TripAdvisor, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
TRIP · Consumer Cyclical
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 35 days, change -2 days YoY
AR growth -3.7% vs revenue growth 3.1%
Revenue 3.1%, CFFO 70.1%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 10.8% vs revenue 3.1%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 82.0%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 92.3%, change -0.5pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 6.12. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.2B, FCF/NI = 4.08
Accruals ratio = -7.8%. Low accruals
Cash $1.0B covers 83% of debt $1.3B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.0B = 160% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 6.2x (>4x). Interest coverage = 1.9x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets 9.3% vs revenue 3.1%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 7% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.93 (< -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