Hillman Solutions Corp. — Earnings Quality Grade F
HLMN · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 27 days, change -0 days YoY
AR growth 4.7% vs revenue growth 5.4%
Revenue 5.4%, CFFO -42.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 20.4% exceeds COGS 4.1%
CapEx growth -17.7% vs revenue 5.4%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 66.4%. Normal
Gross margin 48.7%, change +0.7pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.61. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.87
Accruals ratio = -2.8%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 4% of debt $0.8B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.4B = 112% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 3.0x. Healthy
Other assets grew 53.7% vs revenue 5.4%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.58 (< -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