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Madison Square Garden Entertainment earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score67 / 100 · grade B · rank 477 of 1027

Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) scores 67 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 477 of 1027 companies and 13 of 30 in communication. It loses the most points on Montier C-score 3 of 5 checks failed, discretionary accruals of -9.0% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most, adjusted earnings 18% below GAAP. It earns full or near-full marks for accruals of -15.8% of assets, lower than 94% of companies (profit backed by cash), Dechow F-score 0.28 (normal), profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 1.36).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -15.8% of assets, lower than 94% of companies (profit backed by cash)2527
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.28 (normal)2020
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 3 of 5 checks failed820
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -9.0% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most213
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 18% below GAAP513
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 1.36)77
MSGE: share of the available points, by componentMSGE: share of the available points, by componentAccruals94%Discretionary accruals14%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score40%Non-GAAP gap40%Earnings smoothness100%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.