Filing Flows

Filing Flows › Companies › SPX Technologies › Earnings quality

SPX Technologies earnings quality score

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

Score65 / 100 · grade B · rank 545 of 1027

SPX Technologies (SPXC) scores 65 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 545 of 1027 companies and 123 of 287 in industrials. It loses the most points on accruals of -2.8% of assets, higher than 65% of companies (profit backed by cash), Dechow F-score 1.79 (above normal), adjusted earnings 21% below GAAP. It earns full or near-full marks for Piotroski F-score 8 of 9, discretionary accruals of -0.6% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most, Beneish M-score -2.42: clean (below −2.22).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -2.8% of assets, higher than 65% of companies (profit backed by cash)720
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.42: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 1.79 (above normal)715
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed1015
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -0.6% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most910
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 8 of 9910
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 21% below GAAP310
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.93)55
SPXC: share of the available points, by componentSPXC: share of the available points, by componentAccruals36%Discretionary accruals90%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score46%Montier C-score67%Piotroski F-score89%Non-GAAP gap29%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.

Every company ranked → The full quality workbench, live → SPX Technologies: cash flow →

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.