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lululemon athletica inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B

LULU · Consumer Cyclical

Generally healthy

Revenue
$11.1B
2026
Net Income
$1.6B
2026
Gross Margin
56.6%
Free Cash Flow
$922M
01

Screening Summary

14
Passed
3
Watch
0
Failed
-1.88
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 6 days, change +2 days YoY

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 58.7% exceeds revenue growth 4.9%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 4.9%, CFFO -29.5%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 17.9% vs COGS 11.6%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -1.2% vs revenue 4.9%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 64.7%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 56.6%, change -2.6pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.01. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.9B, FCF/NI = 0.58

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -0.3%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $1.8B covers debt $1.8B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 4% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.7x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 31.0% vs revenue 4.9%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 12% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

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F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -1.88 (grey zone)

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-1.88
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.513
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.046
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.119
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.049
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.027
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.031
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0028
TATA
Accruals level
0.922
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

6.83
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2809
Liquidity
0.5348
Cumulative profit
0.2614
Operating efficiency
1.4197
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10

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