Core Molding Technologies Inc — Earnings Quality Grade C
CMT · Basic Materials
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 41 days, change +5 days YoY
AR growth 2.4% vs revenue growth -9.5%
Revenue -9.5%, CFFO -45.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 7.5% exceeds COGS -9.2%
CapEx growth 49.8% is >2x revenue growth -9.5%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 70.1%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 17.4%, change -0.2pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.71. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.17
Accruals ratio = -3.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 13% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 1.2x. Healthy
Other assets grew 29.8% vs revenue -9.5%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.56 (< -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