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Texas Pacific Land (Texas Pacific Land) Beneish M-Score

: -2.40 (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 -2.4 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

TPL' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.5   Med: -2.11   Max: 12.76
Current: -2.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Texas Pacific Land was 12.76. The lowest was -3.50. And the median was -2.11.


Texas Pacific Land Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Texas Pacific Land'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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Texas Pacific Land Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.69 -3.20 -1.95 12.76 -2.40

Texas Pacific Land 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.76 -2.48 -2.74 -1.31 -2.40

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Texas Pacific Land'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.


Texas Pacific Land Beneish M-Score Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Texas Pacific Land's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Texas Pacific Land 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 Texas Pacific Land 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 * 1.3107+0.528 * 1.0296+0.404 * 1.0655+0.892 * 0.9463+0.115 * 1.0729
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.4968+4.679 * -0.03818-0.327 * 0.8293
=-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 $129.0 Mil.
Revenue was 166.657 + 157.967 + 160.609 + 146.362 = $631.6 Mil.
Gross Profit was 153.711 + 145.83 + 146.429 + 137.299 = $583.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $862.5 Mil.
Total Assets was $1,156.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $138.1 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $14.8 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $89.8 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $63.1 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $1.2 Mil.
Net Income was 113.11 + 105.574 + 100.393 + 86.568 = $405.6 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 11.269 + 7.979 + 6.871 + 5.389 = $31.5 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 111.43 + 107.594 + 84.489 + 114.775 = $418.3 Mil.
Total Receivables was $104.0 Mil.
Revenue was 152.706 + 191.111 + 176.27 + 147.335 = $667.4 Mil.
Gross Profit was 145.135 + 180.846 + 168.175 + 140.427 = $634.6 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $633.4 Mil.
Total Assets was $877.4 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $133.0 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $15.4 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $63.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $56.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $2.0 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)
=(128.971 / 631.595) / (103.983 / 667.422)
=0.204199 / 0.155798
=1.3107

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)
=(634.583 / 667.422) / (583.269 / 631.595)
=0.950797 / 0.923486
=1.0296

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 - (862.464 + 138.057) / 1156.398) / (1 - (633.401 + 133.028) / 877.427)
=0.134795 / 0.126504
=1.0655

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
=631.595 / 667.422
=0.9463

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))
=(15.376 / (15.376 + 133.028)) / (14.757 / (14.757 + 138.057))
=0.103609 / 0.096568
=1.0729

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)
=(89.831 / 631.595) / (63.422 / 667.422)
=0.142229 / 0.095025
=1.4968

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)
=((1.17 + 63.063) / 1156.398) / ((1.955 + 56.815) / 877.427)
=0.055546 / 0.06698
=0.8293

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
=(405.645 - 31.508 - 418.288) / 1156.398
=-0.03818

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.

Texas Pacific Land has a M-score of -2.40 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Texas Pacific Land (Texas Pacific Land) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2900, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
Texas Pacific Land Corp is mainly engaged in sales and leases of land owned, retaining oil and gas royalties, and the overall management of the land owned. It operates its business in two segments including Land and Resource Management and Water Service and Operations. The Land and Resource Management segment focuses on managing its oil and gas royalty interest and surface acres located in 19 different counties. The Water Service and Operations segment includes Water Sourcing, Produced Water Gathering / Treatment / Recycling, Infrastructure Development, Produced Water Disposal, Water Tracking / Analytics / Well Testing.
Executives
Murray Stahl director C/O HORIZON KINETICS LLC, 470 PARK AVE S 8TH FL S, NEW YORK NY 10016
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management Llc 10 percent owner 470 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, 4TH FLOOR SOUTH, NEW YORK NY 10016
Rhys J Best director MRC GLOBAL INC., 2 HOUSTON CENTER, 909 FANNIN, SUITE 3100, HOUSTON TX 77010
Donald G Cook director 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Micheal W. Dobbs officer: Senior VP, Secretory + GC 1700 PACIFIC AVENUE, SUITE 2900, DALLAS TX 75201
Karl F Kurz director DEVON ENERGY CORP., 333 W. SHERIDAN AVE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73102
Stephanie Buffington officer: Chief Accounting Officer
Dana F. Mcginnis director 112 E PECAN STREET, SUITE 1425, SAN ANTONIO TX 78025
Barbara J Duganier director 6 CARLTON PARK COURT, HOUSTON TX 77024-7316
Norris John R Iii director 3811 TURTLE CREEK BLVD #400, C/O CALOWAY NORRIS & BURDETTE, DALLAS TX 75219
Donna E Epps director 11465 JOHNS CREEK PARKWAY, SUITE400, JOHNS CREEK GA 30097
Eric L Oliver director 303 W WALL, SUITE 1700, MIDLAND TX 79701
Chris Steddum officer: Chief Financial Officer 1700 PACIFIC AVENUE, SUITE 2900, DALLAS TX 75201
Tyler Glover director, officer: President & CEO 1700 PACIFIC AVENUE, SUITE 2770, C/O TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST, DALLAS TX 75201
David E. Barry director C/O SIDRA REAL ESTATE, INC., TWO RIVERWAY, SUITE 1010, HOUSTON TX 77056

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