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VCA INC

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Signs4 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY16FY15FY14FY13FY12FY11
Revenue$2.52B$2.13B$1.92B$1.80B$1.70B$1.49B
Operating income$86.1M$69.1M$247.3M$249.0M$92.9M$53.5M
Net income$46.2M$38.3M$135.4M$137.5M$45.6M$28.8M
Total assets$3.37B$2.50B$2.29B$2.20B$2.08B$2.00B
Total liabilities$1.79B$1.23B$1.08B$899.9M$890.2M$870.5M
Equity$1.47B$1.24B$1.20B$1.31B$1.18B$1.11B
EPS (diluted)$0.57$0.46$1.54$1.53$0.51$0.33
Shares out.80.8M82.1M88.2M88.5M87.3M86.2M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2016
Operating margin
3.4%
Net margin
1.8%
Return on equity
3.1%
Return on assets
1.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
2.8%
Liabilities / assets
53.2%
Debt / equity
1.22×
Book value / share
$18.22
Revenue growth (YoY)
18.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
20.7%

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 · FY2016
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.44grey zone
Accruals / assets
10.2%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.83normal
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
77
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 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 severe1 warning4 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • 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.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
2 acquisitions10 disposalsnet 179,386 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Drake JoshOfficer — President, Antech DiagnosticsSep 9, 2017Tax withholding534$92.97
Antin Arthur JOfficer — COO &amp; Senior Vice PresidentSep 9, 2017Tax withholding724$92.97
Tauber NeilOfficer — Senior VPSep 9, 2017Tax withholding534$92.97
Antin Robert LOfficer — CEO, President &amp; ChairmanSep 9, 2017Tax withholding2,860$92.97
Fuller Tomas WOfficer — CFO, VP &amp; SecretaryMar 15, 2017Gift5,500$0.00
Baumer JohnDirectorSep 12, 2017D24,924$93.00
Chickering John B JrDirectorSep 12, 2017D10,992$93.00
Heil JohnDirectorSep 12, 2017D32,722$93.00
Reddick FrankDirectorSep 12, 2017D24,924$93.00
Antin Robert LOfficer — CEO, President &amp; ChairmanMar 15, 2017Gift130,000$0.00
Antin Arthur JOfficer — COO &amp; Senior Vice PresidentAug 25, 2017Option exercise45,239$18.94
Tauber NeilOfficer — Senior VPFeb 23, 2017Grant9,089$0.00

Headline trade per Form 4 (officers, directors, 10%+ owners). Buy/sell read from the filing's structured data — blank where a field isn't cleanly tagged.

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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