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GRAIL, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

GRAL · Healthcare

Major red flags

Revenue
$147M
2025
Net Income
-$408M
2025
Gross Margin
-42.5%
Free Cash Flow
-$300M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
2
Watch
3
Failed
-2.46
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 45 days, change -14 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -9.9% vs revenue growth 17.2%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 17.2%, CFFO 48.2%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -14.0% vs COGS 3.0%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -82.5% vs revenue 17.2%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = -440.8%, excellent (<30%)

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung +19.6pp (-62.1% → -42.5%)

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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 ($-0.3B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.9B covers debt $0.1B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $1.9B = 72% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = -0.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 23.4% vs revenue 17.2%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -8% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.46 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.46
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.769
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.461
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.939
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.172
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.896
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.64
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0374
TATA
Accruals level
1.057
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

-2.79
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2992
Liquidity
-3.4947
Cumulative profit
-0.1828
Operating efficiency
7.4905
Leverage

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