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Teledyne Technologies earnings quality score

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

Score61 / 100 · grade C · rank 671 of 1027

Teledyne Technologies (TDY) scores 61 of 100 for earnings quality, grade C: rank 671 of 1027 companies and 157 of 287 in industrials. It loses the most points on accruals of -2.0% of assets, higher than 73% of companies (profit backed by cash), Montier C-score 5 of 6 checks failed, adjusted earnings 14% below GAAP. It earns full or near-full marks for Beneish M-score -2.48: clean (below −2.22), Dechow F-score 0.69 (normal).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -2.0% of assets, higher than 73% of companies (profit backed by cash)620
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.48: clean (below −2.22)1515
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 0.69 (normal)1515
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 5 of 6 checks failed215
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +1.6% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most710
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 7 of 9810
Non-GAAP gapadjusted earnings 14% below GAAP510
Earnings smoothnessprofit steadier than cash flow (smoothness 0.41)25
TDY: share of the available points, by componentTDY: share of the available points, by componentAccruals28%Discretionary accruals73%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score100%Montier C-score17%Piotroski F-score78%Non-GAAP gap54%Earnings smoothness42%

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.