VFCV.F. Corporation
Is it safe?
Forensics clean, with a caveat: clean books and quality strong, but big price swings.
Mixed, watch the balance sheet Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Insiders were net buyers (+$787K, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026). SEC Form 4 filings: officers and directors must report their own trades within two business days.
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Large price swings, high volatility. Worst drawdown -88% · now 30% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Mar 28, 2026.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can VFC take a bad year?
V.F. Corporation carries $2.71B of net debt at 3.16× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
Net debt · as at Q4 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.16×
Net debt / EBITDA · 6.30× a year ago · the load is coming down
- Altman Z-score
- 1.87
Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3
- Interest cover
- 3.46×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill, with room to spare
Details›
- Total debtQ4 2026
- $3.53B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $824M
- Net debt
- $2.71B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $857M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $577M
- Debt / equity
- 1.91×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 4.12×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 62%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −88%
- Below its 52-week high
- 30%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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