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FERRO CORP

Materials · Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods · OH · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

Signs2 good3 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16
Revenue$1.13B$959.0M$1.01B$1.07B$996.4M$1.15B
Operating income
Net income$148.8M$42.8M$6.0M$80.1M$21.9M−$10.0M
Total assets$1.29B$1.96B$1.83B$1.87B$1.68B$1.28B
Total liabilities$741.9M$1.52B$1.46B$1.48B$1.33B$1.03B
Equity$538.4M$430.0M$360.4M$376.6M$344.8M$247.1M
EPS (diluted)$1.78$0.52$0.07$0.94$0.26$-0.12
Shares out.82.4M82.0M82.7M84.1M83.4M82.9M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2021
Operating margin
Net margin
13.2%
Return on equity
27.6%
Return on assets
11.5%
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
57.5%
Debt / equity
1.38×
Book value / share
$6.54
Revenue growth (YoY)
17.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
247.7%

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 · FY2021
Accruals / assets
16.3%high accruals
Beneish M-Score
-1.64elevated
Piotroski F-Score
4/8mixed

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
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 0Financial 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 severe3 warning2 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • High accruals — earnings-quality risk
  • Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year

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
3 acquisitions9 disposalsnet 1.9M shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Ross Andrew MDirectorApr 21, 2022D9,000$22.00
Duesenberg Mark HugoOfficer — General CounselApr 21, 2022D154,909$22.00
Spizzo Allen ADirectorApr 21, 2022D5,000$22.00
Ogilvie Marran H.DirectorApr 21, 2022D2,000$22.00
Thomas Peter TOfficer — Chairman, President and CEOApr 21, 2022D1.6M$22.00
Schlater BenjaminOfficer — Chief Financial OfficerApr 21, 2022D51,338$22.00
Henke Andrew TOfficer — Chief Accounting OfficerApr 21, 2022D9,953$22.00
Vargo Ronald PDirectorApr 21, 2022D36,450$22.00
Lorber David ADirectorApr 21, 2022D22,000$22.00
Thomas Peter TOfficer — Chairman, President and CEOFeb 28, 2022Option exercise9,225
Duesenberg Mark HugoOfficer — General CounselFeb 28, 2022Option exercise1,613
Schlater BenjaminOfficer — Chief Financial OfficerFeb 28, 2022Option exercise1,976

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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