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Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

BOOT · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$1.9B
2025
Net Income
$181M
2025
Gross Margin
37.5%
Free Cash Flow
-$1M
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Screening Summary

13
Passed
1
Watch
3
Failed
-2.42
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 2 days, change -0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 3.0% vs revenue growth 14.6%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 14.6% but CFFO declined -37.5%

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 24.7% vs COGS 13.4%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 24.8% vs revenue 14.6%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 66.6%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 37.5%, change +0.7pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 0.82. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 1.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 12% of debt $0.6B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 23% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.9x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 13.7% vs revenue 14.6%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

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 = -2.42 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.42
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.898
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.982
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.848
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.146
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.991
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.001
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0166
TATA
Accruals level
0.955
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

5.26
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.253
Liquidity
0.4479
Cumulative profit
0.1197
Operating efficiency
1.2752
Leverage

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