F

Entergy Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F

ETR · Utilities

Major red flags

Revenue
$12.9B
2025
Net Income
$1.8B
2025
Gross Margin
47.7%
Free Cash Flow
-$2.8B
01

Screening Summary

11
Passed
2
Watch
3
Failed
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 20 days, change -1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 6.0% vs revenue growth 9.0%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 9.0%, CFFO 14.8%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 2.5% vs COGS 10.2%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 33.0% is >2x revenue growth 9.0%

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 47.7%, change -0.6pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.90. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 3 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -4.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $1.9B covers only 6% of debt $30.9B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 2% of equity. Manageable

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D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.0x (>4x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -30.0% vs revenue 9.0%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -0% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

05

Altman Z-Score

1.05
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.028
Liquidity
0.1766
Cumulative profit
0.0502
Operating efficiency
0.309
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10

Entergy Corporation (ETR) Earnings Quality Grade F — EarningsGrade