Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Jun 27, 2026
PAR TECHNOLOGY CORP (PAR)
A forensic read on PAR TECHNOLOGY CORP 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
Distress
Financial health
0.8
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
-9.1%
ROE
$697M
Market cap
PAR TECHNOLOGY CORP earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 0.8, placing it in the Distress zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-5%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -5% and rising from -8% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+16.4%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +49% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+16.4%/yr). The count is GROWING — existing holders are being diluted. That's ~16.4% shaved off per-share growth every year — total profit has to grow that much just to keep earnings-per-share flat, and a stake held since FY2022 has been diluted ~49%.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-18.5%
Debt / Equity0.48x
Free Cash Flow$-30.5M
Latest Revenue$455.5M
Return on Equity-10.2%
Revenue Growth YoY+30.2%
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