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Robinhood Markets, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

HOOD · Financial Services

Major red flags

Revenue
$4.5B
2025
Net Income
$1.9B
2025
Gross Margin
83.3%
Free Cash Flow
$1.6B
01

Screening Summary

10
Passed
3
Watch
4
Failed
-1.6
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO surged by 426 days (1077 → 1503)

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 51.6%, CFFO 1143.3%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 8.0% vs revenue 51.6%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 15.5%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 83.3%, change +3.9pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $1.6B, FCF/NI = 0.84

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 0.6%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $10.5B covers 90% of debt $11.6B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.6B = 6% of equity. Manageable

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D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.3x (>4x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 32.9% vs revenue 51.6%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 155% YoY

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -1.60 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-1.6
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.395
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.953
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.219
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.516
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.995
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.047
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0064
TATA
Accruals level
1.091
LVGI
Leverage increasing?

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Robinhood Markets, Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-09

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) Earnings Quality Grade F — EarningsGrade