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WILLIAMS CONTROLS INC

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Signs3 good1 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$16.8M$61.9M$52.3M$38.8M
Operating income$5.8M$5.1M$1.2M−$3.3M
Net income$895,000$3.3M$1.4M−$2.0M
Total assets$36.4M$38.5M$34.2M
Total liabilities
Equity$16.7M$17.4M$14.8M$20.1M
EPS (diluted)$0.12$0.45$0.19$-0.27
Shares out.7.4M7.3M7.3M7.3M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2012
Operating margin
34.6%
Net margin
5.3%
Return on equity
5.4%
Return on assets
2.5%
Return on capital (ROCE)
22.6%
Liabilities / assets
Debt / equity
Book value / share
$2.26
Revenue growth (YoY)
−72.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
−73.2%

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 · FY2012
Accruals / assets
13.8%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/8mixed

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
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 100

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 warning3 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • 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.

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
10 acquisitions2 disposalsnet +138,133 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Koenen Mark SOfficer — VP - Sales and MarketingAug 31, 2012Option exercise7,045$3.96
Hendrickson Kenneth DeanOfficer — VP of ManufacturingApr 1, 2012Tax withholding198$11.00
Cavanagh Patrick WOfficer — President and CEOMar 10, 2012Tax withholding2,335$10.97
Hendrickson Kenneth DeanOfficer — VP of ManufacturingSep 18, 2012Grant3,000$10.75
Koenen Mark SOfficer — VP - Sales and MarketingSep 18, 2012Grant4,000$10.75
Bunday Dennis EOfficer — CFO, EVP, and SecretarySep 18, 2012Grant8,000$10.75
Cavanagh Patrick WOfficer — President and CEOSep 18, 2012Grant12,000$10.75
Bunday Dennis EOfficer — CFO, EVP, and SecretaryJul 10, 2012Option exercise10,000$3.96
Cavanagh Patrick WOfficer — President and CEOJul 10, 2012Option exercise31,000$7.20
Cavanagh Patrick WOfficer — President and CEOJul 5, 2012Option exercise35,000$7.20
Koenen Mark SOfficer — VP - Sales and MarketingJul 3, 2012Option exercise9,621$3.96
Bunday Dennis EOfficer — CFO, EVP, and SecretaryJul 3, 2012Option exercise21,000$3.96

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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