Taitron Components
Through the investors’ lenses
0 of 2 cleared3 of 5 criteria
Each of these investors has said in public what they look at before buying. Click a name to see how this company measures up — a tick where it passes one of their tests, a cross where it does not.
Warren Buffett 2/3
| Measure | TAIT | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner earnings | $843.00k | positive | ✓ |
| Return on equity | 5.4% | US median 2.8% | ✓ |
| Debt to equity | — | US median 0.57x | — |
| Operating margin | -2.5% | US median 3.1% | ✗ |
Passes 2 of 3. These are the measures Warren Buffett published, applied to Taitron Components’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
Benjamin Graham 1/2
| Measure | TAIT | Checked against | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 12.00x | 2.00x published | ✓ |
| Long-term debt to working capital | — | 1.00x published | — |
| Positive earnings, ten years running | 8 yrs | 10 published | ✗ |
Passes 1 of 2. These are the measures Benjamin Graham published, applied to Taitron Components’s own figures — their criteria, not their view of this company. What he looks at, and why →
Last usable year: 2024-12-31 — 20 months ago. Nothing filed since gives the figures a payout ratio needs. For a company that once paid, that usually means it stopped.
| Basis | Payout | Why |
|---|---|---|
| GAAP earnings | 133.5% | whyThe figure most screeners publish. |
| Operating cash flow | negative | whyOperations consumed $258k of cash rather than producing any, so no ratio exists. |
| Free cash flow | negative | whyOperating cash flow was $490k short of capital spending, so no ratio exists. The dividend was not funded from free cash flow this year. |
Nothing is marked as applying, deliberately. The basis that governs here is free cash flow, and this year it yields no ratio at all. The figure above is shown for completeness; treating it as the answer is the substitution this page exists to prevent.
Coverage rating 46 / 100 — Tight. ? Peer standing 14/50Direction 30/30Stability 2/20
Free cash flow payout, last 6 years
| Fiscal year | Payout |
|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | 41.0% |
| 2022-12-31 | 100.8% |
| 2021-12-31 | 56.0% |
| 2020-12-31 | 41.3% |
| 2019-12-31 | 51.4% |
| 2018-12-31 | 25.7% |
27% of the 118 industrials here pay out more.
The arithmetic
- GAAP earnings — dividends declared per share $0.200 ÷ diluted EPS $0.150
- Operating cash flow — dividends paid $1.20m ÷ operating cash flow $-258k
- Free cash flow — dividends paid $1.20m ÷ (operating cash flow $-258k − capex $232k)
Where the figures came from
- 10-K filed 2025-03-31 · accession 0001185185-25-000256
Every one is public at sec.gov and free to check. That is the point — you should not have to take our word for any of it.
Caveats on this company
- DPS: declared $0.20 and paid $0.05 disagree; dividends paid imply $0.20, so declared is used
Computed by an open pipeline reading SEC XBRL directly. If any number here looks wrong to you, tell us — that is more useful to us than agreement.
Also on: rated tight · when it files.
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