C

PC Connection, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C

CNXN · Technology

Some red flags

Revenue
$2.9B
2025
Net Income
$84M
2025
Gross Margin
18.8%
Free Cash Flow
$58M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
4
Watch
1
Failed
-2.4
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 75 days, change +2 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 2.5%, CFFO -62.4%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

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B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth 51.0% exceeds COGS 2.2%

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -2.5% vs revenue 2.5%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 75.8%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 18.8%, change +0.2pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 0.78. Below 1.0

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 0.69

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 1.4%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.4B covers debt $0.0B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 8% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.0x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 537.0% vs revenue 2.5%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.40 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.4
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.032
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.988
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.02
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.025
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.974
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.009
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0135
TATA
Accruals level
1.089
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

8.8
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.5925
Liquidity
0.6706
Cumulative profit
0.0825
Operating efficiency
2.0647
Leverage

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