C

ScanSource, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade C

SCSC · Technology

Some red flags

Revenue
$3.0B
2025
Net Income
$72M
2025
Gross Margin
13.4%
Free Cash Flow
$104M
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Screening Summary

13
Passed
4
Watch
0
Failed
-2.51
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 (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

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A1DSO Change

DSO increased by 11 days

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 9.3% vs revenue growth -6.7%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -6.7%, CFFO -69.8%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -5.6% vs COGS -8.0%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -3.1% vs revenue -6.7%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 70.2%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 13.4%, change +1.2pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.57. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 1.45

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.3%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers 86% of debt $0.1B

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Balance Sheet Health

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D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.3B = 32% of equity

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -7.2% vs revenue -6.7%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 20% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.51 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.51
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.172
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.911
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.122
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.933
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.925
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.109
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0228
TATA
Accruals level
1.003
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

5.86
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.385
Liquidity
0.5717
Cumulative profit
0.0574
Operating efficiency
1.031
Leverage

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