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Low riskNext report: Around Jan 29, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Buying back shares: share count down 12% in 3 years
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 4.1% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (206 bought, 185 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$115.38+0.6% that day
- Company value
- $8.3B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 13.9x
- You pay about $14 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.75x
- Company value is 0.75 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 2.7%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 2%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 21%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ALV'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, Sep '26$2.7B-0.5% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barSep '26
Last 12 months: $11.1B, up 4.3% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 7.7% 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.30.3%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.67x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.6.8%
- PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$716.0M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-11.8% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.19.2%
- Revenue
- $10.8B
- +4.1% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +7.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $1.7B
- 0.67x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.05x
- 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 Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 23Before open6:12 am ET - Revenue
- $2.7B
- -0.5% YoY
- EPS
- $2.13
- vs $2.28
- Op. margin
- 9.4%
- -0.5 pts
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- -0.9 pts
- Free cash flow
- $124.0M
- Share count
- -5.0%
- 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
55/ 100
- This week
- 2
- Normal week
- 1.7
- vs normal
- 1.2x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+4.1%Institutions added 4.1% to their holdings. 206 bought, 185 sold.
Shares held by institutions50.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-5.1%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.7x · $1.7B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
72MNext reportAround Jan 29, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 23
- Results filedJul 17
- Results filedApr 17
- Results filedJan 30
- Results filedOct 17, 2025
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.