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Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
5/5Strong
PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.20.9%
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.64.7%
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.$18.6M
Revenue
$33.4M
-4.7% vs prior year
5-year growth
-3.7%/yr
revenue, per year
Total debt
None
0.00x equity
Free cash flow
$18.6M
55.6% 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: share count not growing. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026
Revenue
$8.1M
-6.4% YoY
EPS
$0.50
vs $0.69
Op. margin
12.8%
-4.6 pts
Free cash flow
$4.7M
Share count
-0.3%
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
0.3
vs normal
0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+2.9%
Institutions added 2.9% to their holdings. 15 bought, 19 sold.
Shares held by institutions524K
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.2%
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
9M
Earnings reports
Last 0
Next 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.