Forensic Analysis · Technology / Software · as of Aug 11, 2026
Q2 Holdings, Inc. (QTWO)
A forensic read on Q2 Holdings, 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
5.5
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
4
Forensic signals
43.0
P / E (ttm)
7.9%
ROE
$3.9B
Market cap
14.1%
Revenue growth
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Q2 Holdings, Inc. earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 5.5, placing it in the Safe zone. 4 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by accruals ratio (% of noa).
What the filings flag
+59.5%
FY2024→FY2025
Accruals ratio (% of NOA).Net operating assets grew +59.5% relative to their own average in FY2025 — scaled by NOA itself, not total assets (see the Forensic Screens card's differently-scaled Sloan Accrual Ratio for that read). 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 build is led by receivables up +23% against revenue +14%. The cash-flow cross-check is more mixed: reported earnings ran behind operating cash by 66% of net operating assets, diverging from the balance-sheet accrual read.
+4.4%/yr
FY2022–FY2025
Share-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +14% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+4.4%/yr). The count is growing: more stock was issued than repurchased over this window, so aggregate results grew faster than their per-share equivalents. That's ~4.4% 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 ~12%.
11% of rev
FY2025
Stock-based comp load.Stock-based compensation ran 11% of revenue and 45% of free cash flow in FY2025 — about $1.34 per diluted share. The cost of it is not in the cash flow — no cash left the business — it is in the count: holders gave up about 4.4% of the company a year, and that rate is not falling. That is the figure to weigh, not the share of free cash flow.
9.8%
FY2025
Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is 9.8% in the latest fiscal year and rising from -9% — around its ~10% cost of capital, so growth is roughly value-neutral.
Key fundamentals
Latest Revenue$794.8M
Revenue Growth YoY+14.1%
Revenue CAGR (3yr)+12.0%
Net Margin6.5%
Free Cash Flow$194.7M
Return on Equity7.9%
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