Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Jun 27, 2026
BETA Technologies, Inc. (BETA)
A forensic read on BETA Technologies, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
7.7
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
-75.1%
ROE
$3.9B
Market cap
BETA Technologies, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 7.7, placing it in the Safe zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by receivables vs revenue.
What the filings flag
59d DSOReceivables vs revenue.Days sales outstanding moved from 52 to 59 days FY2024→FY2025 (receivables +167% vs revenue +136%). Receivables are outrunning sales — a flag for aggressive revenue recognition or slipping collections.
-90%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -90% and rising from -112% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+33.5%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +67% over the last 2 years to FY2025 (+33.5%/yr). The count is GROWING — existing holders are being diluted. That's ~33.5% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2023 has been diluted ~67%.
stoppedShareholder returns — halted.Capital returns have STOPPED — $530,000 of buybacks + dividends in FY2024, but ~$0 in FY2025. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash; understand why before reading it as neutral.
98% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 98% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.46 per diluted share. Meaningful — reported free cash flow flatters the economics, since SBC is a real cost paid in shares.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-2094.2%
Debt / Equity0.10x
Free Cash Flow$-313.2M
Latest Revenue$35.6M
Return on Equity-41.0%
Revenue Growth YoY+136.0%
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