InterDigital, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C
IDCC · Technology
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 31 days, change -49 days YoY
AR growth -62.9% vs revenue growth -4.0%
Revenue -4.0%, CFFO 100.5%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 20.1% is >2x revenue growth -4.0%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 9.2%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin swung +8.3pp (80.5% → 88.8%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.34. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.5B, FCF/NI = 1.17
Accruals ratio = -6.7%. Low accruals
Cash $1.2B covers debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 31% of equity
Debt/EBITDA = 0.8x. Healthy
Other assets grew 601.6% vs revenue -4.0%
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 4% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.44 (< -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