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Winmark Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F

WINA · Consumer Cyclical

Major red flags

Revenue
$86M
2025
Net Income
$42M
2025
Gross Margin
96.4%
Free Cash Flow
$45M
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Screening Summary

15
Passed
1
Watch
1
Failed
-2.75
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 0 days, change +0 days YoY

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A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 42.2% exceeds revenue growth 5.9%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 5.9%, CFFO 6.5%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -8.8% vs COGS -9.1%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -1.3% vs revenue 5.9%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 34.2%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 96.4%, change +0.6pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.08. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 1.07

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -13.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 17% of debt $0.1B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = -5% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.1x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 3.1% vs revenue 5.9%. 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 -11% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.75 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.75
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
1.343
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.994
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.059
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.059
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.895
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.074
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1303
TATA
Accruals level
1.089
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

6.91
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.3388
Liquidity
-2.9455
Cumulative profit
2.2337
Operating efficiency
-0.6833
Leverage

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