A company still losing money with growing sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
Sales up 10% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Buying back shares: share count down 3.4% in 3 years
Pays a 1.8% dividend yield
Watch out for
Losing money
Money moves
No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 7.2% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (91 bought, 71 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$12.30+1.8% that day
Company value
$438M
Share price times all shares
Price vs sales
0.42x
No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Dividend yield
1.8%
Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value
27%
Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value
78%
Debt as a share of company value
From MEI'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, Aug '26
$265.4M+10% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $1.0B, up 1.4% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 1.3% a year.
What the price assumes
Your guesses, our math
Move the sliders to your own view of MEI. 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$1.1B
Profit in 5 years$110M
Price these guesses point to$48.56+295% vs $12.30 todayAbout +32% a year, before dividends
What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 15x P/E, sales could shrink about 23% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.
Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.
Forum talk counts mentions of MEI in popular online stock forums, a slice of the internet rather than all of it. Company lookups show interest in the company itself, which can come from news that isn't about the stock. Attention isn't quality.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
2/7Weak
MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-5.2%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.51x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-3.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$15.6M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-3.4% in 3 years
MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.19.8%
Revenue
$1.0B
-2.8% vs prior year
5-year growth
-1.3%/yr
revenue, per year
Total debt
$340.9M
0.51x equity
Current ratio
2.41x
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 Aug 1, 2026
Reported Sep 2
Revenue
$265.4M
+10.4% YoY
EPS
-$0.32
vs -$0.29
Op. margin
-1.5%
-2.0 pts
Gross margin
18.0%
-0.1 pts
Free cash flow
-$10.9M
Share count
+0.9%
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
28/ 100
This week
1
Normal week
2.5
vs normal
0.4x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+7.2%
Institutions added 7.2% to their holdings. 91 bought, 71 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions34.0M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.3%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positive
Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.5x · $310.5M debt
Shares outstandingLatest reported
36M
Why low risk
Losing money
Earnings reports
Last 12
Next reportAround Dec 2 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
Results filedSep 2
Results filedJun 24
Results filedMar 5
Results filedDec 3, 2025
Results filedSep 9, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days