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Cardinal Ethanol LLC

CRDE

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Signs4 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18
Revenue$425.6M$451.8M$328.4M$211.7M$222.2M$50.1M
Operating income$66.7M$78.3M$27.4M−$6.1M$1.3M−$2.6M
Net income$69.8M$85.7M$27.1M−$6.2M$1.6M−$2.7M
Total assets$232.8M$189.0M$151.9M$129.7M$137.6M$144.6M
Total liabilities
Equity$172.5M$147.3M$124.7M$108.9M$112.3M$120.3M
EPS (diluted)$4780.00$5868.00$1856.00$-424.00$112.00$-183.00
Shares out.14,60614,60614,60614,60614,60614,606

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2023
Operating margin
15.7%
Net margin
16.4%
Return on equity
40.5%
Return on assets
30.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
32.6%
Liabilities / assets
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$11812.48
Revenue growth (YoY)
−5.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
−18.5%

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 · FY2023
Accruals / assets
5.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/8mixed

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
73
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

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 severe1 warning4 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Operating margin is positive
  • 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
8 acquisitions3 disposals8 open-market buy(s)net +103 shares · last 11
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Chronister Thomas CDirectorOct 1, 2024Buy4$17400.00
Baker Robert NathanDirectorOct 1, 2024Buy5$17200.00
Roch Lewis M IiiDirectorOct 1, 2024Buy100$17500.00
Dersch David Matthew JrDirectorSep 1, 2024Gift11$0.00
Baker Robert NathanDirectorApr 1, 2024Buy7$19500.00
Baker Robert NathanDirectorFeb 1, 2024Buy10$21000.00
Forsythe Gerald RDirectorFeb 1, 2024Buy20$21000.00
Herlyn Jeremey JayOfficer — Plant ManagerFeb 1, 2024Sell10$21000.00
Dersch David Matthew JrDirectorJan 1, 2024Gift68$0.00
Davis Robert JohnDirectorJan 1, 2024Buy4$16500.00
Baker Robert NathanDirectorFeb 1, 2023Buy42$15000.00

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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