F

Golar LNG Limited — Earnings Quality Grade F

GLNG · Energy

Major red flags

Revenue
$394M
2025
Net Income
$66M
2025
Gross Margin
46.9%
Free Cash Flow
-$383M
01

Screening Summary

11
Passed
1
Watch
5
Failed
-1.18
M-Score

管理层信号

最近 SEC 8-K 文件中未发现 CEO、CFO、董事会或审计负责人变动信号。
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 33 days, change -9 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 19.7% vs revenue growth 51.1%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 51.1%, CFFO 48.0%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory -61.9% vs COGS 19.4%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 94.0% vs revenue 51.1%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 16.1%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin rose +14.1pp while AR increased and AP decreased. Fraud pattern

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 7.17. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -7.6%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $1.3B covers only 47% of debt $2.8B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

No goodwill. Clean balance sheet

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D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 14.5x (>4x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 5.1% vs revenue 51.1%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years

E2Goodwill Surge

No goodwill

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -1.18 (> -1.78). LIKELY MANIPULATOR

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-1.18
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.792
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.699
GMI
Gross margin declining?
5.114
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.511
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.708
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.712
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0761
TATA
Accruals level
1.394
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

1.72
Grey Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.1611
Liquidity
-0.0326
Cumulative profit
0.0265
Operating efficiency
0.5657
Leverage

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