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The short versionA profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Sales up 40% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable, keeps 19% of sales as profit
- Sales up 14% last year
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 16% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (49 bought, 22 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$52.87+1.9% that day
- Company value
- $161M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 13.6x
- You pay about $14 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 3.5x
- Company value is 3.5 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 1.9%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 12%
- Cash as a share of company value
From ESP'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$13.5M+40% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $46.1M, up 4.9% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 6.9% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.16.6%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.18.5%
- 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.$16.6M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+10.9% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.28.9%
- Revenue
- $44.0M
- +13.5% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +6.9%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.53x
- 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
- $13.5M
- +40.4% YoY
- EPS
- $1.15
- vs $1.05
- Op. margin
- 25.8%
- -1.6 pts
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- -5.0 pts
- Free cash flow
- -$914K
Insider rating
Last 90 days
41Mixed
- 1 insider sold $151K (not pre-planned)
50 is neutral. Buying by more insiders, top executives and bigger stakes raises it. Selling lowers it; pre-planned sales count less.
Weekly insider trend13 weeks agoBoughtSoldThis week
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
59/ 100
- This week
- 1
- Normal week
- 0.7
- vs normal
- 1.4x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+16.4%Institutions added 16.4% to their holdings. 49 bought, 22 sold. 5 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions1.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+3.9%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
3MNext reportDue any dayEstimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 24, 2009
- Results filedAug 20, 2008
- Results filedAug 21, 2007
- Results filedAug 29, 2006
- Results filedAug 18, 2005
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$00 insiders
Sold$151K1 insider, 0 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
Paul J CorrDirector | Sell | 211 | $64.19 | $14K | 20K | |
- -1% of their holdings
- $63.51 to $64.49 across 3 trades
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 3 days after
|
Paul J CorrDirector | Sell | 2K | $65.67 | $137K | 21K | |
- -9.2% of their holdings
- $64.26 to $66.79 across 29 trades
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 3 days after
|
"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
Proxy statementOct 26 · Form DEF 14A ↗Auditor changeOct 16 · Form 8-K ↗SoldPaul J CorrDirector
2,089 shares at $65.67 avg ($64.26 to $66.79) · $137K
- -9% of holdings
- Now owns 20,650 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 29 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
- Also: Option exercise
SoldPaul J CorrDirector
211 shares at $64.19 avg ($63.51 to $64.49) · $14K
- -1% of holdings
- Now owns 20,439 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 3 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
Planned insider saleSep 24 · Form 144 ↗Annual reportSep 23 · Form 10-K ↗Option exerciseJennifer Michele PickeringCHRO & Corporate Secretary
2,500 shares at $21.50 · $54K
- Now owns 2,500 shares
- Exercise price $21.50
- Filed 1 day after trade
Other company newsSep 8 · Form 8-K ↗GiftMichael W WoolDirector
2,000 shares
- +13% of holdings
- Now owns 17,792 shares
- Filed 115 days after trade
GiftMichael W WoolDirector
100 shares at $8.98 · $898
- +1% of holdings
- Now owns 19,792 shares
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldCarl HelmetagDirector
1,000 shares at $63.66 avg ($63.13 to $63.98) · $64K
- -4% of holdings
- Now owns 23,169 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 23 transactions
- Filed 2 days after trade
Insider tradeJun 25 · Form 4 ↗Planned insider saleJun 24 · Form 144 ↗Planned insider saleJun 23 · Form 144 ↗Insider tradeJun 23 · Form 4 ↗