1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
FLWS · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 5 days, change +1 days YoY
AR growth 20.4% exceeds revenue growth -8.0%
Revenue -8.0%, CFFO -127.8%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 0.3% vs COGS -5.8%. Normal
CapEx growth 7.3% vs revenue -8.0%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 91.6%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 38.7%, change -1.4pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years
Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.
FCF is negative ($-0.1B)
Accruals ratio = -22.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 17% of debt $0.3B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 47% of equity
Interest coverage = -4.0x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets 9.3% vs revenue -8.0%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -53% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.49 (< -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