Acme — Earnings Quality Grade F
ACU · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 54 days, change +1 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 1.1%, CFFO 52.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 6.4% vs COGS 0.8%. Normal
CapEx growth 49.0% is >2x revenue growth 1.1%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 81.0%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 39.4%, change +0.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.79. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.74
Accruals ratio = -4.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 13% of debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 25% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 1.4x. Healthy
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.63 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25