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CART (Maplebear) Beneish M-Score : -2.92 (As of Jul. 06, 2025)


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What is Maplebear Beneish M-Score?

The zones of discrimination for M-Score is as such:

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.
An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Good Sign:

Beneish M-Score -2.92 no higher than -1.78, which implies that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.

The historical rank and industry rank for Maplebear's Beneish M-Score or its related term are showing as below:

CART' s Beneish M-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.95   Med: -2.81   Max: -2.53
Current: -2.92

During the past 5 years, the highest Beneish M-Score of Maplebear was -2.53. The lowest was -4.95. And the median was -2.81.


Maplebear Beneish M-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Maplebear's Beneish M-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Maplebear Beneish M-Score Chart

Maplebear Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Beneish M-Score
- - - - -2.53

Maplebear Quarterly Data
Dec21 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Beneish M-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -4.95 -2.70 -2.53 -2.92

Competitive Comparison of Maplebear's Beneish M-Score

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Maplebear's Beneish M-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Beneish M-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Maplebear's Beneish M-Score Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Maplebear's Beneish M-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Maplebear's Beneish M-Score falls into.


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Maplebear Beneish M-Score Calculation

The M-score was created by Professor Messod Beneish. Instead of measuring the bankruptcy risk (Altman Z-Score) or business trend (Piotroski F-Score), M-score can be used to detect the risk of earnings manipulation. This is the original research paper on M-score.

The M-Score Variables:

The M-score of Maplebear for today is based on a combination of the following eight different indices:

M=-4.84+0.92 * DSRI+0.528 * GMI+0.404 * AQI+0.892 * SGI+0.115 * DEPI
=-4.84+0.92 * 0.9539+0.528 * 0.9896+0.404 * 0.938+0.892 * 1.1134+0.115 * 1.0002
-0.172 * SGAI+4.679 * TATA-0.327 * LVGI
-0.172 * 0.6115+4.679 * -0.103681-0.327 * 1.1574
=-2.92

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Mar25) TTM:Last Year (Mar24) TTM:
Total Receivables was $974 Mil.
Revenue was 897 + 883 + 852 + 823 = $3,455 Mil.
Gross Profit was 671 + 664 + 641 + 623 = $2,599 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,873 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,292 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $231 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $74 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,231 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $887 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $9 Mil.
Net Income was 106 + 148 + 118 + 61 = $433 Mil.
Non Operating Income was 0 + -1 + 0 + -1 = $-2 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 298 + 153 + 185 + 244 = $880 Mil.
Total Receivables was $917 Mil.
Revenue was 820 + 803 + 764 + 716 = $3,103 Mil.
Gross Profit was 614 + 608 + 561 + 527 = $2,310 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $2,707 Mil.
Total Assets was $4,097 Mil.
Property, Plant and Equipment(Net PPE) was $181 Mil.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization(DDA) was $58 Mil.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) was $1,808 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $716 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $23 Mil.




1. DSRI = Days Sales in Receivables Index

Measured as the ratio of Revenue in Total Receivables in year t to year t-1.

A large increase in DSR could be indicative of revenue inflation.

DSRI=(Receivables_t / Revenue_t) / (Receivables_t-1 / Revenue_t-1)
=(974 / 3455) / (917 / 3103)
=0.28191 / 0.29552
=0.9539

2. GMI = Gross Margin Index

Measured as the ratio of gross margin in year t-1 to gross margin in year t.

Gross margin has deteriorated when this index is above 1. A firm with poorer prospects is more likely to manipulate earnings.

GMI=GrossMargin_t-1 / GrossMargin_t
=(GrossProfit_t-1 / Revenue_t-1) / (GrossProfit_t / Revenue_t)
=(2310 / 3103) / (2599 / 3455)
=0.744441 / 0.752243
=0.9896

3. AQI = Asset Quality Index

AQI is the ratio of asset quality in year t to year t-1.

Asset quality is measured as the ratio of non-current assets other than Property, Plant and Equipment to Total Assets.

AQI=(1 - (CurrentAssets_t + PPE_t) / TotalAssets_t) / (1 - (CurrentAssets_t-1 + PPE_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=(1 - (2873 + 231) / 4292) / (1 - (2707 + 181) / 4097)
=0.276794 / 0.295094
=0.938

4. SGI = Sales Growth Index

Ratio of Revenue in year t to sales in year t-1.

