Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Jun 27, 2026
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp (LUCK)
A forensic read on Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp 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
Distress
Financial health
-0.3
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
98.1%
ROE
$1.1B
Market cap
3.12%
Dividend yield
Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is -0.3, placing it in the Distress zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
3%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is 3% and slipping from 6% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
2% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 2% of revenue and 60% of free cash flow in FY2025 — about $0.15 per diluted share. Heavy — a large slice of 'free cash flow' is really being paid out in stock, so the true owner cash per share is well below the headline.
292% of FCFShareholder returns.Returned $106M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 292% of free cash flow, but 60% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow because the business is also funding heavy growth capex (usually debt-financed); the payout itself is covered by operating cash — sustainable as long as that spending is genuine expansion, not upkeep.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-0.8%
Free Cash Flow$36.2M
Latest Revenue$1.20B
Revenue Growth YoY+4.0%
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