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MTS SYSTEMS CORP

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Signs2 good4 warning2 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15
Revenue$828.6M$892.5M$778.0M$788.0M$650.1M$563.9M
Operating income−$247.5M$79.7M$65.2M$54.8M$41.8M$61.5M
Net income−$272.1M$43.1M$61.3M$25.1M$27.5M$45.5M
Total assets$1.15B$1.30B$1.14B$1.19B$1.19B$460.8M
Total liabilities$929.0M$813.9M$661.5M$760.9M$782.8M$202.7M
Equity$221.2M$484.1M$477.9M$428.8M$405.3M$258.1M
EPS (diluted)$-14.16$2.21$3.18$1.31$1.70$3.00
Shares out.19.3M19.1M17.9M17.8M16.7M14.8M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2020
Operating margin
−29.9%
Net margin
−32.8%
Return on equity
−123.0%
Return on assets
−23.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−29.0%
Liabilities / assets
80.8%
Debt / equity
4.20×
Book value / share
$11.45
Revenue growth (YoY)
−7.2%
Net income growth (YoY)
−731.7%

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 · FY2020
Altman Z″ (distress)
0.06distress
Accruals / assets
27.8%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.89normal
Piotroski F-Score
3/9weak

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
37
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

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

2 severe4 warning2 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • 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
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% 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.

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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