Walter Energy (WLT)
Walter Energy Beneish M-Score: -0.7327
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WLT Beneish M-Score Rankings
| Overall | 4th percentile | 3611 of 3771 |
| Sector | 6th percentile | 367 of 393 in Basic Materials |
| Industry | 6th percentile | 28 of 30 in Industrial Metals & Minerals |
WLT Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -4.124 | Dec 2009 |
| Maximum | 1.686 | Dec 2008 |
| Average | -1.770 |
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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WLT News
@Irishrebel even $wlt had a higher prob of being green than $appl today (and did go green for a min)
about 19 hours ago by Irishrebel
about 19 hours ago by Irishrebel
$WLT trying to turn green. There's a joke in here somewhere...I'll get back to you. Go coal!! Any day now...
about a day ago by DigDugTrader
about a day ago by DigDugTrader
$WLT Re: previous "bottom pickers" comment: More like shorts covering and covering up nervousness that sentiment is changing.
about a day ago by mjapple
about a day ago by mjapple
$WLT bottom pickers that bought at higher prices now looking for some kind of salvation to save their bad decisions ;-)
about a day ago by TAman87
about a day ago by TAman87
$WLT CNBC just noted reversal in FCX. Bid in commodities w/ talk of QE3 and shorts getting nervous about major ECB action. Hmm, I'll wait.
about a day ago by mjapple
about a day ago by mjapple
$WLT Not that big of a flush. I'll go out on a limb and say WLT green by end of day. QE3, buyout talk . . . something will save it
about a day ago by mjapple
about a day ago by mjapple
RT @StrayTrader $ANR $BTU $WLT are not going to zero. Buy them. I wouldn't touch $PCX $JRCC or even $ACI.>> Agree top 3 cld be 3x baggers
about 2 days ago by CDMCapital
about 2 days ago by CDMCapital
$WLT Storming back. Let's see if there's another leg down or if 47-48 is the line in the sand.
about 2 days ago by mjapple
about 2 days ago by mjapple
Walter Energy (WLT) volatility elevated as shares trade near 32-month lows
May 31, 9:41AM Street Insider
May 31, 9:41AM Street Insider
Wunderlich Securities Starts Walter Energy (WLT) at Buy; Catalysts On The Horizon
May 31, 8:39AM Street Insider
May 31, 8:39AM Street Insider
$WLT Anything has the potential to do anything. If someone can't tell us why, give us a specific reason, then it's just guessing.
about 3 days ago by mjapple
about 3 days ago by mjapple
$WLT this thing has the potential to cascade into the mid 30's if the 47ish area is broken imo
about 3 days ago by TAman87
about 3 days ago by TAman87
$WLT Still looking for that 48-ish triple bottom. How much time will Walter spend in the 40s I wonder?
about 3 days ago by mjapple
about 3 days ago by mjapple
Just as an FYI, all comments made are based on how I feel at that particular moment from a day trade perspective. No opinion on $WLT now.
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
Walking from $WLT short, just cannot get it to break hard with expected rollover in market.
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
Observation:Somebody keeps holding 51.50 on $WLT, a break of 51.50 & 51.10 & actually think we can see unchanged with broad market pullback
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
about 4 days ago by prostocktrader
$WLT $X held some overnight and dumping them now. Hope you all had a nice holiday weekend
about 4 days ago by Hitthebidradio
about 4 days ago by Hitthebidradio
Walter Energy (WLT) volatility elevated at 68 as shares approach three-year low
May 23, 8:18AM Street Insider
May 23, 8:18AM Street Insider
Walter Energy, Abercrombie & Fitch Among Stocks setting 52-Week Lows Tuesday
May 22, 4:33PM Fox Business
May 22, 4:33PM Fox Business
Wells Fargo Starts Walter Energy (WLT) at Outperform; Potential Catalysts - Lower Costs and M&A
May 14, 7:31AM Street Insider
May 14, 7:31AM Street Insider
Brean Murray Carret & Co. Upgrades Walter Energy (WLT) to Buy; Several Compelling Reasons
May 04, 7:39AM Street Insider
May 04, 7:39AM Street Insider
Walter Energy's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
May 03, 2:00PM Seeking Alpha
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Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLT | 47.58 | -0.87 | -1.80% | 2.972B |
| WLP | 66.36 | -1.03 | -1.53% | 22.21B |
| ZBB | 0.39 | -0.02 | -4.88% | 16.01M |
| ZAGG | 10.42 | -0.19 | -1.79% | 313.02M |
| ZA | 3.370 | -0.03 | -0.89% | 93.28M |
| Z | 36.65 | -2.53 | -6.46% | 724.57M |
| YZC | 16.06 | -0.60 | -3.60% | 12.07B |
| YUM | 64.70 | -5.66 | -8.04% | 29.79B |
| YTEC | 3.44 | -0.02 | -0.58% | 63.85M |
| YRCWD | 5.89 | -0.16 | -2.64% |
