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Zumiez Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade B

ZUMZ · Consumer Cyclical

Generally healthy

Revenue
$929M
2026
Net Income
$13M
2026
Gross Margin
35.8%
Free Cash Flow
$42M
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Screening Summary

14
Passed
3
Watch
0
Failed
-2.93
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 2 days, change -0 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth -12.9% vs revenue growth 4.5%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 4.5%, CFFO 158.3%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 0.2% vs COGS 1.8%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -26.3% vs revenue 4.5%. Normal

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 94.9%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 35.8%, change +1.7pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 4.00. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 3.17

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -6.2%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.2B covers 81% of debt $0.2B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 10% of equity. Manageable

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D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 5.2x (>4x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 7.1% vs revenue 4.5%. 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 8% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.93 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.93
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.834
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.952
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.999
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.045
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.027
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
1.003
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0622
TATA
Accruals level
1.062
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

3.59
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2615
Liquidity
0.1924
Cumulative profit
0.0265
Operating efficiency
1.0138
Leverage

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