Design and manufacture advanced consumable fluids and specialty chemicals for the oil and gas industry. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
Average growth of 20% a year over the last 4 years. Every year shown ended in profit.
The gap is $346.9M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 20.7× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Analysts' average target sits 38% below today's price.
The stock trades near its peak today. For long-term holders the ride has paid off so far — though past performance guarantees nothing about the future.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 20% a year on average.
It pays out $0.14 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The stock trades 38% above the average analyst price target.
Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult.
The price action doesn’t yet back an upward turn.
Against everything we grade, CESDF lands near the bottom. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CESDF does earn real profits — but on our report card it still sits behind its class. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.