CuriosityStream Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
CURI · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 45 days, change +2 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 40.1%, CFFO 60.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
Insufficient data
SG&A/Gross Profit = 118.0%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin swung +6.2pp (50.4% → 56.6%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years
Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = -2.02
Accruals ratio = -25.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 75% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 0.5x. Healthy
Other assets 79.4% vs revenue 40.1%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.50 (< -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