Cable One, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
CABO · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
管理层信号
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 11 days, change +1 days YoY
AR growth 5.4% vs revenue growth -4.9%
Revenue -4.9%, CFFO -15.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -2.3% vs revenue -4.9%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 34.4%. Normal
Gross margin 73.9%, change +0.3pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -1.58. Below 1.0
FCF $0.3B, FCF/NI = -0.77
Accruals ratio = -16.5%. Low accruals
Cash $0.2B covers only 5% of debt $3.2B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $2.8B = 197% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 19.7x (>4x). Financial stress
Other assets -3.6% vs revenue -4.9%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -19% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.26 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25