Ridgepost Capital, Inc. · Investment Advice

RPC

Low riskNext report: Around Nov 5 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 11% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 6.9% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (87 bought, 53 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$8.67-0.1% that day

Company value: $1.0B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 36.1x; You pay about $36 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 3.3x; Company value is 3.3 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 1.7%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 4%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 36%; Debt as a share of company value

From RPC'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

$80.9M+11% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $312.9M, up 4.4% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 35% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of RPC. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+4% a yearRecently: +4.4% a yearProfit margin9%Last 12 months: 8.7%P/E at the end36xToday: 36.1x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-1% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$381M

Profit in 5 years$34M

Price these guesses point to$10.85+25% vs $8.67 todayAbout +4.6% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 9% margin and a 36x P/E, sales could shrink about 0.6% 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.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

2/4Mixed

MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.6.6%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 7 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$18.1M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-3.0% in 3 years

Revenue: $297.3M; +0.3% vs prior year
5-year growth: +34.6%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $373.2M
Free cash flow: $18.1M; 6.1% of revenue

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Gross margin doesn't apply to banks and insurers, so it isn't scored. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: return on equity 15%+, debt under half of equity. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.