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Elevated riskNext report: Due any day
The short versionA company still losing money with steady sales. Institutions are trimming.
Going well
- Little debt
- Pays a dividend
Watch out for
- About 17 months of cash left at its current burn
- Losing money
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 10% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (2 bought, 6 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26$7.2M-0.8% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $27.4M, up 7.1% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 0.2% 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.-5.6%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.03x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-3.9%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
- MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$1.2M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.0.0% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.14.8%
- Revenue
- $27.9M
- +3.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +0.2%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $500K
- 0.03x equity
- Current ratio
- 5.21x
- 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
- $7.2M
- -0.8% YoY
- Op. margin
- -14.3%
- -8.6 pts
- Gross margin
- 7.8%
- -5.6 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$1.2M
- Share count
- 0.0%
- 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
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.1
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▼Distributing-10.4%Institutions cut 10.4% from their holdings. 2 bought, 6 sold.
Shares held by institutions130K
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
0.0%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
8 monthsDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.0x · $500K debtShares outstandingLatest reported
966KWhy elevated risk- Losing money
- About 8 months of cash left at its current burn
Next reportDue any dayEstimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedNov 7, 2012
- Results filedAug 15, 2012
- Results filedMay 8, 2012
- Results filedMar 30, 2012
- Results filedNov 14, 2011
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.