A company still losing money with shrinking sales, with elevated risk. Institutions are trimming.
Going well
Buying back shares: share count down 22% in 3 years
Little debt
Watch out for
About 6 months of cash left at its current burn
Losing money, losses are large next to sales
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets
Money moves
No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 8.2% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (11 bought, 34 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$2.72-1.1% that day
Company value
$76M
Share price times all shares
Price vs sales
78.4x
No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Cash vs value
5%
Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value
0%
Debt as a share of company value
From EMPD'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, Jun '26
$80K-58% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
What the price assumes
Your guesses, our math
Move the sliders to your own view of EMPD. Starting points are the company's recent numbers (it isn't profitable yet, so the margin starts at a 10% guess).
Sales in 5 years$1M
Profit in 5 years$0M
Price these guesses point to$0.04-99% vs $2.72 todayAbout -57% a year, before dividends
Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
2/6Weak
MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-111.5%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.00x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.Losses many times its sales
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.0 of 5 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$18.1M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-22.0% in 3 years
Revenue
$975K
-75.5% vs prior year
Total debt
$35K
0.00x equity
Free cash flow
-$18.1M
-1851.7% of revenue
From annual reports filed with the SEC. Gross margin doesn't apply to banks and insurers, so it isn't scored. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
Reported Nov 12, 2025
Revenue
$80K
-57.9% YoY
EPS
-$1.53
vs -$7.57
Op. margin
-52573.0%
-50743.2 pts
Gross margin
-85.2%
+18.4 pts
Free cash flow
-$6.9M
Share count
+5343.5%
vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trend
No trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
45/ 100
This week
3
Normal week
3.8
vs normal
0.8x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▼Distributing-8.2%
Institutions cut 8.2% from their holdings. 11 bought, 34 sold. 3 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions17.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+94.7%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
2 months
Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.5x · $55.0M debt
Shares outstandingLatest reported
28M
Why high risk
Losing money, losses are large next to sales
About 2 months of cash left at its current burn
Share count growing 94.7% a year (dilution)
Bills due within a year exceed short-term assets
Revenue down 75.5% from the year before
Earnings reports
Last 12
Next reportDue any dayEstimated from the same quarter last year
Results filedNov 12, 2025
Results filedAug 12, 2025
Results filedMar 17, 2025
Results filedAug 6, 2024
Results filedMay 7, 2024
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days