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PureCycle Technologies 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 874 of 1027

PureCycle Technologies (PCT) scores 51 of 100 for earnings quality, grade C: rank 874 of 1027 companies and 75 of 82 in materials. It loses the most points on accruals of -4.6% of assets, lower than 55% of companies (profit backed by cash), discretionary accruals of +9.8% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most, adjusted earnings 12% below GAAP. It earns full or near-full marks for profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 2.16).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -4.6% of assets, lower than 55% of companies (profit backed by cash)2444
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +9.8% of assets (modified Jones), larger than most222
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 12% below GAAP1322
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 2.16)1111
PCT: share of the available points, by componentPCT: share of the available points, by componentAccruals55%Discretionary accruals11%Non-GAAP gap60%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.