F

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. — Earnings Quality Grade F

PCG · Utilities

Major red flags

Revenue
$24.9B
2025
Net Income
$2.7B
2025
Gross Margin
39.6%
Free Cash Flow
-$3.1B
01

Screening Summary

10
Passed
0
Watch
5
Failed
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 33 days, change +0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 2.1%, CFFO 8.5%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 0.0% vs COGS -1.3%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 13.7% vs revenue 2.1%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 39.6%, change +2.1pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 3.22. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 3 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -4.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.7B covers only 1% of debt $61.3B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

No goodwill. Clean balance sheet

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 6.1x (>4x). Interest coverage = 1.6x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 5.7% vs revenue 2.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

No goodwill

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

05

Altman Z-Score

0.54
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.0033
Liquidity
-0.0046
Cumulative profit
0.0385
Operating efficiency
0.299
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG) Earnings Quality Grade F — EarningsGrade