Table 1

M-Score and F-Score models indicators

RatioFormula
DSRI(Net receivables in year t/Sales in year t)/(Net receivables in year t-1/Sales in year t-1)
GMI[(Sales in year t-1 − Cost of goods sold in year t-1)/Sales in year t-1]/[(Sales in year t − Cost of goods sold in year t)/Sales in year t]
AQI[1 − (Current assets in year t + Property, plant & equipment in year t)/Total assets in year t]/[1 − (Current assets in year t-1 + Property, plant & equipment in year t-1)/Total assets in year t-1]
SGISales in year t/Sales in year t-1
DEPI[Depreciation in year t-1/(Depreciation in year t-1 + Property, plant & equipment in year t-1)]/[Depreciation in year t/(Depreciation in year t + Property, plant & equipment in year t)]
SGAI(Sales, general and administrative cost in year t/Sales in year t)/(Sales, general and administrative cost in year t-1/Sales in year t-1)
LEVI[(Current liabilities in year t + Total long term debt in year t)/Total assets in year t]/[(Current liabilities in year t-1 + Total long term debt in year t-1)/Total assets in year t-1]
TATA[(Change in current assets − Change in cash) − (Change in current liabilities − Change in current maturities of long term debt − Change in income tax payable) - Depreciation and amortization in year t]/Total assets in year t]
ACCRUALS(Net income in year t − Cash flow from operation in year t)/Total assets in year t
RSST(ΔWC + ΔNCO + ΔFIN)/Average total assets
WC = (Current assets − Cash and Short-term investment) − (Current liabilities − Debt in current liabilities)
NCO = Total assets − Current assets − Investment and advances − (Total liabilities − Current liabilities - Long-term debt)
FIN = (Short-term investment + Long-term investment) − (Long-term debt + Debt in current liabilities + Preferred stock)
CH_REC(Accounts receivables in year t − Accounts receivables in year t-1)/Average total assets in year t
CH_INV(Inventory in year t − Inventory in year t-1)/Average total assets in year t
SOFT_ASSETS(Total assets in year t - Property, plant & equipment in year t − Cash and cash equivalents in year t)/Total assets in year t
CH_CS(Sales in year t − (Accounts receivables in year t − Accounts receivables t-1))/(Sales in year t-1 − (Accounts receivables in year t-1 − Accounts receivables in year t-2)) − 1
CH_ROA(Net income in year t/Average total assets in year t) − (Net income in year t-1/Average total assets in year t-1)
ISSUEDummy variable equals 1 if additional securities were issued during the year of the manipulation and 0 if no securities were issued
Source(s): Sourced from Beneish (1999), Beneish et al. (2013) and Dechow et al. (2011) 

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