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N-able, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

NABL · Technology

Major red flags

Revenue
$511M
2025
Net Income
-$17M
2025
Gross Margin
77.1%
Free Cash Flow
$64M
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Screening Summary

10
Passed
3
Watch
4
Failed
-2.8
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 36 days, change +1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 9.7%, CFFO 17.3%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 23.3% is >2x revenue growth 9.7%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 64.6%. Normal

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B4Gross Margin

Gross margin swung -5.6pp (82.7% → 77.1%)

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Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = -5.47. Below 1.0

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = -3.75

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -7.8%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 26% of debt $0.4B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $1.1B = 135% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.2x (>4x). Interest coverage = 1.0x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 16.7% vs revenue 9.7%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 3% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.80 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.8
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.022
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.072
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.981
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.097
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.719
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.095
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0782
TATA
Accruals level
1.132
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

1.87
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0246
Liquidity
0.0384
Cumulative profit
0.0272
Operating efficiency
1.3295
Leverage

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