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The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Sales up 32% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- Insiders sold $1.4M in the last 30 days, all through pre-planned sales
- Institutions cut 3.2% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (296 bought, 206 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$101.06+2.6% that day
- Company value
- $7.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 69.2x
- You pay about $69 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 8.8x
- Company value is 8.8 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 1%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 0%
- Debt as a share of company value
From FORM'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$258.2M+32% vs a year earlier
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Last 12 months: $902.2M, up 18% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 2.5% 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.5.5%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.01x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.6.9%
- 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.$11.7M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+0.1% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.39.3%
- Revenue
- $785.0M
- +2.8% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +2.5%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $12.2M
- 0.01x equity
- Current ratio
- 4.50x
- 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 27, 2026- Revenue
- $258.2M
- +31.9% YoY
- EPS
- $0.71
- vs $0.12
- Op. margin
- 22.4%
- +16.1 pts
- Gross margin
- 50.7%
- +13.4 pts
- Free cash flow
- $52.2M
- Share count
- +2.7%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
45Mixed
- Pre-planned sales of $1.4M (weaker signal)
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
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.5
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-3.2%Institutions cut 3.2% from their holdings. 296 bought, 206 sold. 2 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions72.2M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.0x · $11.6M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
78MWhy low risk- 1 offering filing in 6 months (may sell new shares)
Next reportIn 0 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedJul 29
- Results filedApr 29
- Results filedFeb 4
- Results filedOct 29, 2025
- Results filedJul 30, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days Bought$00 insiders
Sold$1.4M1 insider, 1 pre-planned
| Insider | Trade | Shares | Avg price | Value | Owns after | Date |
|---|
Mike SlessorCEO | Sell | 11K | $125.20 | $1.4M | 456K | |
- -2.4% of their holdings
- $124.23 to $125.92 across 3 trades
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- Also Director
- Filed same day
|
"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
DOct 20 · Form D ↗Planned insider saleOct 14 · Form 144 ↗SoldMike SlessorCEO, Director
11,098 shares at $125.20 avg ($124.23 to $125.92) · $1.4M
- -2% of holdings
- Now owns 455,596 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 3 transactions
- Filed same day
Unregistered share saleOct 13 · Form 8-K ↗SoldMike SlessorCEO, Director
17,510 shares at $104.73 avg ($104.26 to $105.80) · $1.8M
- -4% of holdings
- Now owns 466,694 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 3 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
Planned insider saleSep 16 · Form 144 ↗SoldKelley Steven-waissDirector
2,100 shares at $96.10 · $202K
- -8% of holdings
- Now owns 24,426 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
Planned insider saleSep 3 · Form 144 ↗SoldMike SlessorCEO, Director
16,002 shares at $130.95 avg ($128.72 to $133.33) · $2.1M
- -3% of holdings
- Now owns 484,204 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- 6 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
5%+ holder update (passive)Aug 14 · Form SCHEDULE 13G/A ↗Planned insider saleAug 14 · Form 144 ↗Stock awardAric Brendan MckinnisCFO, SVP Global Finance
6,924 shares
- Now owns 6,924 shares
- Restricted Stock Units
- Filed 4 days after trade
Option exerciseMike SlessorCEO, Director
147,700 shares
- +42% of holdings
- Now owns 503,494 shares
- 2 transactions
- Filed 3 days after trade
- Also: Stock award, Shares withheld for taxes
Insider tradeAug 7 · Form 4 ↗Insider tradeAug 7 · Form 4 ↗