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Lennox International, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

LII · Industrials

Major red flags

Revenue
$5.2B
2025
Net Income
$806M
2025
Gross Margin
33.4%
Free Cash Flow
$639M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
4
Watch
2
Failed
-2.21
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

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 41 days, change -5 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -12.4% vs revenue growth -2.7%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -2.7%, CFFO -19.9%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

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B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory growth 35.1% exceeds COGS -2.9%

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -27.4% vs revenue -2.7%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 39.3%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 33.4%, change +0.1pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 0.94. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.6B, FCF/NI = 0.79

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = 1.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 2% of debt $1.8B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.8B = 66% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.5x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 26.1% vs revenue -2.7%

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 191% YoY

06

Manipulation Score

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F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.21 (grey zone)

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04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.21
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.9
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.997
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.801
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.973
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.938
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.959
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
0.0118
TATA
Accruals level
0.962
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

7.19
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1744
Liquidity
1.1983
Cumulative profit
0.2556
Operating efficiency
0.3985
Leverage

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

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Across the last 5–6 quarters, LII tripped 1 red flag.

  • Q5 · Inv > RevInv YoY +34.1% vs Rev YoY +5.8%

Updated 2026-05-19