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Wejo Group (Wejo Group) Beneish M-Score : 0.00 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Wejo 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.

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

During the past 4 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Wejo Group was 0.00. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.


Wejo Group Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wejo 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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Wejo Group Beneish M-Score Chart

Wejo Group Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Beneish M-Score
- - - -10.69

Wejo Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - -4.96 -10.69 -14.54

Competitive Comparison of Wejo Group's Beneish M-Score

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Wejo 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.


Wejo Group's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Wejo 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 Wejo 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 * 0.3355+0.528 * -6.8118+0.404 * 3.6812+0.892 * 4.1315+0.115 * 0.6216
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.1249+4.679 * -2.00062-0.327 * 6.9602
=-14.54

* 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 (Mar23) TTM:Last Year (Mar22) TTM:
Total Receivables was $6.05 Mil.
Revenue was 3.86 + 3.643 + 2.57 + 1.615 = $11.69 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.364 + 0.74 + 0.984 + -0.318 = $1.04 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $14.18 Mil.
Total Assets was $22.58 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $0.63 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $3.85 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $74.65 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $80.54 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $36.87 Mil.
Net Income was -30.998 + -32.052 + -31.466 + -55.393 = $-149.91 Mil.
Non Operating Income was -3.564 + 0.212 + -4.513 + -22.428 = $-30.29 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was -12.256 + -18.412 + -21.978 + -21.796 = $-74.44 Mil.
Total Receivables was $4.36 Mil.
Revenue was 0.568 + 1.368 + 0.351 + 0.542 = $2.83 Mil.
Gross Profit was -0.749 + -0.351 + -0.537 + -0.081 = $-1.72 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $86.50 Mil.
Total Assets was $99.73 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $3.91 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $4.48 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $144.62 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $36.95 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $37.57 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)
=(6.047 / 11.688) / (4.363 / 2.829)
=0.517368 / 1.542241
=0.3355

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)
=(-1.718 / 2.829) / (1.042 / 11.688)
=-0.607282 / 0.089151
=-6.8118

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 - (14.177 + 0.627) / 22.58) / (1 - (86.499 + 3.905) / 99.734)
=0.344376 / 0.093549
=3.6812

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
=11.688 / 2.829
=4.1315

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))
=(4.484 / (4.484 + 3.905)) / (3.848 / (3.848 + 0.627))
=0.534509 / 0.859888
=0.6216

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)
=(74.654 / 11.688) / (144.621 / 2.829)
=6.387235 / 51.120891
=0.1249

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)
=((36.874 + 80.542) / 22.58) / ((37.566 + 36.946) / 99.734)
=5.2 / 0.747107
=6.9602

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
=(-149.909 - -30.293 - -74.442) / 22.58
=-2.00062

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.

Wejo Group has a M-score of -14.54 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Wejo Group (Wejo Group) Business Description

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Address
22 Victoria Street, Canon’s Court, Hamilton, BMU, HM12
Wejo Group Ltd provides software and technology solutions to various market verticals in combination with services that utilize ingested and standardized connected vehicle and other high volume, high value datasets through its proprietary cloud software and analytics platform, Wejo Neural Edge (which includes Wejo ADEPT platform). The Company's sector solutions, delivered at this time in North America and Europe, provide valuable insights to its customers in public and private organizations, including, but not limited to, OEMs, first-tier (Tier 1) automotive suppliers, fleet management companies (Fleets), departments of transportation, retailers, mapping companies, universities, insurance companies, advertising firms, construction firms and research departments.
Executives
David Jack officer: Interim CTO ABC BUILDING, 21-23 QUAY ST., MANCHESTER X0 M3 4AE
Benoit Joly officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O WEJO BERMUDA LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12
Timothy E Lee director 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, M/C: 482-C25-A36, DETROIT MI 48265-3000
Alan Masarek director C/O VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP., 23 MAIN STREET, HOLMDEL NJ 07733
John T. Maxwell director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 30 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, WARREN NJ 07059
Ann M. Schwister director 1 CORPORATE DR., SUITE C, CRANBURY NJ 08512
General Motors Co 10 percent owner 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, DETROIT MI 48265-3000
General Motors Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 300 RENAISSANCE CENTER, MC 482-C24-A68, DETROIT MI 48265
Samuel Hendel director 180 POST ROAD EAST, WESTPORT CT 06880
Lawrence D Burns director 31675 LELA LANE, FRANKLIN MI 48025
Mina Bhama officer: Gen. Counsel and Company Sec. C/O WEJO GROUP LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12
Sarah Jane Larner officer: Ex. VP - Strategy & Innovation C/O WEJO GROUP LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12
Den Beverley Power officer: Chief People Officer C/O WEJO GROUP LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12
Richard Michael Barlow director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WEJO GROUP LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12
Diarmid Ogilvy director C/O WEJO GROUP LIMITED, CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM12

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