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BOWNE & CO INC

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Signs● 4 good● 3 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY09FY08FY07
Revenue$675.8M$766.6M$850.6M
Operating income−$11.3M−$39.2M$31.4M
Net income−$16.6M−$24.7M$25.3M
Total assets$460.9M$480.7M—
Total liabilities$209.4M$294.2M—
Equity$251.5M$186.6M$252.0M
EPS (diluted)$-0.50$-0.87$0.84
Shares out.40.1M27.0M—

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2009
Operating margin
−1.7%
Net margin
−2.5%
Return on equity
−6.6%
Return on assets
−3.6%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−3.3%
Liabilities / assets
45.4%
Debt / equity
0.83×
Book value / share
$6.27
Revenue growth (YoY)
−11.9%
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 · FY2009
Altman Z″ (distress)
4.37safe
Accruals / assets
−12.9%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.12normal
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
53
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 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 severe● 3 warning● 4 good
  • 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
  • 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

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
1 acquisitions1 disposals1 open-market buy(s)net −7,212 shares · last 2
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Donnelley Financial Solutions 06/FaDirectorJul 2, 2019Buy20,000$1000.00
Berndt BryanOfficer — Treasurer,VP Tax and FinanceNov 24, 2010D27,212—

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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