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Kestrel Group, Ltd. — Earnings Quality Grade F

KG · Financial Services

Major red flags

Revenue
$32M
2025
Net Income
$47M
2025
Gross Margin
Free Cash Flow
-$96M
01

Screening Summary

3
Passed
3
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 740.3% but CFFO declined -7488.1%

Small-cap context: Small-cap revenue/CFFO ratio is sensitive to growth-stage working-capital draws.

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

Insufficient data

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung +213.1pp (-165.1% → 48.0%)

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.1B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 14.1%. Exceeds 10%

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers 86% of debt $0.2B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 7% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Insufficient data

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Insufficient data

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Kestrel Group, Ltd. 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 · 2026-04-25