B

PubMatic, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B

PUBM · Technology

Generally healthy

Revenue
$283M
2025
Net Income
-$14M
2025
Gross Margin
63.6%
Free Cash Flow
$46M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
3
Watch
0
Failed
-3.21
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 462 days, change -70 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -15.7% vs revenue growth -2.9%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -2.9%, CFFO 10.4%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -9.5% vs revenue -2.9%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 90.8%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 63.6%, change -1.7pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = -5.60. Below 1.0

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = -3.19

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -14.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers debt $0.0B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 12% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.7x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 49.5% vs revenue -2.9%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -5% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.21 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.21
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.868
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.028
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.189
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.971
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.94
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.098
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1404
TATA
Accruals level
0.976
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

2.55
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2158
Liquidity
0.1984
Cumulative profit
-0.0254
Operating efficiency
0.6288
Leverage

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