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LAYNE CHRISTENSEN CO

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Signs● 3 good● 1 warning● 1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Revenue$475.5M$464.8M$518.1M$720.6M$772.1M$1.01B
Operating income——————
Net income−$27.3M−$52.2M−$44.8M−$110.2M−$128.6M−$36.7M
Total assets$370.2M$436.2M$488.7M$541.9M$642.5M$812.2M
Total liabilities——————
Equity$57.5M$82.2M$128.7M$181.2M$289.5M$412.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.12$-1.15$-2.27$-5.61$-6.56$-1.88
Shares out.19.9M19.8M19.8M19.6M19.8M19.8M

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
—
Net margin
−5.7%
Return on equity
−47.5%
Return on assets
−7.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
—
Liabilities / assets
—
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$2.89
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.3%
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
Accruals / assets
−9.3%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/7mixed

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
57
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 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 severe● 1 warning● 3 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • 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.

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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Event-driven situations (1)