C

Pathward Financial, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C

CASH · Financial Services

Some red flags

Revenue
$674M
2025
Net Income
$186M
2025
Gross Margin
Free Cash Flow
$237M
01

Screening Summary

10
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 21 days, change +3 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 4.0%, CFFO -7.8%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -22.7% vs revenue 4.0%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Insufficient data

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.42. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.27

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers debt $0.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 36% of equity

D2Leverage

Insufficient data

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

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D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs up 96% YoY

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -5% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Pathward Financial, Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

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