Sales growth is not itself a measure of manipulation. However, growth companies are likely to find themselves under pressure to manipulate in order to keep up appearances.

SGI=Sales_t / Sales_t-1
=Revenue_t / Revenue_t-1
=3455 / 3103
=1.1134

5. DEPI = Depreciation Index

Measured as the ratio of the rate of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in year t-1 to the corresponding rate in year t.

DEPI greater than 1 indicates that assets are being depreciated at a slower rate. This suggests that the firm might be revising useful asset life assumptions upwards, or adopting a new method that is income friendly.

DEPI=(Depreciation_t-1 / (Depreciaton_t-1 + PPE_t-1)) / (Depreciation_t / (Depreciaton_t + PPE_t))
=(58 / (58 + 181)) / (74 / (74 + 231))
=0.242678 / 0.242623
=1.0002

Note: If the Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization data is not available, we assume that the depreciation rate is constant and set the Depreciation Index to 1.

6. SGAI = Sales, General and Administrative expenses Index

The ratio of Selling, General, & Admin. Expense(SGA) to Sales in year t relative to year t-1.

SGA expenses index > 1 means that the company is becoming less efficient in generate sales.

SGAI=(SGA_t / Sales_t) / (SGA_t-1 /Sales_t-1)
=(1231 / 3455) / (1808 / 3103)
=0.356295 / 0.582662
=0.6115

7. LVGI = Leverage Index

The ratio of total debt to Total Assets in year t relative to yeat t-1.

An LVGI > 1 indicates an increase in leverage

LVGI=((LTD_t + CurrentLiabilities_t) / TotalAssets_t) / ((LTD_t-1 + CurrentLiabilities_t-1) / TotalAssets_t-1)
=((9 + 887) / 4292) / ((23 + 716) / 4097)
=0.20876 / 0.180376
=1.1574

8. TATA = Total Accruals to Total Assets

Total accruals calculated as the change in working capital accounts other than cash less depreciation.

TATA=(IncomefromContinuingOperations_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(NetIncome_t - NonOperatingIncome_t - CashFlowsfromOperations_t) / TotalAssets_t
=(433 - -2 - 880) / 4292
=-0.103681

An M-Score of equal or less than -1.78 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator. An M-Score of greater than -1.78 signals that the company is likely to be a manipulator.

Maplebear has a M-score of -2.92 suggests that the company is unlikely to be a manipulator.


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Maplebear Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
50 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Maplebear (Instacart) operates a leading grocery delivery platform in the United States and Canada. The company partners with various regional and national grocers, which offer their selection of food and other goods to customers through Instacart's ubiquitous platform. Once an item is ordered through Instacart's site, the item is picked and delivered to the customer's home by one of the platform's 600,000 shoppers, who are classified as independent contractors. Instacart earns fees based on average order value and leverages its platform's high usage to sell advertising, mainly to consumer-packaged goods companies. Instacart currently has about 8 million monthly active users (or orderers) on its platform.
Executives
Morgan Fong officer: General Counsel & Secretary C/O MAPLEBEAR INC., 50 BEALE STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Fidji Simo director, officer: President and CEO C/O SHOPIFY, INC., 151 O'CONNOR STREET, GROUND FLOOR, OTTAWA Z4 K2P 2L8
Alan Ramsay officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O YELP INC., 140 NEW MONTGOMERY ST., 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Nick Giovanni officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MAPLEBEAR INC., 50 BEALE STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sc Us (ttgp), Ltd. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sequoia Capital U.s. Venture Partners Fund Xiv (q), L.p. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Ravi Gupta director, 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Jeffrey D Jordan director 2865 SAND HILL ROAD #101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sequoia Capital Us/e Expansion Fund I, L.p. 10 percent owner 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Grosvenor Capital Management, L.p. other: See Explanation of Responses 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 1100, CHICAGO IL 60611
Gcm Special Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. other: See Explanation of Responses PO BOX 309 UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
D1 Capital Partners L.p. director, 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 36TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Gcm Grosvenor Inc. other: See Explanation of Responses 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 1100, CHICAGO IL 60611
Apoorva Mehta 10 percent owner C/O MAPLEBEAR INC., 50 BEALE STREET, SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105