MarketWise, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
MKTW · Financial Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 6 days, change +5 days YoY
AR growth 205.0% exceeds revenue growth -19.7%
Revenue -19.7%, CFFO 307.5%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 130.1% is >2x revenue growth -19.7%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 73.9%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 86.5%, change -1.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 8.18. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 7.90
Accruals ratio = -18.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = -290% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 0.1x. Healthy
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -0.84 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR
Small-cap context: Beneish M-Score was calibrated on large-caps; small-cap DSO/inventory volatility mechanically inflates it.
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Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable
MarketWise, 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 · 2026-04-25