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EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES

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Signs2 good4 warning3 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY14FY13FY12FY11FY10
Revenue$2.86B$2.97B$3.08B$2.89B$2.69B
Operating income−$9.0M−$53.4M$78.9M$95.8M$16.7M
Net income−$217.8M−$223.4M$56.7M$26.4M−$11.8M
Total assets$2.03B$2.00B$2.19B$2.18B
Total liabilities$1.10B$1.85B$1.79B$1.78B
Equity−$27.9M$153.1M$401.8M$404.8M
EPS (diluted)$-2.80$-2.89$0.69$0.33$-0.16
Shares out.79.1M79.3M78.3M77.5M76.0M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2014
Operating margin
−0.3%
Net margin
−7.6%
Return on equity
779.8%
Return on assets
−10.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−0.7%
Liabilities / assets
54.2%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-0.35
Revenue growth (YoY)
−3.9%
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 · FY2014
Altman Z″ (distress)
-0.89distress
Accruals / assets
3.1%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.49normal
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

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
34
/ 100
Profitability 20Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial 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

3 severe4 warning2 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • 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
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • 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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