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ARTHROCARE CORP

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Signs5 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY13FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$92.3M$92.9M$87.9M$89.1M$324.1M
Operating income$13.5M$17.4M$16.6M$15.5M$53,000
Net income$26.1M$46.4M$12.8M$8.8M−$5.8M
Total assets$594.1M$519.8M$533.0M$439.2M
Total liabilities$106.6M$75.0M$149.1M$69.7M
Equity$403.1M$364.0M$306.7M$295.7M$250.4M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.28.0M27.6M27.5M27.1M26.8M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2013
Operating margin
14.6%
Net margin
28.2%
Return on equity
6.5%
Return on assets
4.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
2.6%
Liabilities / assets
17.9%
Debt / equity
0.26×
Book value / share
$14.37
Revenue growth (YoY)
−0.6%
Net income growth (YoY)
−43.8%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2013
Altman Z″ (distress)
7.26safe
Accruals / assets
7.8%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.62normal
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe1 warning5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
12 acquisitions0 disposalsnet +149,009 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Pacek James LOfficer — Sr VP, Global Markets &amp; SalesMay 29, 2014Option exercise15,778$23.50
Dinger Fred B IiiOfficer — SVP &amp; General Manager for ENTMay 29, 2014Option exercise2,477$35.97
Wiley GayleOfficer — SVP &amp; Chief HR OfficerMay 29, 2014Option exercise10,840$36.90
Newton ToddOfficer — EVP, CFO &amp; COOMay 29, 2014Option exercise17,020$23.50
Woloszko JeanOfficer — Chief Tech Officer and SVP R&amp;DMay 29, 2014Option exercise2,128$23.50
Fitzgerald DavidOfficer — President and CEOMay 29, 2014Option exercise4,254$23.50
Prothro BruceOfficer — Chief Regulatory Officer &amp; SVPMay 29, 2014Option exercise3,901$23.50
Rew Richard W. IiOfficer — Senior VP &amp; General CounselMay 29, 2014Option exercise12,056$23.50
Schaffner ScottOfficer — SVP and GM Sports MedicineMay 29, 2014Option exercise12,471$26.49
Belinfanti GregoryDirectorMay 29, 2014Option exercise17,021
Ahrens ChristianDirectorMay 29, 2014Option exercise17,021
Oep Ac Holdings, Llc10% ownerMay 29, 2014Option exercise34,042

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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