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Liberty Flour Mills (PHS:LFM) Beneish M-Score : -3.08 (As of May. 10, 2024)


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What is Liberty Flour Mills 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 -3.08 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

PHS:LFM' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.39   Med: -2.43   Max: -1.72
Current: -3.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Liberty Flour Mills was -1.72. The lowest was -3.39. And the median was -2.43.


Liberty Flour Mills Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liberty Flour Mills'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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Liberty Flour Mills Beneish M-Score Chart

Liberty Flour Mills Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.79 -2.24 -1.73 -2.37 -3.06

Liberty Flour Mills Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -2.34 -2.74 -2.92 -3.06 -3.08

Competitive Comparison of Liberty Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Liberty Flour Mills'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.


Liberty Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Liberty Flour Mills's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Liberty Flour Mills 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 Liberty Flour Mills 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 * 1.0374+0.528 * 0.5607+0.404 * 1.1433+0.892 * 0.8653+0.115 * 0.92
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 1.2966+4.679 * -0.047653-0.327 * 1.1785
=-3.08

* 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 (Mar24) TTM:Last Year (Mar23) TTM:
Total Receivables was ₱1,136 Mil.
Revenue was 365.913 + 431.76 + 405.523 + 427.281 = ₱1,630 Mil.
Gross Profit was 90.644 + 83.396 + 87.053 + 35.928 = ₱297 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₱1,721 Mil.
Total Assets was ₱4,580 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₱321 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₱73 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₱81 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₱1,700 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱137 Mil.
Net Income was 13.582 + 21.461 + 57.72 + -25.496 = ₱67 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = ₱0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 40.274 + -69.162 + 22.008 + 292.379 = ₱285 Mil.
Total Receivables was ₱1,265 Mil.
Revenue was 473.938 + 565.08 + 409.314 + 435.923 = ₱1,884 Mil.
Gross Profit was 7.242 + 68.291 + 61.87 + 55.068 = ₱192 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ₱1,862 Mil.
Total Assets was ₱4,260 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ₱333 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ₱68 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ₱72 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ₱1,176 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ₱273 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)
=(1135.907 / 1630.477) / (1265.333 / 1884.255)
=0.696672 / 0.67153
=1.0374

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)
=(192.471 / 1884.255) / (297.021 / 1630.477)
=0.102147 / 0.182168
=0.5607

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 - (1720.927 + 320.941) / 4579.578) / (1 - (1862.494 + 332.508) / 4259.554)
=0.554136 / 0.484687
=1.1433

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
=1630.477 / 1884.255
=0.8653

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))
=(68.08 / (68.08 + 332.508)) / (72.718 / (72.718 + 320.941))
=0.16995 / 0.184723
=0.92

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)
=(80.508 / 1630.477) / (71.757 / 1884.255)
=0.049377 / 0.038082
=1.2966

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)
=((136.603 + 1699.923) / 4579.578) / ((273.074 + 1176.336) / 4259.554)
=0.401025 / 0.340273
=1.1785

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
=(67.267 - 0 - 285.499) / 4579.578
=-0.047653

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.

Liberty Flour Mills has a M-score of -3.08 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Liberty Flour Mills (PHS:LFM) Business Description

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Address
835 Antonio Arnaiz Avenue, 7th Floor, Liberty Building, Makati, PHL, 1200
Liberty Flour Mills Inc is a Philippines-based company. It operates in various business segments that are Bakery Flour, which manufactures flour and distributes its products; Mill Feed, which involves the utilization of its by-products and distribution of its produce; and Real Estate and Investment, which involves the leasing of office and commercial units and investment in securities. The Bakery Flour Segment generates the majority of revenue for the company. Its products consist of EL Superior and LFM Bakers, pine tree and LFM soft, and maya all-purpose flour.

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