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Ormat Technologies earnings quality score

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

Score62 / 100 · grade C · rank 647 of 1027

Ormat Technologies (ORA) scores 62 of 100 for earnings quality, grade C: rank 647 of 1027 companies and 35 of 55 in utilities. It loses the most points on accruals of -3.5% of assets, higher than 57% of companies (profit backed by cash), adjusted earnings 26% below GAAP, Montier C-score 3 of 6 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for profit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.55), Beneish M-score -2.54: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.22 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -3.5% of assets, higher than 57% of companies (profit backed by cash)920
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.54: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.22 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 3 of 6 checks failed815
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +2.3% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most610
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 4 of 9410
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 26% below GAAP110
Earnings smoothnessprofit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.55)45
ORA: share of the available points, by componentORA: share of the available points, by componentAccruals43%Discretionary accruals63%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score50%Piotroski F-score44%Non-GAAP gap13%Earnings smoothness70%

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.