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Academy Sports & Outdoors earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score48 / 100 · grade D · rank 905 of 1027

Academy Sports & Outdoors (ASO) scores 48 of 100 for earnings quality, grade D: rank 905 of 1027 companies and 134 of 141 in consumer-disc. It loses the most points on accruals of -1.1% of assets, higher than 79% of companies, Beneish M-score -1.59: flagged (above −1.78), Montier C-score 4 of 6 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for profit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.62), Dechow F-score 0.56 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -1.1% of assets, higher than 79% of companies420
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -1.59: flagged (above −1.78)015
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.56 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 4 of 6 checks failed515
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +3.6% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most410
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 7 of 9810
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 8% below GAAP710
Earnings smoothnessprofit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.62)45
ASO: share of the available points, by componentASO: share of the available points, by componentAccruals22%Discretionary accruals45%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score33%Piotroski F-score78%Non-GAAP gap72%Earnings smoothness84%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.