Tower International, Inc.
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Financials
SEC XBRL · annual| FY18 | FY17 | FY16 | FY15 | FY14 | FY13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $407.2M | $352.4M | $1.32B | $1.80B | $1.84B | $1.97B |
| Operating income | $100.6M | $91.9M | $50.7M | $85.3M | $79.6M | $73.5M |
| Net income | $17.3M | $17.3M | $38.6M | $194.1M | $21.5M | −$20.3M |
| Total assets | $1.17B | $1.26B | $1.16B | $1.22B | $1.17B | $1.18B |
| Total liabilities | $869.5M | $991.0M | $948.6M | $1.01B | $1.07B | $1.05B |
| Equity | $300.9M | $269.9M | $207.8M | $197.5M | $43.2M | $74.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.83 | $0.83 | $1.82 | $9.06 | $1.01 | $-0.99 |
| Shares out. | 20.5M | 22.1M | 21.1M | 21.0M | 20.5M | 20.2M |
Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.
Key ratios
from filings · FY2018- Operating margin
- 24.7%
- Net margin
- 4.2%
- Return on equity
- 5.7%
- Return on assets
- 1.5%
- Return on capital (ROCE)
- 13.9%
- Liabilities / assets
- 74.3%
- Debt / equity
- 2.89×
- Book value / share
- $14.65
- Revenue growth (YoY)
- 15.5%
- Net income growth (YoY)
- −0.3%
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 · FY2018- Altman Z″ (distress)
- 2.60safe
- Accruals / assets
- −6.9%clean
- Piotroski F-Score
- 7/9strong
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 warning● 5 good- High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
- Operating margin is positive
- Revenue is growing year-over-year
- 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.
Insider transactions
SEC Form 4 · most recent| Insider | Date | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Thomas KDirector | Sep 30, 2019 | U | 6,390 | — |
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- 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, 2019
- Director / officer changeJul 12, 2019
- Entered a material agreement · Amended charter or bylaws · Other material eventJul 12, 2019
- Director / officer changeJun 17, 2019
- Results of operations · Regulation FD disclosureMay 2, 2019
- Shareholder voteApr 22, 2019
- Completed an acquisition or dispositionMar 1, 2019
- Results of operations · Regulation FD disclosureFeb 12, 2019
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
All filings ↗- SC 13G/ATOWLE & COFeb 14, 2020
- SC 13G/A13GALSV123119TOWER.TXTFeb 12, 2020
- 15-12BOct 10, 2019
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