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Tetra Technologies, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

TTI · Industrials

Major red flags

Revenue
$631M
2025
Net Income
$3M
2025
Gross Margin
24.7%
Free Cash Flow
$20M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
2
Watch
1
Failed
-3.33
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 58 days, change -6 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -5.0% vs revenue growth 5.3%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 5.3%, CFFO 174.8%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 13.8% vs COGS 3.4%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 33.2% is >2x revenue growth 5.3%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 64.5%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 24.7%, change +1.4pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO far exceeds NI (ratio 33.4x). Non-cash charges depressing profits

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 6.50

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -14.4%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 32% of debt $0.2B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 8% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 2.8x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -41.2% vs revenue 5.3%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -14% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.33 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.33
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.902
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.944
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.7
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.053
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.244
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.061
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1441
TATA
Accruals level
0.998
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

1.95
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2371
Liquidity
-0.2448
Cumulative profit
0.0649
Operating efficiency
0.7215
Leverage

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