Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

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Johnson & Johnson Beneish M-Score: -2.610

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JNJ Beneish M-Score Rankings

Overall 50th percentile 1867 of 3770
Sector 57th percentile 146 of 342 in Healthcare
Industry 64th percentile 6 of 17 in Drug Manufacturers - Major

JNJ Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -2.734 Dec 2007
Maximum -2.222 Jun 2007
Average -2.607

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:

ScoreRelative 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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JNJ News

J&J Rejected, but Only a Little
May 30, 11:42AM Fool
$JNJ 62.5x puts alerted last week at .72 before its drug news. Really killed the premium, just alerted to sell at .84. Small 16.7% gain.
about 5 hours ago by OptionRunners
Still a Bear Market http://stks.co/41w6 $CSCO $INTC $HPQ $IBM $JNJ $JPM
about 7 hours ago by LouisEbner
How much is growth worth?
May 30, 6:26AM
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May 29, 10:05PM Fool
$JNJ broke the horizontal support, but within acceptable distance. V light maybe possible uptick is within a reach
about 22 hours ago by woowtrading
The Dirt on These Dow Stocks
May 29, 10:27AM Fool
50d thru 200d Bearish Cross part I: $NUAN $BRY $MBI $GPN $NYX $CR $DRQ $JNJ $SBGI $EPAY $PLCE $FNGN $ICFI
about 2 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
Is This Biotech's Best Stock?
May 27, 9:09AM Fool
Best Dogs Of The Dow Jones As Of May 2012 + http://stks.co/3zos + $T $VZ $MRK $PFE $GE $JNJ $PG $DD $CVX $JPM
about 5 days ago by DividendYield
Five Stocks Hedge Funds are Betting Against: the Short List from Goldman Sachs http://stks.co/3zh7 $IBM $XOM $INTC $AMZN $JNJ
about 5 days ago by ycharts
Current portfolio: $AAPL $AIG $JNJ $DD looking to add energy name soon
about 6 days ago by WestCoastHedge
Shorter Timeframe, More Risky
May 24, 3:11PM Fool
Goldman Sachs list of very important short positions for hedge funds http://stks.co/3yft $JNJ $XOM $INTC $IBM $AMZN $T $CVX $VZ $DUK $DIS
about 6 days ago by marketfolly
$JNJ ex dividend, Major resistance at the close of 63.27 for those short term dividend players looking for dividend and nice profit on stock
about 6 days ago by Spus
May 24 Support/resistance numbers for S&P and top components. http://stks.co/3y4b $ES_F $AAPL $XOM $CVX $JNJ $PG $$
about 6 days ago by TripleDTrader
Is Bristol a Buy Post-Plavix
May 23, 5:38PM Fool
$JNJ FDA Panel Rejects Xarelto 6-4
about 7 days ago by Benzinga
How High Can Pharmacyclics Fly?
May 23, 2:53PM Fool
Ex-Dividend Stocks http://stks.co/3wtm My story via @TheStreet $JNJ $MHP $AIZ $DNB $NDSN $WEP $SIX #Dividend #ExDividend
about 7 days ago by azendrian
1 Great Dividend to Buy Today
May 22, 6:39PM Fool
Relatively Underperformed in Pharmaceuticals Industry $MRK $PFE $BMY $JNJ $TEVA 41min ago -Financial News Network Online-News Corner-Comtex
about 8 days ago by DrNick
I’m Stunned How Bearish The Monday Rally Really Was! http://stks.co/3vkv $SPY $JNJ $BA $ATI $NBL $OXY $CLF $TSO $MRO $WYNN $AET $AVP $KMX
about 8 days ago by elliottwave
Dendreon's Saving Grace
May 21, 3:27PM Fool
Top 10 Dow dividend stocks right now are: $JPM $DD $PG $CVX $GE $JNJ $PFE $MRK $VZ $T - all 3.4%-plus yield. Details at http://stks.co/3v2k
about 9 days ago by JeffReevesIP
Why Johnson & Johnson is a Buy
May 21, 10:40AM Fool
$jnj Broke major support on Friday, but came back.Needs to get back above and hold 63.50 today.
about 9 days ago by Spus
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May 19, 10:07AM Fool
$FB talking heads will go on all weekend... Buying $JNJ...
about 12 days ago by Nexus6
Go into Pharma to avoid the bloodbath in the markets. Rotation into safety $PFE $MRK $JNJ http://stks.co/3tbu
about 12 days ago by EPS_MomentuM
$jnj sitting on a mound of support 63.30-63.40.If can cleaer 64 some room to run on the upside.
about 12 days ago by Spus
News related to $JNJ, currently 0.0% since open: 'Alkermes takes bigger 4Q loss after Elan deal' http://stks.co/3sOZ
about 13 days ago by TradeBot
Expectations Indicator triggered a Bear Market http://stks.co/3sJw $JNJ $JPM $KFT $MCD
about 13 days ago by LouisEbner
$jnj Just will not break down below 63.50 or rally above 64.On sidelines until it makes up its mind.
about 13 days ago by Spus
RT @SeemaCnbc Cancer data expected to move big pharma $JNJ $PFE $AZN
about 13 days ago by StockTwits

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
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