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Glaukos Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F

GKOS · Healthcare

Major red flags

Revenue
$507M
2025
Net Income
-$188M
2025
Gross Margin
55.7%
Free Cash Flow
-$39M
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Screening Summary

7
Passed
6
Watch
4
Failed
-2.84
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO surged by 20 days (58 → 78)

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 32.3%, CFFO 75.9%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 10.2% vs COGS 139.0%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 285.3% is >2x revenue growth 32.3%

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 117.3%, exceeds 70%

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung -19.8pp (75.5% → 55.7%)

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.0B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -19.4%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.3B covers debt $0.1B

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Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 32% of equity

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D2Leverage

Interest coverage = -43.1x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 1.0% vs revenue 32.3%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -37% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.84 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.84
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.351
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.355
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.72
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.323
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.018
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.96
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1935
TATA
Accruals level
1.471
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

0.83
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.4183
Liquidity
-1.0444
Cumulative profit
-0.2109
Operating efficiency
2.7647
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25