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SCANSOURCE, INC. SCSC
SCANSOURCE, INC. (SCSC) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $3.0B at a 2.4% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.52 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Wholesale Trade · percentile among 112 companies
Percentile vs other Wholesale Trade companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.385 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.572 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.048 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.031 |
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| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCSC | SCANSOURCE, INC. | 6/9 | 5.79 | 14.5 | -6.7% |
| CNXN | PC CONNECTION INC | 4/9 | 8.73 | 21.5 | +2.5% |
| PLUS | EPLUS INC | 5/9 | 6.76 | 15.7 | +22.1% |
| CLMB | Climb Global Solutions, Inc. | 6/9 | 1.92 | 19.5 | +40.1% |
| CGTL | Creative Global Technology Holdings Ltd | 2/9 | — | — | -40.6% |
| INGM | Ingram Micro Holding Corp | 5/9 | 2.19 | 19.4 | +9.5% |
| SNX | TD SYNNEX CORP | 6/9 | 1.78 | 25.9 | +6.9% |
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About SCANSOURCE, INC.
ScanSource, Inc. engages in the distribution of technology products and solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Specialty Technology Solutions, and Intelisys & Advisory. The Specialty Technology Solutions segment offers mobility and barcode, including mobile computing; barcode scanners and imagers, radio frequency identification devices, barcode printing and related services; point of sale systems and integrated pos software platforms; payment terminals, such as self-service kiosks, payment terminals and mobile payment devices; physical security comprising video surveillance and analytics, and video management software and access control; networking, such as switching, and routing and wireless products and software; communications, including voice, video, communication platform integration, and contact center solutions; managed connectivity and wireless enablement solutions. This segment offers applications that have evolved from traditional uses, such as inventory control, materials handling, distribution, shipping and warehouse management, and healthcare applications. The Intelisys & Advisory segment offers connectivity and software-defined networking, cx (unified communications as a service and contact center as a service), cloud/data center, and security, managed AI, and wireless and IOT. This segment helps channel sales partners service various end users, including businesses of all sizes from very small business to enterprise size businesses. It serves manufacturing, warehouse and distribution, retail and e-commerce, hospitality, transportation and logistics, government, education and healthcare, and other industries. ScanSource, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
FAQ
Is SCSC financially healthy?
SCANSOURCE, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does SCSC pay a dividend?
No, SCANSOURCE, INC. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is SCSC?
In FY2025, SCANSOURCE, INC. had a net margin of 2.4% and a return on equity of 7.9%.
Is SCSC overvalued or undervalued?
SCANSOURCE, INC. trades at about 17.3× trailing earnings — near its 10-year norm (10-year range 8.5×–65.7×, median 16.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for SCSC?
The average Wall-Street price target for SCANSOURCE, INC. is $54.67, about 5.2% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is SCSC a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on SCANSOURCE, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 14.5×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-06-30. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.