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• Beneish M-Score = 3.5562 (99th percentile among Vietnamese peers). The M-Score is a composite that signals the likelihood of earnings manipulation relative to peers; note the US cutoff (-1.78) is not directly transferable and about 28% of Vietnamese firms exceed it, so the peer percentile and year-on-year trend are material to interpretation.
• Beneish components: SGI = 10.0000 (sales growth index), LVGI = 1.6576 (leverage growth index), AQI = 1.3948 (asset quality index), DSRI = 0.0387 (days' sales in receivables index), DEPI = 0.0835 (depreciation index), SGAI = 0.1430 (SG&A index), TATA = -0.1209 (total accruals to total assets), GMI = 0.0000. The extremely high SGI and elevated LVGI/AQI drive much of the M-Score.
• Altman Z-Score = -0.03 (distress zone). The Z-Score measures distance to bankruptcy; a negative score indicates low cushion against insolvency risks by the model.
• Earnings-Quality: overall 64.7/100 but with Margin quality = 0/100 and Cash conversion = 40/100. Margin quality of 0 indicates deterioration or volatility in reported profit margins; low cash conversion indicates earnings are not being converted into operating cash.
• Receivables outside the trade cycle = 10.2% of total assets (81st percentile). The figure aggregates prepayments to suppliers, loans receivable and other long-term receivables — these are sizable relative to peers and may affect cash flow reliability.
• Net loss at parent level in 5 consecutive years up to FY2025 and audited statements show losses in each of the latest 3 years. These are factual results in the published statements and trigger statutory-loss tests for HOSE/HNX listings (though UPCoM does not apply that cancellation rule).
• Accumulated losses = 0.23 × paid-in capital. This indicates retained deficit is materially eroding contributed capital, though owner's equity (excluding minorities) remains positive.

• Accruals quality = 100/100. TATA = -0.1209 (total accruals to assets) — the accruals profile (per the score) is strong, indicating limited aggressive accrual-based earnings management signals on that measure.
• Receivables quality = 100/100 even though receivables outside trade cycle are measurable (10.2% of assets); the receivables-quality metric suggests collectability and classification metrics are not flagged by that score.
• Piotroski F-Score = 6/9 (neutral-to-solid). The F-Score summarizes recent operational fundamentals (profitability, leverage/liquidity, and operating efficiency) and a 6 indicates several positive fundamentals remain.
• Director-deal registrations: 1 purchase registration and 0 sale registrations disclosed between 2025-10-30 and 2026-10-30. Registrations are intentions filed with the exchange and not executed trades.

Top shareholders include two institutional owners (Công ty TNHH MTV Hoành Sơn 11.3%; Tập Đoàn Công Nghiệp – Năng Lượng Quốc Gia Việt Nam 9.8%) and several individuals (largest individual 7.6%). Ownership is moderately concentrated among a mix of institutions and insiders; one registered insider purchase was filed in the past year (one registration without a volume).

• Compare the FY2025 line-items for 'Loans receivable' and 'Other long-term receivables' and reconcile their sum to the 10.2% of total assets noted in the receivables-outside-trade-cycle measure.
• Inspect the cash-flow statement (operating cash flow and changes in working capital) across FY2023–FY2025 to verify the low cash-conversion result (40/100) and reconcile with the reported net losses at parent level for five consecutive years.
• Review the notes on 'Revenue and receivables' and the related-party disclosures for prepayments to suppliers and loans to related parties to understand classification and recoverability assumptions driving AQI and receivables figures.
• Check the equity statement and the accumulated loss line to confirm the accumulated losses = 0.23 × paid-in capital, and confirm the parent net-loss series and the three-year statutory-loss condition cited in the audited financial statements.