Ardmore Shipping Corp · Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight

ASC

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 19% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Brings in more cash than it spends

Watch out for

Revenue down 23.6% from the year before

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 2.6% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (96 bought, 87 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$20.70+3.5% that day

Company value: $843M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 15.7x; You pay about $16 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 2.6x; Company value is 2.6 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 6%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 15%; Debt as a share of company value

From ASC'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, Mar '26

$87.9M+19% vs a year earlier

Jun '23Tap a barMar '26

Last 12 months: $324.1M, down 13% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 7.1% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of ASC. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth-10% a yearRecently: -13% a yearProfit margin18%Last 12 months: 18.0%P/E at the end16xToday: 15.7x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+2% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$191M

Profit in 5 years$34M

Price these guesses point to$12.26-41% vs $20.70 todayAbout -10.0% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 18% margin and a 16x P/E, sales could shrink about 0.1% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.6.6%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.20x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.13.2%
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.$81.6M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+6.4% in 3 years

Revenue: $310.2M; -23.6% vs prior year
5-year growth: +7.1%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $127.0M; 0.20x equity
Current ratio: 4.33x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.