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DSX

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The short version

A profitable company with shrinking sales.

Going well

Profitable
Brings in more cash than it spends
Pays a 1.6% dividend yield

Watch out for

Share count growing 9.9% a year

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$2.530.0% that day

Company value: $293M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 16.4x; You pay about $16 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 1.4x; Company value is 1.4 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 1.6%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 76%; A big cushion: cash is a large part of what the company is worth
Debt vs value: 178%; Owes more than the whole company is worth

From DSX's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

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

Sales growth+5% a yearRecently: +4.7% a yearProfit margin8%Last 12 months: 8.3%P/E at the end16xToday: 16.4x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+10% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$273M

Profit in 5 years$22M

Price these guesses point to$1.87-26% vs $2.53 todayAbout -5.9% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 8% margin and a 16x P/E, sales would have to grow about 12% a year for 5 years just to 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.

1/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.3.5%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.04x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.3%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$47.5M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+32.6% in 3 years

Revenue: $213.5M; -6.4% vs prior year
5-year growth: +4.7%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $522.8M; 1.04x equity
Current ratio: 2.73x; 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.