Sylvamo Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F
SLVM · Basic Materials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 43 days, change +5 days YoY
AR growth -0.7% vs revenue growth -11.2%
Revenue -11.2%, CFFO -42.9%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory growth 15.8% exceeds COGS -7.7%
CapEx growth 1.4% vs revenue -11.2%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 38.2%. Normal
Gross margin 21.9%, change -3.0pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.03. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.33
Accruals ratio = -4.9%. Low accruals
Cash $0.1B covers only 16% of debt $0.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 12% of equity. Manageable
Debt/EBITDA = 2.0x. Healthy
Other assets 11.7% vs revenue -11.2%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.61 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25