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Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Nov 9, 2026

Ennis, Inc. (EBF)

A forensic read on Ennis, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective
Forensic grade
Safe
Financial health
11.3
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
14.0%
ROE
-0.6%
Revenue growth

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Ennis, Inc. earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 11.3, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by inventory days.

What the filings flag

63d
FY2025→FY2026
Inventory days. Days inventory outstanding moved from 52 to 63 FY2025→FY2026 (against cost of goods sold; inventory +41% vs -2% in cost of sales). Inventory is outrunning what's being sold — a flag for softening demand or obsolescence risk ahead.
98% of FCF
FY2026
Shareholder returns. Returned $40M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2026 — 98% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet. That ratio has been CLIMBING toward the limit — 42% of free cash flow two years back — not just sitting there. Counting the $3M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 104%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$392.4M
Revenue Growth YoY-0.6%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)-3.4%
Net Margin10.9%
Free Cash Flow$41.0M
Return on Equity14.0%

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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