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Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

AESI · Energy

Major red flags

Revenue
$1.1B
2025
Net Income
-$50M
2025
Gross Margin
13.8%
Free Cash Flow
-$31M
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Screening Summary

6
Passed
6
Watch
4
Failed
-2.23
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 (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 60 days, change +3 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 3.7%, CFFO -54.2%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

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B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth 52.2% exceeds COGS 14.6%

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -60.4% vs revenue 3.7%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 92.1%, exceeds 70%

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung -8.2pp (22.0% → 13.8%)

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Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = -2.33. Below 1.0

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -7.5%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 7% of debt $0.6B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B but equity unavailable or non-positive

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D2Leverage

Interest coverage = -0.3x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -65.9% vs revenue 3.7%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 92% YoY

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.23 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.23
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.05
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.597
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.67
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.037
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.664
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.26
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0752
TATA
Accruals level
0.934
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

0.18
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0433
Liquidity
-0.0226
Cumulative profit
-0.0046
Operating efficiency
0
Leverage

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