Company Analysis

Electro-Sensors, Inc. (ELSE)

ELSE · Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control · Minnetonka, MN · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.6
◀ Past 3.5● Present 6.5▶ Future 6.3
1 est.

The grade of Electro-Sensors, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past3.530% of the headline
● Present6.540% of the headline
▶ Future6.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-07-31.

weight 33% of this tense · 18th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-07-31) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.3% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8 million in fiscal 2017 to $10 million in fiscal 2025, up 3.3% a year; it rose in 5 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.3%bottom 38% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.7%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.4% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 50% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 6%: owes 6¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Electro-Sensors, Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 33 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 6 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 3% of its family
  • return on equitytop 50% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 46% of 17 in its family; net margin 3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $10 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 16% by size; a net margin of 3% ranks in the top 44%; revenue growth of 3.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$10.1Mbottom 16% of its family
  • net margin3.0%top 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.9%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
9.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 90th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 10% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned
one part: the chief executive's years on the record, the one part on file, ranked among 16 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 10% of 16 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 67.2% of its assets as net cash, top 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.9% of revenue (bottom 32%); a gross margin of 50.8% (top 38%); research spending of 9.8% of revenue (top 43%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets67.2%top 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.9%bottom 32% of its family
  • gross margin50.8%top 38% of its family
  • research spending against revenue9.8%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3.9% a year over the last three filed years against 3.3% over all 9, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew 8.2% (top 32%); research spending grew 5.8% a year (top 41%); capital spending grew 0% a year (top 32%) (its annual reports). Electro-Sensors, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.7 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.2%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.8%top 41% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending0.0%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 34% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 66th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Electro-Sensors, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $10 million in fiscal 2025 came in 6.2% above the $10 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $306 thousand against a prior three-year average of $274 thousand (top 23%); a net margin of 3% against 3% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.2%top 50% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%top 23% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.0 pointstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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