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ICU Medical earnings quality score

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

Score56 / 100 · grade C · rank 793 of 1027

ICU Medical (ICUI) scores 56 of 100 for earnings quality, grade C: rank 793 of 1027 companies and 91 of 126 in health. It loses the most points on Montier C-score 5 of 6 checks failed, adjusted earnings 72% below GAAP, accruals of -4.3% of assets, lower than 52% of companies (profit backed by cash). It earns full or near-full marks for profit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.54), Beneish M-score -2.65: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.59 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -4.3% of assets, lower than 52% of companies (profit backed by cash)1020
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.65: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.59 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 5 of 6 checks failed215
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -5.9% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most310
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 6 of 9710
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 72% below GAAP010
Earnings smoothnessprofit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.54)35
ICUI: share of the available points, by componentICUI: share of the available points, by componentAccruals52%Discretionary accruals27%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score17%Piotroski F-score67%Earnings smoothness68%

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.