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Snowflake (WBO:SNWF) Beneish M-Score : -3.28 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Snowflake 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 -3.28 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

WBO:SNWF' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.28   Med: -2.91   Max: -2.33
Current: -3.28

During the past 6 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Snowflake was -2.33. The lowest was -3.28. And the median was -2.91.


Snowflake Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Snowflake'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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Snowflake Beneish M-Score Chart

Snowflake Annual Data
Trend Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Beneish M-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -2.33 -2.91 -3.28

Snowflake Quarterly Data
Jan19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -2.91 -3.21 -3.16 -3.32 -3.28

Competitive Comparison of Snowflake's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Application subindustry, Snowflake'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.


Snowflake's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Snowflake 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 Snowflake 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 * 0.9872+0.528 * 0.96+0.404 * 1.0748+0.892 * 1.2975+0.115 * 0.7435
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.9002+4.679 * -0.210541-0.327 * 1.264
=-3.30

* 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 (Jan24) TTM:Last Year (Jan23) TTM:
Total Receivables was €851 Mil.
Revenue was 711.174 + 695.262 + 609.312 + 568.722 = €2,584 Mil.
Gross Profit was 489.198 + 478.448 + 411.886 + 377.737 = €1,757 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €4,626 Mil.
Total Assets was €7,549 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €459 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €110 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,578 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €2,507 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €233 Mil.
Net Income was -155.465 + -202.896 + -205.088 + -205.772 = €-769 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 43.635 + -3.949 + 3.694 + -2.337 = €41 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 316.324 + 114.499 + 75.205 + 273.093 = €779 Mil.
Total Receivables was €664 Mil.
Revenue was 546.603 + 565.383 + 488.795 + 391.116 = €1,992 Mil.
Gross Profit was 355.753 + 371.802 + 318.508 + 254.132 = €1,300 Mil.
Total Current Assets was €4,626 Mil.
Total Assets was €7,166 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was €364 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was €61 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was €1,351 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was €1,850 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was €208 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)
=(850.896 / 2584.47) / (664.282 / 1991.897)
=0.329234 / 0.333492
=0.9872

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)
=(1300.195 / 1991.897) / (1757.269 / 2584.47)
=0.652742 / 0.679934
=0.96

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 - (4626.044 + 458.625) / 7549.066) / (1 - (4625.792 + 363.859) / 7166.315)
=0.326451 / 0.303735
=1.0748

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
=2584.47 / 1991.897
=1.2975

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))
=(61.369 / (61.369 + 363.859)) / (110.464 / (110.464 + 458.625))
=0.14432 / 0.194107
=0.7435

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)
=(1578.286 / 2584.47) / (1351.277 / 1991.897)
=0.610681 / 0.678387
=0.9002

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)
=((233.206 + 2507.269) / 7549.066) / ((208.203 + 1849.984) / 7166.315)
=0.363022 / 0.287203
=1.264

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
=(-769.221 - 41.043 - 779.121) / 7549.066
=-0.210541

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.

Snowflake has a M-score of -3.30 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Snowflake (WBO:SNWF) Business Description

Address
106 East Babcock Street, Suite 3A, Bozeman, MT, USA, 59715
Founded in 2012, Snowflake is a data lake, warehousing, and sharing company that came public in 2020. To date, the company has over 3,000 customers, including nearly 30% of the Fortune 500 as its customers. Snowflake's data lake stores unstructured and semistructured data that can then be used in analytics to create insights stored in its data warehouse. Snowflake's data sharing capability allows enterprises to easily buy and ingest data almost instantaneously compared with a traditionally months-long process. Overall, the company is known for the fact that all of its data solutions that can be hosted on various public clouds.

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