F

Novagold Resources Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

NG · Basic Materials

Major red flags

Revenue
$0M
2025
Net Income
-$95M
2025
Gross Margin
Free Cash Flow
-$14M
01

Screening Summary

6
Passed
3
Watch
1
Failed
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

Insufficient data

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

Insufficient data

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Insufficient data

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

Insufficient data

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = -115254.5%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Insufficient data

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.0B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -24.0%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers 69% of debt $0.2B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

No goodwill. Clean balance sheet

!
D2Leverage

Interest coverage = -1.7x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

No goodwill

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Calculation error: float division by zero

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05

Altman Z-Score

-19.75
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.3351
Liquidity
-6.5481
Cumulative profit
-0.2378
Operating efficiency
0.9516
Leverage

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