Edgewell Personal Care Company — Earnings Quality Grade F
EPC · Consumer Defensive
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 23 days, change +5 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue -1.3%, CFFO -48.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 1.6% vs COGS 0.0%. Normal
CapEx growth 36.3% is >2x revenue growth -1.3%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 72.6%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 41.6%, change -0.8pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 4.66. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 1.63
Accruals ratio = -2.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers only 16% of debt $1.4B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $2.2B = 142% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 7.6x (>4x). Financial stress
Other assets 12.9% vs revenue -1.3%. Normal
Write-offs up 183% YoY
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.37 (< -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