Franklin Covey Company — Earnings Quality Grade C
FC · Consumer Defensive
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 94 days, change -16 days YoY
AR growth -20.4% vs revenue growth -7.0%
Revenue -7.0%, CFFO -51.9%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 29.1% exceeds COGS -4.0%
CapEx growth 49.3% is >2x revenue growth -7.0%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 89.7%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 76.2%, change -0.7pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 9.44. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 3.94
Accruals ratio = -10.7%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 98% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 0.1x. Healthy
Other assets grew 45.9% vs revenue -7.0%
Write-offs normal
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -5% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.11 (< -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