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Select Water Solutions, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

WTTR · Energy

Major red flags

Revenue
$1.4B
2025
Net Income
$21M
2025
Gross Margin
14.4%
Free Cash Flow
-$80M
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Screening Summary

10
Passed
6
Watch
1
Failed
-3.13
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 68 days, change -2 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -6.3% vs revenue growth -3.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue -3.1%, CFFO -8.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -10.8% vs COGS -2.2%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 70.1% is >2x revenue growth -3.1%

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 79.7%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 14.4%, change -0.7pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

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C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO far exceeds NI (ratio 10.1x). Non-cash charges depressing profits

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C2Free Cash Flow

FCF is negative ($-0.1B)

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -12.1%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.0B covers only 5% of debt $0.4B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.2B = 19% of equity. Manageable

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D2Leverage

Interest coverage = 1.5x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -0.7% vs revenue -3.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

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Acquisition Risk

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E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 9% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.13 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.13
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.967
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
1.051
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.178
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
0.969
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.064
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.04
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1212
TATA
Accruals level
1.374
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

1.62
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.0807
Liquidity
-0.1159
Cumulative profit
0.03
Operating efficiency
1.205
Leverage

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