Vestis Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F
VSTS · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 22 days, change -1 days YoY
AR growth -8.4% vs revenue growth -2.5%
Revenue -2.5%, CFFO -86.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 4.2% vs COGS 1.0%. Normal
CapEx growth -25.9% vs revenue -2.5%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 71.4%, exceeds 70%
Gross margin 26.5%, change -2.6pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -1.60. Below 1.0
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = -0.14
Accruals ratio = -3.6%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 2% of debt $1.4B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $1.2B = 133% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 7.4x (>4x). Interest coverage = 0.7x (<2x). Financial stress
Other assets -20.4% vs revenue -2.5%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.69 (< -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