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Nuvation Bio earnings quality score

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

Score51 / 100 · grade C · rank 872 of 1027

Nuvation Bio (NUVB) scores 51 of 100 for earnings quality, grade C: rank 872 of 1027 companies and 107 of 126 in health. It loses the most points on adjusted earnings far below GAAP (more than ten times apart), accruals of -5.5% of assets, lower than 62% of companies (profit backed by cash), Montier C-score 2 of 4 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 5.07). Revenue grew 654% in the year: fast growth raises accruals, the Beneish and Dechow scores and the C-score by construction, so a growing company scores lower than a steady one with the same accounting.

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -5.5% of assets, lower than 62% of companies (profit backed by cash)2133
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 4 checks failed1225
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +2.9% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most917
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings far below GAAP (more than ten times apart)017
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 5.07)88
NUVB: share of the available points, by componentNUVB: share of the available points, by componentAccruals62%Discretionary accruals54%Montier C-score50%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.