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B456 SYSTEMS, INC.

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Signs1 good4 warning2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$18.1M$24.5M$23.2M
Operating income−$238.1M−$149.4M−$85.4M
Net income−$257.7M−$152.6M−$85.8M
Total assets$625.9M$576.2M
Total liabilities$329.5M$177.6M
Equity$296.4M$398.2M
EPS (diluted)
Shares out.134.3M105.2M33.7M

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
−1315.9%
Net margin
−1424.2%
Return on equity
−87.0%
Return on assets
−41.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−47.0%
Liabilities / assets
52.6%
Debt / equity
1.11×
Book value / share
$2.21
Revenue growth (YoY)
−26.0%
Net income growth (YoY)

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)
-2.55distress
Accruals / assets
1.0%clean
Piotroski F-Score
2/9weak

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
35
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial 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. What these scores mean →

Signs

2 severe4 warning1 good
  • 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
  • Negative 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
0 acquisitions12 disposalsnet 852,346 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Riley Jr. Gilbert NOfficer — CTO and VP of Res. and Dev.Dec 3, 2012Sell20,000$0.08
Pyenson Eric J.Officer — VP and General CounselNov 19, 2012Sell1,237$0.09
Johnson Robert JosephOfficer — VP and GM, Energy Sol'ns GroupNov 19, 2012Sell1,237$0.09
Forcier JasonOfficer — VP, Auto SolutionsNov 19, 2012Sell743$0.09
Riley Jr. Gilbert NOfficer — CTO and VP of Res. and Dev.Nov 1, 2012Sell20,000$0.14
Riley Jr. Gilbert NOfficer — CTO and VP of Res. and Dev.Oct 1, 2012Sell20,000$0.25
Mccarthy Jeffrey PDirectorSep 7, 2012Sell557,768$0.20
Mccarthy Jeffrey PDirectorAug 29, 2012Sell204,419$0.28
Riley Jr. Gilbert NOfficer — CTO and VP of Res. and Dev.Sep 4, 2012Sell20,000$0.26
Forcier JasonOfficer — VP, Auto SolutionsAug 20, 2012Sell1,346$0.46
Johnson Robert JosephOfficer — VP and GM, Energy Sol'ns GroupAug 20, 2012Sell2,798$0.46
Pyenson Eric J.Officer — Vice Pres. and General CounselAug 20, 2012Sell2,798$0.46

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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