Metallus Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C
MTUS · Basic Materials
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 40 days, change +9 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 6.9%, CFFO -60.3%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 10.6% vs COGS 7.8%. Normal
CapEx growth 69.5% is >2x revenue growth 6.9%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 98.8%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 8.2%, change -0.8pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -13.33. Below 1.0
FCF is negative ($-0.1B)
Accruals ratio = -1.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
No goodwill. Clean balance sheet
Interest coverage = 1.2x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets -26.7% vs revenue 6.9%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
No goodwill
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.09 (grey zone)
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25