F

Paysign, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

PAYS · Technology

Major red flags

Revenue
$82M
2025
Net Income
$8M
2025
Gross Margin
59.4%
Free Cash Flow
$44M
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Screening Summary

12
Passed
1
Watch
3
Failed
-2.29
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

DSO surged by 117 days (204 → 321)

Small-cap context: DSO swings on a small revenue base are more often quarterly customer-mix effects than red flags.

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 40.5%, CFFO 128.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -14.7% vs revenue 40.5%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 67.8%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 59.4%, change +4.2pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 6.95. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 5.87

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -16.3%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 55% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.4x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 119% YoY

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.29 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.29
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.574
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.929
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.14
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.405
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.155
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.934
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1625
TATA
Accruals level
0.96
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

1.14
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0858
Liquidity
0.0546
Cumulative profit
0.0267
Operating efficiency
0.2129
Leverage

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