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Sterling Check Corp.

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Signs4 good3 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19
Revenue$719.6M$766.8M$641.9M$454.1M$497.1M
Operating income$46.6M$59.0M$368,000−$23.1M−$13.4M
Net income−$116,000$19.4M−$18.5M−$52.3M−$46.7M
Total assets$1.36B$1.41B$1.37B$1.32B
Total liabilities$661.5M$670.6M$662.6M$732.9M
Equity$701.9M$736.6M$709.6M$583.2M$627.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.00$0.20$-0.21$-0.59$-0.53
Shares out.96.3M96.3M95.7M88.6M88.2M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2023
Operating margin
6.5%
Net margin
−0.0%
Return on equity
−0.0%
Return on assets
−0.0%
Return on capital (ROCE)
3.8%
Liabilities / assets
48.5%
Debt / equity
0.94×
Book value / share
$7.29
Revenue growth (YoY)
−6.1%
Net income growth (YoY)
−100.6%

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
Altman Z″ (distress)
1.27grey zone
Accruals / assets
7.1%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
50
/ 100
Profitability 40Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial 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

3 warning4 good
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • 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.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
0 acquisitions12 disposalsnet 1.1M shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Barnett Steven LOfficer — See RemarksOct 31, 2024D79,159
Strong TheresaOfficer — Chief Accounting OfficerOct 31, 2024D18,227
Narula JagtarDirectorOct 31, 2024D12,756
Stonehill Price RobynOfficer — See RemarksOct 31, 2024D51,107
Dziadzio Richard SOfficer — See RemarksOct 31, 2024D32,363
Kapoor MohitDirectorOct 31, 2024D72,211
Grebe Michael JDirectorOct 31, 2024D95,091
Jennings Mark EDirectorOct 31, 2024D168,159
Paglia LouOfficer — See RemarksOct 31, 2024D164,517
Johnsen Kristin AnnDirectorOct 31, 2024D12,756
Peirez Joshua LOfficer — Chief Executive OfficerOct 31, 2024D375,295
Larsen JillDirectorOct 31, 2024D34,415

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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