Steven Madden, Ltd. — Earnings Quality Grade F
SHOO · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 13 days, change +6 days YoY
AR growth 101.2% exceeds revenue growth 11.0%
Revenue grew 11.0% but CFFO declined -18.1%
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 61.9% exceeds COGS 10.3%
CapEx growth 64.6% is >2x revenue growth 11.0%
Insufficient data
Gross margin 41.4%, change +0.4pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 3.63. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 2.68
Accruals ratio = -6.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 23% of debt $0.5B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.5B = 62% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 3.9x. Healthy
Other assets 2.5% vs revenue 11.0%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles surged 80% YoY
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25