D

Core Natural Resources, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade D

CNR · Energy

Significant concerns

Revenue
$4.2B
2025
Net Income
-$153M
2025
Gross Margin
-0.0%
Free Cash Flow
$21M
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Screening Summary

10
Passed
5
Watch
2
Failed
-468.87
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

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 31 days, change +8 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 92.4% but CFFO declined -35.8%

02

Expense Quality

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B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth 289.6% exceeds COGS 151.7%

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 59.9% vs revenue 92.4%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = -19373.9%, excellent (<30%)

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung -23.6pp (23.5% → -0.0%)

03

Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = -2.00. Below 1.0

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = -0.14

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -7.5%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.4B covers 96% of debt $0.5B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

No goodwill. Clean balance sheet

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D2Leverage

Interest coverage = -5.4x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 171.9% vs revenue 92.4%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

No goodwill

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -468.87 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-468.87
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.327
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
-883.937
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.101
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.924
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.969
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0749
TATA
Accruals level
0.907
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

2.34
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0819
Liquidity
0.1335
Cumulative profit
-0.0316
Operating efficiency
1.5002
Leverage

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