American Battery Technology Com — Earnings Quality Grade F
ABAT · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 238 days, change -5 days YoY
AR growth 1125.2% vs revenue growth 1149.0%
Revenue grew 1149.0% but CFFO declined -72.8%
Small-cap context: Small-cap revenue/CFFO ratio is sensitive to growth-stage working-capital draws.
Expense Quality
Inventory 164.5% vs COGS 349.8%. Normal
CapEx growth -79.9% vs revenue 1149.0%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = -200.0%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin rose +615.6pp while AR increased and AP decreased. Fraud pattern
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years
Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.
FCF is negative ($-0.0B)
Accruals ratio = -21.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers 93% of debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 1% of equity. Manageable
Interest coverage = -2161.1x (<2x). Financial stress
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years
Small-cap context: A single acquisition on a small balance sheet can trip serial-acquirer logic.
Goodwill+Intangibles change -83% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = 7.89 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR
Small-cap context: Beneish M-Score was calibrated on large-caps; small-cap DSO/inventory volatility mechanically inflates it.
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25