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The short versionA profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Sales up 30% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable, keeps 45% of sales as profit
- Sales up 34% last year
Watch out for
- Share count growing 16.4% a year (dilution)
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 6.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (169 bought, 105 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$25.41+1.1% that day
- Company value
- $1.2B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 8.6x
- You pay about $9 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 3.8x
- Company value is 3.8 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 12%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 0%
- Debt as a share of company value
From AMSC'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$94.1M+30% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $320.9M, up 26% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 28% 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.36.7%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.01x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.44.7%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.3 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$18.3M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+57.6% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.30.5%
- Revenue
- $299.2M
- +34.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +28.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $6.1M
- 0.01x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.66x
- 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
- $94.1M
- +30.0% YoY
- EPS
- $0.20
- vs $0.17
- Op. margin
- 10.5%
- +2.7 pts
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- -7.5 pts
- Free cash flow
- $5.6M
- Share count
- +18.6%
- 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
- 0.4
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+6.9%Institutions added 6.9% to their holdings. 169 bought, 105 sold.
Shares held by institutions35.4M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+17.0%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.0x · $6.1M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
48MWhy moderate risk- Share count growing 17% a year (dilution)
Next reportIn 7 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 5
- Results filedMay 27
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedNov 5, 2025
- Results filedJul 30, 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.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Leadership changeSep 21 · Form 8-K ↗Stock awardBarbara G. LittlefieldDirector
1,607 shares
- +5% of holdings
- Now owns 37,034 shares
- Filed 3 days after trade
Earnings resultsAug 5 · Form 8-K ↗Quarterly reportAug 5 · Form 10-Q ↗5%+ holder update (passive)Jul 31 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Proxy statementJun 18 · Form DEF 14A ↗DEFA14AJun 18 · Form DEFA14A ↗ARSJun 18 · Form ARS ↗SoldLaura A. DambierDirector
4,000 shares at $37.63 · $151K
- -21% of holdings
- Now owns 14,992 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
Planned insider saleJun 11 · Form 144 ↗SoldDaniel P McgahnChairman, President and CEO, Director
16,117 shares at $37.45 avg ($37.28 to $37.85) · $604K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 1,131,929 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 2 transactions
- Filed same day
SoldJohn W Jr KosibaSVP, CFO & Treasurer
6,769 shares at $37.46 avg ($37.33 to $37.85) · $254K
- -2% of holdings
- Now owns 334,377 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 2 transactions
- Filed same day
Planned insider saleJun 11 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleJun 10 · Form 144 ↗SoldDaniel P McgahnChairman, President and CEO, Director
9,670 shares at $41.78 avg ($41.39 to $42.19) · $404K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 1,148,046 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 2 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade