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J. Jill, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

JILL · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$597M
2026
Net Income
$28M
2026
Gross Margin
68.7%
Free Cash Flow
$23M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
1
Watch
2
Failed
-2.77
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 3 days, change -0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -13.9% vs revenue growth -2.3%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -2.3%, CFFO -35.2%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 14.3% vs COGS 3.2%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 6.5% vs revenue -2.3%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 87.5%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 68.7%, change -1.7pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.51. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.83

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -3.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 18% of debt $0.2B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 95% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 3.2x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -0.8% vs revenue -2.3%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -4% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.77 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.77
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.882
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.025
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.893
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.977
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.102
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.039
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0317
TATA
Accruals level
0.954
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

0.49
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0234
Liquidity
-0.2416
Cumulative profit
0.1099
Operating efficiency
0.3696
Leverage

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