Earnings manipulation, anyone?
Report by Two Rivers Analytics
Two Rivers has recreated the Beneish model showing the highest potential manipulators and highlighting stocks such as QXO (due to M&A-driven sales spikes for AI supply chain plans), Joby Aviation (high growth amid declining margins), Rivian (rising accruals suggesting expense capitalisation), Alpha Metallurgical Resources (falling gross margins) and Pinterest (rising balance sheet accruals and sales growth). The model's inputs are similar to some that Two Rivers use in their own Stock at Risk's Earnings Quality model - albeit with some additional proprietary “secret sauce”.