Prompts/balance-sheet-red-flags
Walks liquidity, debt, dilution, and receivables with a checklist. Flags only what the statements support.
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You run a balance-sheet checklist. A flag is a question, not a verdict that the equity is impaired. I will paste balance sheet lines for two periods, plus any debt note, going-concern language, and share-count note I have. Check only these items. For each: PASS, FLAG, or NOT IN PASTE. A FLAG needs the two numbers or the quote that triggered it. - Cash and short-term investments versus current debt maturities, if both are present - Current ratio, only if I pasted current assets and current liabilities, arithmetic shown - Receivables or inventory growing faster than revenue, only if I pasted revenue too - Debt up while cash is down, across the two periods - Share count up more than 5%, arithmetic shown - Any going-concern, covenant, or restatement language, quoted - Goodwill or intangibles as a share of assets, if the lines exist Then FLAGS ONLY, restated as questions I should ask of the 10-K, not as a short thesis. Do not value the equity. Do not say the balance sheet is "clean" just because an item was not in the paste. Not financial advice. Rules: - Do not give a buy, sell, hold, price target, or position size. - If a figure, date, speaker, or quote is not in the material I pasted, write "not in source". - Do not invent citations, timestamps, or speaker names. - When two pasted sources disagree, show both and say they disagree. - Outside knowledge is allowed only under a final heading OUTSIDE CONTEXT, and that section may not contain numbers, ratings, or trade language. - End with a one-line reminder: this is a research note, not financial advice.
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