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McGrath RentCorp — Earnings Quality Grade F

MGRC · Industrials

Major red flags

Revenue
$944M
2025
Net Income
$156M
2025
Gross Margin
48.2%
Free Cash Flow
$69M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
1
Watch
2
Failed
-2.6
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 90 days, change +2 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 5.7% vs revenue growth 3.7%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 3.7%, CFFO -31.7%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -43.9% vs COGS 2.9%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -19.2% vs revenue 3.7%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 46.5%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 48.2%, change +0.4pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.64. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -4.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 0% of debt $0.5B

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Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 31% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.5x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 3.6% vs revenue 3.7%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.60 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.6
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.02
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.992
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.976
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.037
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.044
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.017
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0422
TATA
Accruals level
0.892
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

2.52
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.1342
Liquidity
0.4731
Cumulative profit
0.1034
Operating efficiency
1.1044
Leverage

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