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KKR & Co. Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

KKR · Financial Services

Major red flags

Revenue
$19.2B
2025
Net Income
$2.4B
2025
Gross Margin
18.0%
Free Cash Flow
$317M
01

Screening Summary

12
Passed
1
Watch
4
Failed
-2.5
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 9 days, change +1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -11.2%, CFFO -92.8%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 13.6% vs revenue -11.2%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 85.8%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 18.0%, change +0.2pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 0.20. Only 20% of profit backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 0.5%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $132.7B covers debt $54.5B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $8.8B = 28% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.4x (>4x). Interest coverage = 0.2x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 1.8% vs revenue -11.2%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 10% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.50 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.5
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.067
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.986
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.037
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.888
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.146
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0046
TATA
Accruals level
0.954
LVGI
Leverage increasing?

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

KKR & Co. Inc. 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 · 2026-04-09

KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR) Earnings Quality Grade F — EarningsGrade