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METALS USA INC

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Signs4 good3 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$1.89B$1.29B$1.10B
Operating income$135.3M$60.3M−$22.1M
Net income$61.2M$14.9M−$35.7M
Total assets$978.6M$744.1M
Total liabilities$757.9M$586.0M
Equity$220.7M$158.1M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.100100

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2011
Operating margin
7.2%
Net margin
3.2%
Return on equity
27.7%
Return on assets
6.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
16.3%
Liabilities / assets
77.4%
Debt / equity
3.43×
Book value / share
$2207000.00
Revenue growth (YoY)
46.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
310.7%

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 · FY2011
Altman Z″ (distress)
4.81safe
Accruals / assets
8.0%moderate
Beneish M-Score
-1.69elevated
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

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
75
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 33Financial strength 75

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 severe3 warning4 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • 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
5 acquisitions0 disposals1 open-market buy(s)net +171,900 shares · last 5
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Bennett William RNov 30, 2005Option exercise25,000$0.00
Morris Gerald ENov 30, 2005Option exercise22,500$0.00
Leckie John GNov 30, 2005Option exercise22,500$0.00
Goncalves LourencoOfficer — President and CEONov 30, 2005Option exercise100,000$0.00
Citadel L P10% ownerJul 12, 2005Buy1,900$19.40

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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