Perma-Fix Environmental Service — Earnings Quality Grade C
PESI · Industrials
Some red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 66 days, change -5 days YoY
AR growth -3.0% vs revenue growth 4.3%
Revenue 4.3%, CFFO 27.1%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 15.8% far exceeds COGS -5.8%, margin rising. Fraud signal
Small-cap context: Inventory ratios on a small base are noisy; a single product launch can move them sharply.
CapEx growth 20.7% is >2x revenue growth 4.3%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 274.8%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin swung +9.7pp (0.0% → 9.7%)
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 0.78. Below 1.0
FCF is negative ($-0.0B)
Accruals ratio = -3.4%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers debt $0.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 22% of equity. Manageable
Interest coverage = -51.0x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets 9.5% vs revenue 4.3%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change 1% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.16 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25