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Huludao Zinc Industry Co (SZSE:000751) Beneish M-Score : -2.65 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Huludao Zinc Industry Co 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 -2.65 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

SZSE:000751' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.87   Med: -2.36   Max: 4.21
Current: -2.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Huludao Zinc Industry Co was 4.21. The lowest was -3.87. And the median was -2.36.


Huludao Zinc Industry Co Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Huludao Zinc Industry Co'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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Huludao Zinc Industry Co Beneish M-Score Chart

Huludao Zinc Industry Co 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 -3.05 -2.67 -1.03 -2.54 -2.56

Huludao Zinc Industry Co 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 -2.48 -3.60 -2.10 -2.56 -2.65

Competitive Comparison of Huludao Zinc Industry Co's Beneish M-Score

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Huludao Zinc Industry Co'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.


Huludao Zinc Industry Co's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Huludao Zinc Industry Co's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Huludao Zinc Industry Co's Beneish M-Score falls into.



Huludao Zinc Industry Co 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 Huludao Zinc Industry Co 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 * 0.9278+0.528 * 0.8324+0.404 * 0.8907+0.892 * 0.799+0.115 * 1
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9379+4.679 * 0.039182-0.327 * 0.9452
=-2.65

* 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 ¥348 Mil.
Revenue was 3283.149 + 2237.861 + 4890.937 + 3912.757 = ¥14,325 Mil.
Gross Profit was 98.277 + 201.458 + 130.78 + 133.626 = ¥564 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥6,177 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥8,956 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥1,912 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥30 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥5,193 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥0 Mil.
Net Income was 1.358 + 40.532 + 18.825 + 7.261 = ¥68 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = ¥0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 232.663 + 52.255 + -878.599 + 310.757 = ¥-283 Mil.
Total Receivables was ¥470 Mil.
Revenue was 4625.073 + 4526.725 + 4141.128 + 4634.817 = ¥17,928 Mil.
Gross Profit was 170.83 + 177.719 + 79.382 + 159.733 = ¥588 Mil.
Total Current Assets was ¥5,498 Mil.
Total Assets was ¥8,302 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was ¥1,903 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was ¥0 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was ¥40 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was ¥5,093 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was ¥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)
=(348.341 / 14324.704) / (469.868 / 17927.743)
=0.024318 / 0.026209
=0.9278

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)
=(587.664 / 17927.743) / (564.141 / 14324.704)
=0.03278 / 0.039382
=0.8324

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 - (6177.056 + 1912.429) / 8955.552) / (1 - (5497.996 + 1902.901) / 8302.289)
=0.096707 / 0.108572
=0.8907

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
=14324.704 / 17927.743
=0.799

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))
=(0 / (0 + 1902.901)) / (0 / (0 + 1912.429))
=0 / 0
=1

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)
=(30.304 / 14324.704) / (40.445 / 17927.743)
=0.002116 / 0.002256
=0.9379

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)
=((0 + 5192.77) / 8955.552) / ((0.126 + 5092.755) / 8302.289)
=0.579838 / 0.613431
=0.9452

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
=(67.976 - 0 - -282.924) / 8955.552
=0.039182

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.

Huludao Zinc Industry Co has a M-score of -2.65 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Huludao Zinc Industry Co (SZSE:000751) Business Description

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Address
No. 24, Zinc Factory Road, Longgang District, Liaoning Province, Huludao, CHN, 125003
Huludao Zinc Industry Co Ltd is a non-ferrous metal smelting enterprise in Northeast China and North China. The company's main business is zinc, copper and lead smelting and deep processing of products, processing of cadmium, indium, sulfuric acid and copper sulfate comprehensive utilization products. These products are widely used in metallurgy, machinery, electronics, medicine, chemical, military and other industries, exported to more than 20 countries and regions.
Executives
Zhang Xian Dong Supervisors
Guo Zong Chang Independent director
Shi Yan Liang Supervisors
Bai Jin Zhu Supervisors
Wang Feng Hua Executives
Sun Bo Supervisors
Wang Wen Li Executives
Wang Zheng Qiang Director
Jin Tie Shan Director
Ren Shu Wei Executives
Liu Jing Min Supervisors, within half a year of separation
Gao Liang Bin Director

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