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ECOTALITY, INC.

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Signs3 good3 warning2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY12FY11FY10
Revenue$54.7M$28.4M$13.7M
Operating income−$11.9M−$22.0M−$16.7M
Net income−$9.6M−$22.5M−$16.4M
Total assets$53.8M$50.5M$16.8M
Total liabilities$40.2M$27.8M
Equity$13.6M$22.7M$11.0M
EPS (diluted)$-0.40$-1.20
Shares out.23.9M23.9M11.1M

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
−21.7%
Net margin
−17.5%
Return on equity
−70.6%
Return on assets
−17.8%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−61.1%
Liabilities / assets
74.8%
Debt / equity
2.96×
Book value / share
$0.57
Revenue growth (YoY)
92.6%
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 · FY2012
Altman Z″ (distress)
-8.47distress
Accruals / assets
24.3%clean
Beneish M-Score
-4.39normal
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

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
52
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

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 severe3 warning3 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
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • 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.

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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