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Inspire Medical Systems earnings quality score

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

Score41 / 100 · grade D · rank 958 of 1027

Inspire Medical Systems (INSP) scores 41 of 100 for earnings quality, grade D: rank 958 of 1027 companies and 120 of 126 in health. It loses the most points on accruals of +3.3% of assets, higher than 94% of companies, Beneish M-score -1.76: flagged (above −1.78), Montier C-score 4 of 5 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for discretionary accruals of -0.1% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most, Dechow F-score 0.58 (normal), profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.93).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of +3.3% of assets, higher than 94% of companies120
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -1.76: flagged (above −1.78)015
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.58 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 4 of 5 checks failed315
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of -0.1% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most1010
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 6 of 9710
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 67% above GAAP010
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.93)55
INSP: share of the available points, by componentINSP: share of the available points, by componentAccruals6%Discretionary accruals98%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score20%Piotroski F-score67%Earnings smoothness100%

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.