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Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
7/7Strong
PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.26.8%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.02x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.23.0%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.0B
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-7.7% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.55.8%
Revenue
$8.3B
+10.7% vs prior year
5-year growth
+12.5%/yr
revenue, per year
Total debt
$199.1M
0.02x equity
Current ratio
3.70x
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
Reported Aug 6
Revenue
$2.5B
+20.2% YoY
Op. margin
29.2%
-0.7 pts
Gross margin
55.9%
+0.2 pts
Free cash flow
$460.8M
Share count
+0.5%
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
0/ 100
This week
0
Normal week
0.9
vs normal
0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
▲Accumulating+3.4%
Institutions added 3.4% to their holdings. 718 bought, 541 sold. 2 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions664.8M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-2.2%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positive
Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reported
Shares outstandingLatest reported
980M
Earnings reports
Last 12
Next reportAround Nov 5 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
Results filedAug 6
Results filedMay 7
Results filedFeb 26
Results filedNov 6, 2025
Results filedAug 7, 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.