← BackITRON, INC. · Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec SignalsITRI
Low riskNext report: Around Feb 16, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Profitable
- Sales growth speeding up
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (191 bought, 222 sold)
- Held by George Soros (Soros Fund)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$87.85+0.2% that day
- Company value
- $3.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 14.2x
- You pay about $14 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 1.7x
- Company value is 1.7 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 22%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 33%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ITRI'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, Sep '26$599.3M+3.0% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barSep '26
Last 12 months: $2.3B, down 3.6% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 1.7% 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.19.4%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.74x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.12.7%
- 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.$383.1M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+2.7% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.37.7%
- Revenue
- $2.4B
- -3.0% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +1.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $1.3B
- 0.74x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.80x
- 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 Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 27Before open8:35 am ET - Revenue
- $599.3M
- +3.0% YoY
- EPS
- $1.61
- vs $1.41
- Op. margin
- 15.9%
- +1.8 pts
- Gross margin
- 40.9%
- +3.2 pts
- Free cash flow
- $95.5M
- Share count
- -4.8%
- 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
- 2
- Normal week
- 3.7
- vs normal
- 0.5x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+4.0%Institutions added 4.0% to their holdings. 191 bought, 222 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions51.8M
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
0.9x · $1.6B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
44MNext reportAround Feb 16, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 27
- Results filedJul 28
- Results filedApr 28
- Results filedFeb 17
- Results filedOct 30, 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.