ARBITRON INC
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY12 | FY11 | FY10 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $106.4M | $100.9M | $395.4M |
| Operating income | $88.2M | $85.1M | $65.7M |
| Net income | $17.8M | $16.2M | $44.5M |
| Total assets | $269.1M | $239.0M | $229.2M |
| Total liabilities | $115.7M | $112.2M | $151.6M |
| Equity | $153.4M | $126.8M | $77.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $0.59 | $1.64 |
| Shares out. | 27.3M | 27.7M | 27.1M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2012- Operating margin
- 82.9%
- Net margin
- 16.7%
- Return on equity
- 11.6%
- Return on assets
- 6.6%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 47.6%
- Liabilities / assets
- 43.0%
- Debt / equity
- 0.75×
- Book value / share
- $5.62
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 5.5%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- 9.6%
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 · FY2012- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 6.81safe
- Accruals / assets
- −34.2%clean
- 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 ScoreOur 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
● 1 severe● 6 good- Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
- Operating margin is positive
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- 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- NT 11-Kmissed a reporting deadline ↗Jun 29, 2005
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.
Material events
SEC Form 8-K · most recent- Terminated a material agreement · Completed an acquisition or disposition · Delisting / listing-standard notice · Modified shareholder rights · Change in control · Director / officer change · Amended charter or bylaws · Other material eventSep 30, 2013
- Other material eventSep 23, 2013
- Results of operationsAug 1, 2013
- Shareholder voteMay 22, 2013
- Results of operationsMay 7, 2013
- Shareholder voteApr 16, 2013
- Other material eventMar 8, 2013
- Director / officer changeMar 4, 2013
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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