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Sezzle Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

SEZL · Financial Services

Major red flags

Revenue
$450M
2025
Net Income
$133M
2025
Gross Margin
70.1%
Free Cash Flow
$207M
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Screening Summary

13
Passed
2
Watch
2
Failed
-2.72
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 3 days, change +1 days YoY

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 110.2% exceeds revenue growth 66.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 66.1%, CFFO 60.7%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 84.1% vs revenue 66.1%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 15.5%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin rose +13.2pp while AR increased and AP decreased. Fraud pattern

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.58. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 1.56

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -19.2%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 45% of debt $0.1B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 2% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 0.9x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 49.2% vs revenue 66.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 36% YoY

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.72 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.72
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.266
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.812
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.89
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.661
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.815
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.394
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1918
TATA
Accruals level
0.817
LVGI
Leverage increasing?

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Sezzle Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

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