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OGE Energy earnings quality score

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

Score75 / 100 · grade B · rank 169 of 1027

OGE Energy (OGE) scores 75 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 169 of 1027 companies and 15 of 55 in utilities. It loses the most points on accruals of -4.8% of assets, lower than 56% of companies (profit backed by cash), Montier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed, Piotroski F-score 5 of 9. It earns full or near-full marks for discretionary accruals of +0.3% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most, Beneish M-score -2.28: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.37 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -4.8% of assets, lower than 56% of companies (profit backed by cash)1222
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.28: clean (below −2.22)1717
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.37 (normal)1717
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed1117
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +0.3% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most1011
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 5 of 9611
Earnings smoothnessprofit far steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.32)16
OGE: share of the available points, by componentOGE: share of the available points, by componentAccruals56%Discretionary accruals94%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score66%Piotroski F-score56%Earnings smoothness23%

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.