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STAR BUFFET INC

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Signs3 good4 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14
Revenue$26.0M$26.5M$26.1M$24.5M$23.5M$27.8M
Operating income−$209,000$508,000$25,000$234,000$965,000−$412,000
Net income−$541,000$129,000−$178,000$811,000$2.6M−$1.2M
Total assets$6.4M$7.0M$6.8M$5.1M$8.2M$12.8M
Total liabilities$9.9M$9.9M$9.9M$8.0M$11.9M$19.0M
Equity−$3.5M−$2.9M−$3.0M−$2.9M−$3.7M−$6.2M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.3.2M3.2M3.2M3.2M3.2M3.2M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2019
Operating margin
−0.8%
Net margin
−2.1%
Return on equity
15.7%
Return on assets
−8.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−14.9%
Liabilities / assets
153.7%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-1.07
Revenue growth (YoY)
−1.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
−519.4%

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 · FY2019
Altman Z″ (distress)
-15.83distress
Accruals / assets
17.6%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

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
37
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 0

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. What these scores mean →

Signs

3 severe4 warning3 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

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
11 acquisitions1 disposals11 open-market buy(s)net +49,945 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Wheaton Robert EOfficer — Chief ExecutiveDec 23, 2020Sell37,300$0.02
Wheaton Robert EDirectorDec 29, 2017Buy44,400$0.85
Brown Todd SDirectorDec 28, 2017Buy20,000$0.85
Schadt Thomas GDirectorDec 28, 2017Buy11,500$0.85
Brown Todd SDirectorMay 3, 2017Buy8,000$1.24
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorJan 22, 2009Buy360$1.84
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorJan 6, 2009Buy100$1.84
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorDec 29, 2008Buy149$2.04
Schadt Thomas GOfficer — DirectorDec 29, 2008Buy1,000$2.00
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorDec 23, 2008Buy101$2.04
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorDec 19, 2008Buy1,185$2.23
Wheaton Craig BradfordDirectorDec 17, 2008Buy450$2.11

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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