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Low riskNext report: Around Feb 2, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Profitable every year for 10 years
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- Raised its dividend (0.8% yield)
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 0.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (230 bought, 186 sold)
- Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$49.32+1.5% that day
- Company value
- $8.1B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 28.8x
- You pay about $29 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 4.5x
- Company value is 4.5 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 0.8%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 4%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 6%
- Debt as a share of company value
From ZWS'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, Sep '26$495.1M+8.7% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barSep '26
Last 12 months: $1.8B, up 10% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 18% a year.
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.12.4%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.31x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.11.7%
- 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.$346.5M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+11.3% in 3 years
- PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.45.1%
- Revenue
- $1.7B
- +8.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +17.8%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $496.5M
- 0.31x equity
- Current ratio
- 3.13x
- 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 Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 27After close4:07 pm ET - Revenue
- $495.1M
- +8.7% YoY
- EPS
- $0.45
- vs $0.36
- Op. margin
- 21.9%
- +4.9 pts
- Gross margin
- 49.6%
- +5.5 pts
- Free cash flow
- $112.2M
- Share count
- -1.3%
- vs a year ago
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
- 2
- Normal week
- 1.2
- vs normal
- 1.7x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+0.8%Institutions added 0.8% to their holdings. 230 bought, 186 sold.
Shares held by institutions148.3M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-1.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.3x · $500.3M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
165MNext reportAround Feb 2, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 27
- Results filedJul 28
- Results filedJul 20
- Results filedMay 27
- Results filedApr 21
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.