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Advanced Energy Industries, Inc — Earnings Quality Grade C

AEIS · Industrials

Some red flags

Revenue
$1.8B
2025
Net Income
$148M
2025
Gross Margin
37.7%
Free Cash Flow
$126M
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Screening Summary

15
Passed
2
Watch
1
Failed
-2.44
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 66 days, change +1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 21.4%, CFFO 78.4%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 14.1% vs COGS 17.7%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 89.1% is >2x revenue growth 21.4%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 35.8%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 37.7%, change +1.9pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.57. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 0.85

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.3%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.8B covers debt $0.7B

04

Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 31% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 2.8x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 17.5% vs revenue 21.4%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -4% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.44 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.44
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.01
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.948
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.904
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.214
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.365
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.889
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0333
TATA
Accruals level
1.002
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

4.64
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2289
Liquidity
0.4433
Cumulative profit
0.0716
Operating efficiency
1.152
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25