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Paymentus Holdings (Paymentus Holdings) Beneish M-Score : -2.83 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Paymentus 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 -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 Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PAY' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.83   Med: -2.2   Max: -1.83
Current: -2.83

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Paymentus Holdings was -1.83. The lowest was -2.83. And the median was -2.20.


Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Paymentus 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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Paymentus Holdings Beneish M-Score Chart

Paymentus Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
- - -1.83 -2.20 -2.83

Paymentus Holdings Quarterly Data
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 -2.20 -2.30 -2.42 -2.55 -2.83

Competitive Comparison of Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Paymentus 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.


Paymentus Holdings's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Paymentus 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 Paymentus 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 * 0.8948+0.528 * 1.0149+0.404 * 0.9214+0.892 * 1.2364+0.115 * 0.9359
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.871+4.679 * -0.09214-0.327 * 1.0734
=-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 (Dec23) TTM:Last Year (Dec22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $76.6 Mil.
Revenue was 164.8 + 152.423 + 148.939 + 148.328 = $614.5 Mil.
Gross Profit was 49.492 + 46.91 + 45.862 + 40.078 = $182.3 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $270.3 Mil.
Total Assets was $504.9 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $11.6 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $30.6 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $120.0 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $62.8 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $8.7 Mil.
Net Income was 9.402 + 6.377 + 5.839 + 0.704 = $22.3 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0.044 + -0.017 + -0.007 + -0.008 = $0.0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 24.441 + 13.143 + 26.481 + 4.763 = $68.8 Mil.
Total Receivables was $69.3 Mil.
Revenue was 132.176 + 128.152 + 119.969 + 116.704 = $497.0 Mil.
Gross Profit was 41.139 + 37.857 + 35.828 + 34.854 = $149.7 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $229.0 Mil.
Total Assets was $461.5 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $11.4 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $24.1 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $111.4 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $51.5 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9.4 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)
=(76.648 / 614.49) / (69.282 / 497.001)
=0.124734 / 0.1394
=0.8948

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)
=(149.678 / 497.001) / (182.342 / 614.49)
=0.301162 / 0.296737
=1.0149

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 - (270.348 + 11.585) / 504.863) / (1 - (228.961 + 11.384) / 461.539)
=0.441565 / 0.479253
=0.9214

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
=614.49 / 497.001
=1.2364

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))
=(24.063 / (24.063 + 11.384)) / (30.6 / (30.6 + 11.585))
=0.678844 / 0.725376
=0.9359

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)
=(120.001 / 614.49) / (111.434 / 497.001)
=0.195286 / 0.224213
=0.871

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)
=((8.661 + 62.788) / 504.863) / ((9.358 + 51.496) / 461.539)
=0.141522 / 0.13185
=1.0734

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
=(22.322 - 0.012 - 68.828) / 504.863
=-0.09214

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.

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


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Paymentus Holdings (Paymentus Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11605 N. Community House Road, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28277
Paymentus Holdings Inc provides electronic bill presentment and payment services, enterprise customer communication and self-service revenue management to billers and financial institutions through a Software-as-a-Service, (SaaS), secure, omni-channel technology platform. The platform integrates into a biller's core financial and operating systems to provide flexible and secure access to payment processing of credit cards, debit cards, eChecks and digital wallets across a number of channels including online, mobile, IVR, call center, chatbot and voice-based assistants. The Company generates revenue from payment transaction fees processed through the Company's platform. The fees are generated as a percentage of transaction value or a specified fee per transaction.
Executives
Andrew A. Gerber officer: General Counsel and Secretary 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Gerasimos (jerry) Portocalis officer: Chief Commercial Officer 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Arun Oberoi director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
Sanjay Kalra officer: SVP and CFO HARMONIC INC., 4300 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Paul E. Seamon officer: Interim CFO 18390 NE 68TH ST, REDMOND WA 98052
Matt Parson officer: Chief Financial Officer 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Gary Trainor director 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
Jody R Davids director C/O PREMIER INC., 13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Dushyant Sharma director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President and CEO 18390 NE 68TH ST., REDMOND WA 98052
William Ingram director C/O LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., 5887 COPLEY DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92111
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Ii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Ii Strategic Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
John C Morrow officer: General Counsel and Secretary 11100 NE 8TH ST #600, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Accel-kkr Growth Capital Partners Iii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Accel-kkr Capital Partners Cv Iii, Lp 10 percent owner 2500 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 300, MENLO PARK CA 94025