On the stock market since 2021, it operates in the world of heavy industry. It has 1,700 employees. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 14% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
The gap is $9.6M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
Executive selling isn’t always bad news; people sell for personal reasons too. Still, the thin buying side is worth noting.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 92% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 3 years, sales grew about 10% a year on average.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 40/100.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, AERT sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: AERT is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.