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SIGMA ALDRICH CORP

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Signs7 gooddetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY14FY13FY12FY11FY10FY09
Revenue$2.79B$2.70B$2.62B$48.0M$39.0M$35.0M
Operating income$681.0M$661.0M$659.0M$647.0M$551.0M$500.0M
Net income$500.0M$491.0M$460.0M$457.0M$384.0M$347.0M
Total assets$4.20B$3.81B$3.82B$3.28B$3.03B$2.71B
Total liabilities$1.06B$910.0M$1.27B$1.08B$1.05B$1.03B
Equity$3.13B$2.90B$2.55B$2.20B$1.98B$1.69B
EPS (diluted)$4.17$4.06$3.77$3.72$3.12$2.80
Shares out.119.5M120.4M120.7M121.9M121.8M122.0M

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

Key ratios

from filings · FY2014
Operating margin
24.5%
Net margin
18.0%
Return on equity
16.0%
Return on assets
11.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
18.4%
Liabilities / assets
25.4%
Debt / equity
0.34×
Book value / share
$26.20
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.0%
Net income growth (YoY)
1.8%

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 · FY2014
Altman Z″ (distress)
10.85safe
Accruals / assets
3.3%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.64normal
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
87
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 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. What these scores mean →

Signs

7 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Conservative leverage (liabilities < 50% of assets)
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Insider transactions

SEC Form 4 · most recent
5 acquisitions7 disposalsnet 140,553 shares · last 12
InsiderDateTypeSharesPrice
Wicks FrankOfficer — EVP &amp; Pres., AppliedNov 18, 2015Grant2,835$0.00
Toan Barrett ADirectorNov 18, 2015D29,457$140.00
Spatz D DeanDirectorNov 18, 2015D59,640$140.00
Sachdev RakeshOfficer — President &amp; CEONov 18, 2015Grant11,000$0.00
Reinhard J PedroDirectorNov 18, 2015D27,580$140.00
Rau DouglasOfficer — VP, Human ResourcesNov 18, 2015Grant1,000$0.00
Paul Steven MDirectorNov 18, 2015D478$140.00
Nash Avi MDirectorNov 18, 2015D27,584$140.00
Miller Karen JOfficer — SVP, Corp Develop &amp; Corp CommNov 18, 2015Grant1,000$0.00
Miller George LloydOfficer — SVP, General Counsel &amp; SecNov 18, 2015Grant1,665$0.00
Mccollum LeeDirectorNov 18, 2015D12,257$140.00
Marberry MichaelDirectorNov 18, 2015D1,057$140.00

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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