Forensic Analysis · Technology / Software · as of Jun 27, 2026
D-Wave Quantum Inc. (QBTS)
A forensic read on D-Wave Quantum 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
14.6
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
-44.0%
ROE
$8.3B
Market cap
D-Wave Quantum Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 14.6, placing it in the Safe zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by accruals ratio.
What the filings flag
+403.5%Accruals ratio.Net operating assets grew +403.5% relative to their average in FY2025 — the accrual component of earnings. Accruals are building sharply — a large slice of profit sits in operating assets, not cash; Richardson/Sloan link high accruals to weaker future returns as they reverse. The cash-flow cross-check agrees: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by -338% of net operating assets.
237dInventory days.Days inventory outstanding moved from 189 to 237 FY2024→FY2025 (against cost of goods sold; inventory +65% vs +31% in cost of sales). Inventory is outrunning what's being sold — a flag for softening demand or obsolescence risk ahead.
-31%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -31% and rising from -160% — well below its ~10% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
+56.2%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +168% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+56.2%/yr). The count is GROWING — existing holders are being diluted. That's ~56.2% 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 ~168%.
92% of revStock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 92% of revenue in FY2025 — about $0.07 per diluted share. Meaningful — reported free cash flow flatters the economics, since SBC is a real cost paid in shares.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-1444.1%
Debt / Equity0.04x
Free Cash Flow$-75.8M
Latest Revenue$24.6M
Return on Equity-41.7%
Revenue Growth YoY+178.5%
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