Bitstream (BITS)
Bitstream Beneish M-Score: -0.2619
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BITS Beneish M-Score Rankings
| Overall | 3rd percentile | 3631 of 3761 |
| Sector | 4th percentile | 747 of 781 in Technology |
| Industry | 2nd percentile | 78 of 80 in Application Software |
BITS Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -2.977 | Dec 2008 |
| Maximum | -0.2619 | Dec 2010 |
| Average | -2.210 |
About Beneish M Score
The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.
The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:
1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).
Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):
M Score HTML Table:
| Score | Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II) |
|---|---|
| M Score > -1.49 | (10:1) | M Score > -1.78 | (20:1) | M Score > -1.89 | (40+:1) |
Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.
If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.
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Bitstream Inc. Fixes Record and Distribution Dates for Spin-Off of Marlborough Software Development Holdings Inc.
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$BITS filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/2T4N
about 100 days ago by MarketBrief
about 100 days ago by MarketBrief
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Dec 05, 10:31AM Business Wire
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about 529 days ago by STLwest1
about 529 days ago by STLwest1
$BITS has excellent web browser and increasing customer base in emerging countries.
about 873 days ago by Douzi71
about 873 days ago by Douzi71
Mobile and wireless software stocks up 1.3 % thanks to $BITS. No position just on the prowl for sectors on the move
about 957 days ago by SunriseTrader
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Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BITS | 4.32 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 45.92M |
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| BIOF | 0.35 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 36.60M |
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