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Hubbell Inc — Earnings Quality Grade F

HUBB · Industrials

Major red flags

Revenue
$5.8B
2025
Net Income
$887M
2025
Gross Margin
35.3%
Free Cash Flow
$875M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
3
Watch
2
Failed
-2.47
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 55 days, change +4 days YoY

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 12.7% exceeds revenue growth 3.8%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 3.8%, CFFO 3.9%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 7.3% vs COGS 1.5%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -14.0% vs revenue 3.8%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 41.4%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 35.3%, change +1.5pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.16. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.9B, FCF/NI = 0.99

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -1.7%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.5B covers only 20% of debt $2.5B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $4.5B = 116% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.8x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 21.6% vs revenue 3.8%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

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E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 24% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.47 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.47
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.086
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.959
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.033
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.038
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.148
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.014
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0173
TATA
Accruals level
1.086
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

4.4
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1319
Liquidity
0.505
Cumulative profit
0.1438
Operating efficiency
0.8803
Leverage

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

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Across the last 5–6 quarters, HUBB tripped 1 red flag.

  • Q5 · Inv > RevInv YoY +34.3% vs Rev YoY +11.1%

Updated 2026-05-19