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• Beneish M-Score -2.065 (63rd percentile vs Vietnamese peers; YoY change +2.17). The M-Score aggregates eight ratios to flag earnings manipulation; here the score sits below the US -1.78 threshold but ranks above most Vietnamese peers and has moved materially year-over-year, indicating a relative shift in accounting signals.
• Cash conversion 3-year ratio 0.87 (40th percentile among VN non-financials). This measures operating cash flow divided by net profit over three years; being below 1 and in the lower half suggests profits are not consistently converting into cash.
• Receivables outside the trade cycle 15.8% of total assets (87th percentile). This line measures prepayments, loans receivable and other long-term receivables; a high percentile indicates substantial items outside ordinary trade receivables relative to assets.
• Earnings-quality sub-scores: Cash conversion 0.0/100 and Margin quality 0.0/100. These scores quantify the company’s ability to turn reported profit into cash and to sustain margins; both are reported at the bottom of the scale.
• Revenue quality 9.9/100 and M-Scores components: DSRI 1.0682 and SGI 1.1038. DSRI >1 indicates receivables growing faster than sales; SGI >1 shows sales growth that can be associated with pressure to manage earnings. Low revenue quality score corroborates concern over the sustainability or recognition pattern of sales.
• AQI 1.3684 (accruals quality index >1). AQI measures growth in non-cash accruals; a higher value is associated with increased accruals activity, consistent with the relatively lower cash conversion.

• Accruals quality 90.1/100. This high score indicates that reported profit contains a smaller measured component of potentially problematic accruals behavior relative to the scoring model.
• TATA (total accruals to total assets) 0.0247. This low absolute TATA indicates reported accruals are modest as a fraction of assets in the period measured.
• DEPI 0.9421 and LVGI 0.9367 (both <1). DEPI <1 suggests no obvious pattern of lengthening depreciation lives; LVGI <1 suggests asset liquidation/gross margin pattern is not indicating large manipulation via inventory valuation.
• Altman Z-Score 25.52 (safe zone). Z-Score uses balance-sheet and profit measures to assess bankruptcy risk; this very high value indicates a wide distance from financial distress by that model.
• Piotroski F-Score 4/9 (neutral). Some fundamentals are positive or stable, and the score does not show extreme deterioration across profitability, leverage/liquidity, or operating efficiency metrics.

Ownership is concentrated: Tổng Công ty Dầu Việt Nam holds 56.8%, and three other institutional shareholders together hold a further ~30.5% (14.5%, 9.0%, 7.5%), with one individual at 7.5%. The majority institutional stake suggests control is concentrated within a few entities (one large institutional owner plus other institutions); in the Vietnamese context that can reflect group or state-linked influence and associated related-party or group-transaction patterns.

• Compare the FY2025 schedule/note for 'receivables and other long-term receivables' to the total assets line to verify the 15.8% figure and inspect counterparty descriptions (prepayments to suppliers, loans receivable, related-party designations).
• Reconcile the consolidated cash flow from operating activities and the consolidated net profit in the FY2023–FY2025 notes to confirm the 3-year cash conversion ratio of 0.87 and identify the main reconciling items (changes in working capital, non-cash items, one-offs).
• Inspect the revenue recognition note and the trade receivables ageing/terms to assess drivers of the Revenue quality score (DSRI 1.0682, revenue-quality 9.9/100) and whether sales growth (SGI 1.1038) is accompanied by longer collection terms or increased returns/allowances.
• Review the related-party transactions note and the schedule of receivables/payables with related parties to determine whether the large apportioned receivables outside the trade cycle involve group/related-party balances, given the concentrated ownership and institutional group structure.