Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Jun 26, 2026
MONRO, INC. (MNRO)
A forensic read on MONRO, 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
Distress
Financial health
0.8
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
221.6
P / E (ttm)
0.4%
ROE
$501M
Market cap
6.98%
Dividend yield
MONRO, INC. earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 0.8, 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
1%Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 1% and slipping from 4% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
90% of FCFShareholder returns. Returned $35M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2026 — 90% 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.
-2%Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~2% in FY2024 (from FY2023). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$1.16B
Revenue Growth YoY-3.2%
Net Margin0.2%
Free Cash Flow$38.8M
Return on Equity0.4%
Debt / Equity0.16x
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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Jun 26, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.