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Joby Aviation, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

JOBY · Industrials

Major red flags

Revenue
$53M
2025
Net Income
-$930M
2025
Gross Margin
45.1%
Free Cash Flow
-$564M
01

Screening Summary

7
Passed
4
Watch
3
Failed
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 (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

Insufficient data

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

Insufficient data

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 39183.1% but CFFO declined -16.9%

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 32.7% vs revenue 39183.1%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 674.7%, exceeds 70%

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung -5.6pp (50.7% → 45.1%)

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.6B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -23.4%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $1.4B covers debt $0.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 8% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = -0.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 1.7% vs revenue 39183.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 382% YoY

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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05

Altman Z-Score

1.15
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.772
Liquidity
-1.5518
Cumulative profit
-0.4009
Operating efficiency
3.6582
Leverage

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