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Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

VCTR · Financial Services

Major red flags

Revenue
$1.3B
2025
Net Income
$330M
2025
Gross Margin
54.4%
Free Cash Flow
$381M
01

Screening Summary

9
Passed
4
Watch
4
Failed
-1.75
M-Score

Management Signals

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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 (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 49 days, change +9 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

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A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue grew 46.2% but CFFO only 13.4%

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 225.3% is >2x revenue growth 46.2%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 11.7%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 54.4%, change -4.8pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.17. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.4B, FCF/NI = 1.16

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -1.3%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers only 17% of debt $1.0B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $3.7B = 153% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.7x. Healthy

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D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets grew 127.5% vs revenue 46.2%

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

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E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles surged 66% YoY

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -1.75 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-1.75
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.215
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.089
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.007
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.462
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.952
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.005
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.013
TATA
Accruals level
0.583
LVGI
Leverage increasing?

Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

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