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Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
2/5Weak
MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.2.2%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.16x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.4.3%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$2.2B
Revenue
$18.5B
+1.2% vs prior year
5-year growth
+2.4%/yr
revenue, per year
Total debt
$5.9B
0.16x equity
Current ratio
1.76x
short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: share count not growing, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Dec 31, 2018
Revenue
$3.9B
Op. margin
4.1%
Gross margin
42.6%
Free cash flow
$849.0M
Some values are worked out from year-to-date totals in the annual report.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trend
No trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
This week
1
Normal week
2.6
vs normal
0.4x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+7.8%
Institutions added 7.8% to their holdings. 224 bought, 224 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions59.6M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.2%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
98 months
Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.2x · $5.9B debt
Shares outstandingLatest reported
35M
Earnings reports
Last 0
Next reportNot enough history
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.