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BKV Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F

BKV · Energy

Major red flags

Revenue
$894M
2025
Net Income
$173M
2025
Gross Margin
82.4%
Free Cash Flow
-$330M
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Screening Summary

10
Passed
3
Watch
4
Failed
-2.29
M-Score

Management Signals

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

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 46 days, change +5 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 51.4%, CFFO 104.8%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth -2.9% far exceeds COGS -27.6%, margin rising. Fraud signal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 467.1% is >2x revenue growth 51.4%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 37.7%. Normal

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung +19.2pp (63.2% → 82.4%)

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.40. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers only 41% of debt $0.5B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 1% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.2x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 26.2% vs revenue 51.4%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

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E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.29 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.29
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.124
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.767
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.93
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.514
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.759
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0222
TATA
Accruals level
1.517
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

3.17
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0543
Liquidity
0.0923
Cumulative profit
0.0763
Operating efficiency
1.9064
Leverage

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