SPRINT CORP

CIK 0000101830

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Pension funding

P-07 · Calculated

Threshold met

FY 2019-03-31

The funded ratio of defined-benefit plans against shareholder equity.

DB plan 64% funded — -$800M deficit (3% of equity)

Trend: flat

P-07 inputs
Input	Value
model score (0–100)	73.1
benefit_obligation	2200000000
plan_assets	1400000000
funded_ratio	0.6364
deficit	-800000000
deficit_vs_equity	0.0307
thresholds.elevated	<90% funded
thresholds.triggered	<80% funded or deficit >25% of equity
stale	false
latest_filing_period	2019-03-31

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Effective tax rate

P-05 · Calculated

Elevated

FY 2018-03-31

The gap between the effective and the statutory tax rate, and whether it persists across three years.

ETR outside 0-100% (a tax benefit, or tax above pretax income) vs 21% statutory — gap persistent across 1 of 1 years

Trend: flat

P-05 inputs
Input	Value
model score (0–100)	100.0
etr_by_year.2018-03-31	-23.3465
statutory_rate	0.21
gap_by_year.2018-03-31	23.5565
note	Low ETR can be fully legitimate; this flags persistence + magnitude for review.
stale	false
latest_filing_period	2019-03-31

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Interest coverage

P-13 · Calculated

Elevated

FY 2019-03-31

Whether operating earnings cover interest expense, and for how many consecutive years they did not.

Interest coverage 0.15x, below 1.0x

Trend: flat

P-13 inputs
Input	Value
model score (0–100)	51.1
icr_by_year.2019-03-31	0.155
icr_by_year.2018-03-31	1.153
icr_by_year.2017-03-31	0.707
icr_by_year.2016-03-31	0.142
consecutive_years_below_1	1
altman_z_double_prime	0.487
definitions.zombie	ICR<1 for 3+ consecutive FYs (BIS 2018)
definitions.z_distress	<1.1 distress, 1.1-2.6 gray, >2.6 safe
inputs.ebit_t	398000000
inputs.interest_expense_t	2563000000
stale	false
latest_filing_period	2019-03-31

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Restatement indicators

P-12 · Calculated

Elevated

FY 2019-03-31

How closely reported accruals and financing patterns resemble those of companies that later restated.

F-Score 1.04 is above the 1.0 reference level (the model's unconditional rate)

Trend: flat

P-12 inputs
Input	Value
model score (0–100)	34.7
f_score	1.042
probability	0.00385
components.rsst	-0.1455
components.drec	-0.0018
components.dinv	0
components.soft	0.6669
components.dcs	0.0417
components.droa	-0.1094
components.issue	1
model	Dechow et al. 2011, Model 1 (simplified RSST)
thresholds.elevated	1
thresholds.triggered	1.85
stale	false
latest_filing_period	2019-03-31

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Earnings quality

P-01 · Calculated

Below threshold

FY 2019-03-31

Beneish M-Score -3.21 is below the reference levels used here

Trend: flat

How reported earnings relate to accruals and to changes in receivables, margins and asset quality.

P-01 inputs
Input	Value
model score (0–100)	8.4
m_score	-3.206
threshold	-1.78
ratios.DSRI	0.924
ratios.GMI	0.986
ratios.AQI	0.995
ratios.SGI	1.037
ratios.DEPI	1
ratios.SGAI	0.927
ratios.LVGI	1.024
ratios.TATA	-0.146
defaulted_to_neutral	DEPI
sloan_accruals	-0.1455
inputs.revenue_t	33600000000
inputs.revenue_t1	32406000000
inputs.total_assets_t	84601000000
inputs.net_income_t	-1943000000
inputs.cfo_t	10429000000
stale	false
latest_filing_period	2019-03-31

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10-K/A· 2019-11-12 Methodology

No stored result for Subsidiary jurisdictions, ESG disclosure support, Insider filing timing, Language change, Strategic-review language, Carbon-exposed assets. Some signals are computed on request, and others need inputs this company’s filings do not tag; a missing result is not a finding either way.

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