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Enel Americas (XSGO:ENELAM) Beneish M-Score : -2.64 (As of May. 12, 2024)


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What is Enel Americas 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 -2.64 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

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

XSGO:ENELAM' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.56   Med: -2.61   Max: -1.41
Current: -2.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Enel Americas was -1.41. The lowest was -3.56. And the median was -2.61.


Enel Americas Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Enel Americas'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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Enel Americas Beneish M-Score Chart

Enel Americas 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 -3.25 -2.35 -1.85 -3.29 -3.03

Enel Americas 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 - -3.41 -2.82 -3.03 -2.64

Competitive Comparison of Enel Americas's Beneish M-Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Enel Americas'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.


Enel Americas's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Enel Americas's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

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



Enel Americas 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 Enel Americas 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 * 1.0404+0.528 * 0.8935+0.404 * 0.9811+0.892 * 0.9897+0.115 * 1.2608
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.8032+4.679 * -0.040089-0.327 * 0.9918
=-2.64

* 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 CLP2,714,398 Mil.
Revenue was 2690731.279 + 2476716.241 + 2875849.8 + 2373608.203 = CLP10,416,906 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1055327.57 + 702346.751 + 1054740.125 + 890965.154 = CLP3,703,380 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CLP9,164,278 Mil.
Total Assets was CLP32,771,189 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was CLP11,947,973 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was CLP860,822 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was CLP547,079 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CLP8,707,770 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP4,431,377 Mil.
Net Income was 313462.373 + 71172.485 + 278038.041 + 135513.252 = CLP798,186 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = CLP0 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 542687.691 + 767387.636 + 452591.132 + 349278.17 = CLP2,111,945 Mil.
Total Receivables was CLP2,636,379 Mil.
Revenue was 2212352.653 + 2584377.416 + 2980697.292 + 2748388.213 = CLP10,525,816 Mil.
Gross Profit was 817863.385 + 742380.803 + 932315.569 + 851041.222 = CLP3,343,601 Mil.
Total Current Assets was CLP9,005,484 Mil.
Total Assets was CLP28,694,781 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was CLP9,284,224 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was CLP859,537 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was CLP688,237 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was CLP7,854,486 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was CLP3,745,409 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)
=(2714397.826 / 10416905.523) / (2636378.511 / 10525815.574)
=0.260576 / 0.250468
=1.0404

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)
=(3343600.979 / 10525815.574) / (3703379.6 / 10416905.523)
=0.317657 / 0.355516
=0.8935

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 - (9164277.839 + 11947973.054) / 32771189.333) / (1 - (9005484.432 + 9284224.106) / 28694781.245)
=0.355768 / 0.362612
=0.9811

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
=10416905.523 / 10525815.574
=0.9897

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))
=(859536.542 / (859536.542 + 9284224.106)) / (860821.782 / (860821.782 + 11947973.054))
=0.084735 / 0.067206
=1.2608

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)
=(547079.433 / 10416905.523) / (688237.335 / 10525815.574)
=0.052518 / 0.065386
=0.8032

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)
=((4431376.965 + 8707770.39) / 32771189.333) / ((3745408.624 + 7854486.175) / 28694781.245)
=0.400936 / 0.404251
=0.9918

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
=(798186.151 - 0 - 2111944.629) / 32771189.333
=-0.040089

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.

Enel Americas has a M-score of -2.64 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Enel Americas (XSGO:ENELAM) Business Description

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Address
Santa Rosa 76, Santiago, CHL, 1557
Enel Americas has electricity generation, transmission, and distribution businesses in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica. As of December 31, 2021, company had 15,926 MW of net installed generation capacity and approximately 26.2 million distribution customers. The net installed generation capacity is comprised of 248 generation units, of which 42.3% are hydroelectric, 31.4% are thermal, 14.4% are wind, and 11.9% are solar power plants. As of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, company had consolidated assets of US$ 34,959 million and operating revenues of US$ 16,192 million.

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