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Low riskNext report: Around Nov 5 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with shrinking sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Profitable, keeps 22% of sales as profit
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- No debt reported
Watch out for
- Sales down 29% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 42% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (7 bought, 3 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$17.38+0.2% that day
- Company value
- $44M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 28.5x
- You pay about $28 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 4.6x
- Company value is 4.6 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 10%
- Cash as a share of company value
From ACFN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$2.5M-29% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $9.6M, down 28% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 14% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.36.4%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.21.9%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.5 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.1M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+2.3% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.76.8%
- Revenue
- $11.5M
- +4.5% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +14.2%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.83x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- Revenue
- $2.5M
- -29.4% YoY
- EPS
- $0.12
- vs $0.28
- Op. margin
- 15.1%
- -11.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 82.4%
- +7.5 pts
- Free cash flow
- $224K
- Share count
- +0.2%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.5
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+42.0%Institutions added 42.0% to their holdings. 7 bought, 3 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions111K
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.8%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
3MNext reportAround Nov 5 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 6
- Results filedMay 7
- Results filedMar 5
- Results filedNov 6, 2025
- Results filedAug 7, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.