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Moderate riskNext report: Not enough history
The short versionA company still losing money with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 34% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Buying back shares: share count down 13% in 3 years
- No debt reported
Watch out for
- Losing money, losses are large next to sales
- Revenue down 35.3% from the year before
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 12% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (58 bought, 63 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
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.-3.9%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-25.6%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
- MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$123.3M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-12.9% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.-20.7%
- Revenue
- $665.4M
- -35.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- -0.3%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 5.37x
- 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 Dec 31, 2014- Revenue
- $49.5M
- +33.6% YoY
- EPS
- $0.02
- vs -$0.05
- Op. margin
- 15.4%
- +26.4 pts
- Gross margin
- 25.4%
- +22.8 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$6.8M
- Share count
- +28.9%
- vs a year ago
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 trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.2
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+11.6%Institutions added 11.6% to their holdings. 58 bought, 63 sold.
Shares held by institutions30.7M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-4.7%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
338MWhy moderate risk- Losing money, losses are large next to sales
- Revenue down 35.3% from the year before
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.