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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$3.41B$3.55B$3.55B$3.92B$4.92B$4.13B
Operating income$358.6M$208.8M−$174.4M−$434.0M$723.0M$585.2M
Net income$145.2M−$34.9M−$380.1M−$437.5M$512.5M$387.4M
Total assets$2.74B$2.87B$3.41B$4.30B$4.80B$3.38B
Total liabilities$3.10B$3.26B$3.68B$4.15B$3.79B$2.68B
Equity−$357.5M−$390.6M−$267.3M$147.7M$1.01B$697.2M
EPS (diluted)$2.47$-0.61$-6.79$-7.88$8.96$6.81
Shares out.58.0M57.4M56.6M55.5M55.2M55.7M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
10.5%
Net margin
4.3%
Return on equity
−40.6%
Return on assets
5.3%
Return on capital (ROCE)
17.9%
Liabilities / assets
113.0%
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$-6.16
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 · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
1.59grey zone
Accruals / assets
8.2%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.90normal
Piotroski F-Score
7/9strong

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
54
/ 100
Profitability 80Growth 0Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

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 severe3 warning3 good
  • Negative shareholder equity
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • 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.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20265.3M5.0+10.4%
Apr 30, 20264.8M4.8+0.9%
Apr 15, 20264.8M5.0-7.1%
Mar 31, 20265.2M5.3+32.5%
Mar 13, 20263.9M4.3+10.6%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

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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