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Electro-Sensors

ELSE
32
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$7.74
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$27.3M
Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Data not available
Valuation
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Electro-Sensors, Inc. is a small American company that makes industrial monitoring equipment. Its core products are wireless systems that track the speed and performance of machines in factories, mills, and other industrial facilities. These systems alert workers when equipment slows down or stops unexpectedly, helping prevent costly breakdowns.

The company sells its hardware directly to industrial customers across manufacturing, agriculture, and processing industries, primarily in the United States. With a market cap near zero and razor-thin operating margins, Electro-Sensors is a very small player in the broader industrial automation market. Its modest competitive position comes from decades of specialized experience in machine monitoring, but the main risk it faces is competing against much larger automation and sensor companies that have far greater resources, broader product lines, and established customer relationships. Sustaining profitability while growing its customer base remains the central challenge for the business.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-77.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$991,000/ year

Flat (-2% vs prior year)

9.8% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

53.2%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$11M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Electro-Sensors is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.5% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 3.4M (2021) → 3.5M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
51.3%
Healthy — 51.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-8.5%
Losing money on operations — -8.5%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-0.3%
Weak — -0.3% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+11.9%
Steady sales growth (+11.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-31.5%
Earnings shrinking (-31.5% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
299%
Turns 299% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.4%
Modest free cash flow (6.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
104.6x
Expensive — P/E 104.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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