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BLACK BOX CORP

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Revenue$774.6M$855.7M$912.7M$992.4M$971.7M$997.8M
Operating income−$45.3M−$1.3M−$187.8M$28.6M−$108.4M$56.3M
Net income−$100.1M−$7.1M−$171.1M$15.3M−$115.9M$28.8M
Total assets$376.3M$427.1M$475.8M$686.3M$712.0M$878.0M
Total liabilities$326.0M$285.5M$319.6M$349.1M$360.9M$395.8M
Equity$50.3M$141.6M$156.2M$337.1M$351.1M$482.2M
EPS (diluted)$-6.64$-0.47$-11.18$0.99$-7.33$1.73
Shares out.15.2M15.0M15.0M15.4M15.6M16.1M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2018
Operating margin
−5.8%
Net margin
−12.9%
Return on equity
−198.8%
Return on assets
−26.6%
Return on capital (ROCE)
−67.3%
Liabilities / assets
86.6%
Debt / equity
6.48×
Book value / share
$3.30
Revenue growth (YoY)
−9.5%
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 · FY2018
Altman Z″ (distress)
-1.34distress
Accruals / assets
14.2%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.52normal
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
25
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial 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

2 severe5 warning1 good
  • 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
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Negative 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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