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The short versionA profitable company with shrinking sales. Institutions are trimming.
Going well
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Little debt
Watch out for
- Sales down 12% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 2% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (34 bought, 41 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$24.24-1.4% that day
- Company value
- $146M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 20.5x
- You pay about $20 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.59x
- Company value is 0.59 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 1.8%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 10%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 23%
- Debt as a share of company value
From EML'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, Jul '26$61.8M-12% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJul '26
Over 5 years, sales grew about 4.7% 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.5.8%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.27x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.2.9%
- 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.$4.9M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-2.2% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.22.9%
- Revenue
- $249.0M
- -8.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +4.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $33.9M
- 0.27x equity
- Current ratio
- 3.59x
- 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 Jul 4, 2026- Revenue
- $61.8M
- -11.9% YoY
- EPS
- $0.94
- vs $0.56
- Op. margin
- 2.7%
- -1.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 20.6%
- -2.7 pts
- Free cash flow
- $7.9M
- Share count
- -1.5%
- 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
- 0.6
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▼Distributing-2.0%Institutions cut 2.0% from their holdings. 34 bought, 41 sold.
Shares held by institutions4.5M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.3x · $41.7M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
6MNext reportIn 7 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 11
- Results filedMay 12
- Results filedMar 3
- Results filedNov 4, 2025
- Results filedAug 5, 2025
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.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
Stock awardFrederick D. DisantoDirector
905 shares at $25.25 · $23K
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 106,329 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
BoughtChan GalbatoDirector
1,217 shares at $25.25 · $31K
- +29% of holdings
- Now owns 5,384 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
BoughtJohn EveretsDirector
1,037 shares at $25.25 · $26K
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 143,541 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
BoughtJames A MitarotondaDirector, 10% owner
1,423 shares at $25.25 · $36K
- +3% of holdings
- Now owns 47,613 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
BoughtPeggy ScottDirector
996 shares at $25.25 · $25K
- +4% of holdings
- Now owns 27,258 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
BoughtPeggy ScottDirector
1,176 shares at $21.40 · $25K
- +5% of holdings
- Now owns 26,262 shares
- Filed NaN days after trade