Comcast Corporation — Earnings Quality Grade F
CMCSA · Communication Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 41 days, change +1 days YoY
AR growth 1.5% vs revenue growth -0.0%
Revenue -0.0%, CFFO 21.6%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -4.8% vs revenue -0.0%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 10.0%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin 71.7%, change +1.7pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.68. Profits backed by cash
FCF $19.2B, FCF/NI = 0.96
Accruals ratio = -5.0%. Low accruals
Cash $9.5B covers only 10% of debt $98.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $155.6B = 161% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.1x. Healthy
Other assets 11.0% vs revenue -0.0%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.72 (< -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 · 2026-04-08