Margin / base / 6 to 12 months
A recurring-revenue business is buying neither growth nor profit: the sum of its year-over-year revenue growth rate and its EBITDA margin sits materially below the published [redacted] line.
Exact thresholds, formulas, and severity bands are omitted from this public view. The full methodology, with every figure, is available in the authenticated app.
This signal applies only to recurring-revenue businesses with the income-statement history needed to read growth and profitability together. A services or project company, or a book missing that history, is reported as not applicable rather than scored against a benchmark built for a different model.
The [redacted] leg is the binding one at [redacted]%. Recovering the score means moving that leg [redacted] points[redacted].
The exact thresholds, the formula, and your own figures are in the authenticated app. See it against a real, simulated dataset for Integra Executive Services, our public demo company, or connect your own QuickBooks Online account.