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Low riskNext report: Around Feb 9, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Buying back shares: share count down 7.5% in 3 years
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 2.3% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (149 bought, 107 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$53.92+1.7% that day
- Company value
- $1.5B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 21.3x
- You pay about $21 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 2.7x
- Company value is 2.7 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 0.3%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 9%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 4%
- Debt as a share of company value
From CTS'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$149.6M+4.6% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barSep '26
Last 12 months: $570.9M, up 7.6% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 5.0% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.12.1%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.10x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.12.1%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.9 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$102.1M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-7.5% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.38.4%
- Revenue
- $541.3M
- +5.2% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +5.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $57.5M
- 0.10x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.30x
- 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 27Before open8:00 am ET - Revenue
- $149.6M
- +4.6% YoY
- EPS
- $0.61
- vs $0.46
- Op. margin
- 17.1%
- +2.5 pts
- Gross margin
- 42.2%
- +3.5 pts
- Free cash flow
- $41.1M
- Share count
- -2.4%
- 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
- 3
- Normal week
- 0.5
- vs normal
- 6.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+2.3%Institutions added 2.3% to their holdings. 149 bought, 107 sold.
Shares held by institutions28.2M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.9%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.1x · $55.0M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
28MNext reportAround Feb 9, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 27
- Results filedJul 28
- Results filedApr 29
- Results filedFeb 10
- Results filedOct 28, 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
Shares withheld for taxesMark R. PacioniVP, Chief Legal/Admin. Officer
531 shares at $61.53 · $33K
- -6% of holdings
- Now owns 7,762 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardPratik TrivediPresident & CEO, Director
14,253 shares at $60.34 · $860K
- +152% of holdings
- Now owns 23,635 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
Stock awardJohn M HawkinsSenior Vice President
2,010 shares
- Now owns 2,010 shares
- 2 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade
SoldKieran M O'sullivanPresident & CEO, Director
130,000 shares at $65.27 avg ($63.31 to $66.67) · $8.5M
- -30% of holdings
- Now owns 307,693 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 3 transactions
- Filed same day