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CareTrust REIT, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

CTRE · Real Estate

Major red flags

Revenue
$369M
2025
Net Income
$321M
2025
Gross Margin
97.7%
Free Cash Flow
$379M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
2
Watch
2
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

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 10 days, change +8 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 61.8%, CFFO 61.3%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 86.1% vs revenue 61.8%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 14.0%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 97.7%, change +3.6pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.23. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.4B, FCF/NI = 1.18

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -1.4%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers only 22% of debt $0.9B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 1% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.9x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 547.1% vs revenue 61.8%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 1001% YoY

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

CareTrust REIT, 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