Ambarella, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
AMBA · Technology
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 37 days, change -2 days YoY
AR growth 31.6% vs revenue growth 37.2%
Revenue 37.2%, CFFO 117.3%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 51.8% vs COGS 41.7%. Normal
CapEx growth 49.4% vs revenue 37.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 32.5%. Normal
Gross margin 59.2%, change -1.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = -0.76
Accruals ratio = -18.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.3B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 61% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = -0.2x. Healthy
Other assets -8.0% vs revenue 37.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.11 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Portfolio monitoring
Monitor AMBA continuously
The full checks and model details are free to read. Use Watchlist to track your holdings; Pro adds automatic quarterly rescoring, risk-event email alerts, scans up to 50 tickers, and export workflows.
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25