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SEITEL INC

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Signs● 3 good● 3 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13FY12
Revenue$20.6M$11.9M$100.3M$198.0M$202.9M$240.5M
Operating income−$7.3M−$9.1M−$3.0M$46.9M$54.8M$71.2M
Net income−$13.4M−$13.9M−$110.0M$9.7M$113.7M$37.0M
Total assets$364.0M$385.2M$421.5M$579.8M$595.5M$550.7M
Total liabilities$286.9M$284.1M$299.3M$326.7M$340.6M$400.4M
Equity$77.1M$101.1M$122.2M$253.1M$255.0M$150.4M
EPS (diluted)——————
Shares out.100100100100100100

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2017
Operating margin
−35.6%
Net margin
−65.0%
Return on equity
−17.3%
Return on assets
−3.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
—
Liabilities / assets
78.8%
Debt / equity
3.72×
Book value / share
$771140.00
Revenue growth (YoY)
72.3%
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 · FY2017
Accruals / assets
−14.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/8mixed

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
57
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 100Catalyst 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

● 1 severe● 3 warning● 3 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • 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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