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Low riskNext report: Around Feb 16, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales. Institutions are adding.
Going well
- Raised its dividend (4.3% yield)
- Profitable
- Sales up 42% last year
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 13% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (256 bought, 210 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$49.31-1.6% that day
- Company value
- $4.9B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 4.8x
- You pay about $5 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.65x
- Company value is 0.65 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 4.3%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 5%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 78%
- Debt as a share of company value
From SON'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, Mar '26$1.7B-1.9% vs a year earlier
Jul '23Tap a barMar '26
Last 12 months: $7.5B, up 31% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 7.0% 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.34.1%
- MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.1.05x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.13.3%
- 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.$345.8M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+0.8% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.20.9%
- Revenue
- $7.5B
- +41.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +7.0%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $3.8B
- 1.05x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.05x
- 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
New results, as stated in the press releaseReported Oct 21After close5:10 pm ET - Revenue
- $2.0B
- EPS
- $5.30
Revenue and EPS as the company states them. Margins, cash flow and share count fill in with the 10-Q.
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
27/ 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+13.4%Institutions added 13.4% to their holdings. 256 bought, 210 sold.
Shares held by institutions97.5M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.3%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
1.0x · $3.5B debtShares outstandingLatest reported
99MNext reportAround Feb 16, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 21
- Results filedJul 22
- Results filedApr 21
- Results filedFeb 17
- Results filedOct 22, 2025
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.