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Tractor Supply Company — Earnings Quality Grade F

TSCO · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$15.5B
2025
Net Income
$1.1B
2025
Gross Margin
36.4%
Free Cash Flow
$740M
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Screening Summary

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Passed
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Watch
1
Failed
M-Score

Management Signals

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Routine2026-02-11
Sonia Syngal · DirectorAppointment
Standard appointment
SEC
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Source: SEC EDGAR 8-K Item 5.02, with exhibit links when available

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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

Insufficient data

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

Insufficient data

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 4.3%, CFFO 15.1%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 8.6% vs COGS 4.0%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 14.1% vs revenue 4.3%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 65.3%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 36.4%, change +0.2pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.49. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.7B, FCF/NI = 0.68

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -4.9%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers only 3% of debt $5.9B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 15% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 3.0x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -25.3% vs revenue 4.3%. 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 48% YoY

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score

4
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0817
Liquidity
0.6877
Cumulative profit
0.1342
Operating efficiency
0.309
Leverage

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

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Across the last 5–6 quarters, TSCO tripped 1 red flag.

  • Q5 · Inv > RevInv YoY +11.5% vs Rev YoY +3.6%

Updated 2026-05-19