.p. 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036