F

The Andersons, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

ANDE · Consumer Defensive

Major red flags

Revenue
$11.0B
2025
Net Income
$96M
2025
Gross Margin
6.5%
Free Cash Flow
-$56M
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Screening Summary

13
Passed
2
Watch
1
Failed
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

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 22 days, change -3 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -14.7% vs revenue growth -2.2%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -2.2%, CFFO -46.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 6.1% vs COGS -2.5%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 56.3% is >2x revenue growth -2.2%

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 6.5%, change +0.3pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.85. Profits backed by cash

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.1B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 10% of debt $0.9B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 15% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 2.9x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -4.2% vs revenue -2.2%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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05

Altman Z-Score

3.01
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1858
Liquidity
0.2798
Cumulative profit
0.0508
Operating efficiency
0.5138
Leverage

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