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Low riskNext report: Not enough history
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Profitable, keeps 18% of sales as profit
- Sales up 34% last year
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 12% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (112 bought, 130 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$10.23+0.6% that day
- Company value
- $2.0B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 3.7x
- You pay about $4 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.66x
- Company value is 0.66 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 90%
- A big cushion: cash is a large part of what the company is worth
From TAL's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.14.3%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.No debt reported
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.17.6%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.5 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$508.3M
- PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-9.2% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.55.4%
- Revenue
- $3.0B
- +33.7% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- -7.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 2.86x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
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
- 0
- Normal week
- 0.2
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+11.8%Institutions added 11.8% to their holdings. 112 bought, 130 sold.
Shares held by institutions253.5M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-3.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
No debt reportedShares outstandingLatest reported
193MNext reportNot enough history
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.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
SoldAlex Zhuangzhuang PengSee Remarks
30,000 shares at $12.28 · $368K
- -66% of holdings
- Now owns 15,144 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
Option exerciseEdward Yi WangDirector
14,142 shares
- Now owns 14,142 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes
SoldAlex Zhuangzhuang PengSee Remarks
80,000 shares at $10.86 · $868K
- -64% of holdings
- Now owns 45,144 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- Filed 1 day after trade
- Also: Option exercise, Shares withheld for taxes
Option exerciseYachao LiuSee Remarks, Director
39,672 shares
- +18% of holdings
- Now owns 262,507 shares
- Filed 2 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes