Groupon, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C
GRPN · Communication Services
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 19 days, change -6 days YoY
AR growth -24.5% vs revenue growth 1.2%
Revenue 1.2%, CFFO 15.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -8.2% vs revenue 1.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 95.1%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 90.8%, change +0.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -0.77. Below 1.0
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = -0.60
Accruals ratio = -22.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.3B covers 85% of debt $0.3B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = -427% of equity. Manageable
Interest coverage = 0.9x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets -57.8% vs revenue 1.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -1% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.79 (< -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