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PHINIA Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

PHIN · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$3.5B
2025
Net Income
$130M
2025
Gross Margin
21.9%
Free Cash Flow
$188M
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Screening Summary

16
Passed
0
Watch
2
Failed
-2.58
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 65 days, change +4 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 8.2% vs revenue growth 2.4%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 2.4%, CFFO 1.3%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 6.5% vs COGS 2.8%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 18.1% vs revenue 2.4%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 58.4%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 21.9%, change -0.3pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.40. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.45

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -4.8%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.4B covers only 35% of debt $1.0B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.9B = 57% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 2.3x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -41.9% vs revenue 2.4%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 7% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.58 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.58
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.057
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.015
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.074
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.024
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.05
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.984
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0477
TATA
Accruals level
0.978
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

2.75
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2135
Liquidity
0.0346
Cumulative profit
0.0731
Operating efficiency
0.7117
Leverage

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