AMC Global Media Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
AMCX · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 91 days, change -3 days YoY
AR growth -7.8% vs revenue growth -4.5%
Revenue -4.5%, CFFO -18.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -25.6% vs revenue -4.5%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 69.9%. Normal
Gross margin 50.6%, change -2.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 3.42. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.3B, FCF/NI = 3.05
Accruals ratio = -5.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.5B covers only 27% of debt $1.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $2.1B = 215% of equity. Over 50%
Interest coverage = 1.5x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets 11.7% vs revenue -4.5%. Normal
Write-offs normal
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.73 (< -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