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Coles Group (STU:2OF) Beneish M-Score : -2.71 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Coles Group 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 -2.71 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

STU:2OF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.11   Med: -2.87   Max: -2.71
Current: -2.71

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Coles Group was -2.71. The lowest was -3.11. And the median was -2.87.


Coles Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Coles Group'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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Coles Group Beneish M-Score Chart

Coles Group Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -2.98 -3.11 -2.75 -2.71

Coles Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -2.75 - -2.71 -

Competitive Comparison of Coles Group's Beneish M-Score

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Coles Group'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.


Coles Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Coles Group's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Coles Group 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 Coles Group 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 * 1.2519+0.528 * 0.9998+0.404 * 1.0194+0.892 * 0.9582+0.115 * 0.9986
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9934+4.679 * -0.108135-0.327 * 0.9811
=-2.78

* 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 (Jun23) TTM:Last Year (Jun22) TTM:
Total Receivables was €375 Mil.
Revenue was €25,078 Mil.
Gross Profit was €6,473 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,324 Mil.
Total Assets was €11,331 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €7,119 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €905 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €4,583 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €3,970 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,047 Mil.
Net Income was €680 Mil.
Gross Profit was €167 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was €1,739 Mil.
Total Receivables was €312 Mil.
Revenue was €26,172 Mil.
Gross Profit was €6,754 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €2,494 Mil.
Total Assets was €12,522 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €7,982 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €1,013 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €4,814 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €4,265 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €5,891 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)
=(374.775 / 25077.724) / (312.453 / 26172.223)
=0.014945 / 0.011938
=1.2519

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)
=(6753.629 / 26172.223) / (6472.77 / 25077.724)
=0.258046 / 0.258108
=0.9998

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 - (2324.226 + 7118.87) / 11331.219) / (1 - (2493.637 + 7981.501) / 12522.035)
=0.16663 / 0.163464
=1.0194

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
=25077.724 / 26172.223
=0.9582

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))
=(1013.144 / (1013.144 + 7981.501)) / (905.036 / (905.036 + 7118.87))
=0.112639 / 0.112792
=0.9986

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)
=(4582.788 / 25077.724) / (4814.429 / 26172.223)
=0.182743 / 0.183952
=0.9934

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)
=((5046.766 + 3969.519) / 11331.219) / ((5891.393 + 4264.645) / 12522.035)
=0.795703 / 0.811053
=0.9811

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
=(680.17 - 166.636 - 1738.833) / 11331.219
=-0.108135

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.

Coles Group has a M-score of -2.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Coles Group (STU:2OF) Business Description

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Address
800-838 Toorak Road, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123
Coles Group Limited is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and is the country's third-largest liquor retailer. The group has an extensive store network of about 2,500 store outlets and roughly 80% of Australian live within a 10-minute drive from their nearest Coles store. The retailer employs some 110,000 people, who process over 20 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing almost 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 25 million.

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