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QUALSTAR CORP

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Signs3 good5 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14
Revenue$13.4M$12.2M$10.6M$9.4M$2.8M$2.6M
Operating income−$70,000$1.5M$657,000−$1.2M−$1.3M−$5.6M
Net income−$7,000$1.5M$640,000−$1.2M−$1.3M−$2.2M
Total assets$10.0M$10.0M$8.6M$7.3M$8.7M$12.8M
Total liabilities$3.3M$2.7M$2.7M$2.4M$2.7M
Equity$6.7M$7.3M$5.9M$4.8M$6.0M$9.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.00$0.72$0.31
Shares out.2.0M2.0M2.0M12.3M12.3M12.3M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2019
Operating margin
−0.5%
Net margin
−0.1%
Return on equity
−0.1%
Return on assets
−0.1%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−0.9%
Liabilities / assets
32.8%
Debt / equity
0.49×
Book value / share
$3.38
Revenue growth (YoY)
9.9%
Net income growth (YoY)
−100.5%

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 · FY2019
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.44grey zone
Accruals / assets
1.1%clean
Beneish M-Score
0.58elevated
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
38
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 33Financial 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.

Signs

5 warning3 good
  • Operating losses (negative operating margin)
  • Reported a net loss
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Beneish M-Score elevated — earnings-manipulation screen flag
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

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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