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LOJACK CORP

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Signs4 good2 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY15FY14FY13FY12FY11FY10
Revenue$129.6M$133.6M$140.2M$132.5M$140.8M$140.8M
Operating income$3.7M−$16.8M$633,000−$7.6M$2.6M−$385,000
Net income−$1.6M−$5.5M$3.2M−$8.4M$1.4M−$18.3M
Total assets$78.0M$76.3M$86.8M$101.9M$114.3M$122.3M
Total liabilities$50.1M$55.8M$50.8M$71.7M$77.5M$87.9M
Equity$27.8M$20.5M$36.0M$30.4M$37.0M$34.6M
EPS (diluted)$-0.09$-0.31$0.18$-0.48$0.08$-1.06
Shares out.19.0M18.8M18.2M18.1M18.1M18.3M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2015
Operating margin
2.9%
Net margin
−1.3%
Return on equity
−5.9%
Return on assets
−2.1%
Return on capital (ROCE)
7.7%
Liabilities / assets
64.3%
Debt / equity
1.80×
Book value / share
$1.47
Revenue growth (YoY)
−3.0%
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 · FY2015
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.72safe
Accruals / assets
14.3%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.15normal
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

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
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

1 severe2 warning4 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Operating margin is positive
  • 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.

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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