SVT - Servotronics Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

12.45USD+0.05 (+0.40%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD12.45+0.05

Market Closed

0.40%

SVT Alerts

1 major insider sales recently.

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SVT Valuation

Market Cap

31.7M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-2.94

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.71

EV/EBITDA

-23.01

Price/Free Cashflow

-7.03

SVT Price/Sales (Trailing)

SVT Profitability

EBT Margin

-6.31%

Return on Equity

-44.04%

Return on Assets

-29.48%

Free Cashflow Yield

-14.22%

SVT Fundamentals

SVT Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

44.5M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-28.69%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-0.99%

SVT Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-10.8M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

135.3%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

327.7%

Breaking Down SVT Revenue

Last 7 days

2.9%

Last 30 days

7.0%

Last 90 days

0.4%

Trailing 12 Months

6.1%

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SVT Financial Health

Current Ratio

3.73

SVT Investor Care

Shares Dilution (1Y)

0.71%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-4.38

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	35.8M	37.7M	40.5M	44.5M
2022	42.7M	41.4M	39.3M	36.2M
2021	43.5M	40.0M	40.6M	40.6M
2020	58.7M	58.2M	56.1M	49.8M
2019	49.3M	51.4M	51.0M	55.3M
2018	42.9M	45.2M	46.7M	47.9M
2017	38.7M	38.1M	39.9M	41.4M
2016	37.5M	38.6M	38.3M	38.6M
2015	32.8M	34.1M	35.8M	36.7M
2014	30.0M	29.9M	30.2M	31.6M
2013	29.8M	30.1M	30.3M	30.3M
2012	32.9M	32.5M	31.4M	30.5M
2011	32.0M	32.4M	32.7M	33.1M
2010	0	0	0	31.7M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Servotronics Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Apr 08, 2024	beaver hollow wellness, llc	sold	-91,875	12.25	-7,500	-
Apr 05, 2024	beaver hollow wellness, llc	sold	-7,399	12.3325	-600	-
Apr 01, 2024	farrell william f jr.	sold (taxes)	-23,696	13.02	-1,820	chief executive officer
Mar 26, 2024	beaver hollow wellness, llc	sold	-15,769	12.6152	-1,250	-
Mar 25, 2024	kelly harrison	acquired	24,060	12.63	1,905	chief operating officer
Mar 25, 2024	takacs james c	acquired	11,745	12.63	930	chief technical officer
Mar 25, 2024	fraass robert	acquired	19,879	12.63	1,574	chief financial officer
Mar 25, 2024	beaver hollow wellness, llc	sold	-145,475	12.5	-11,638	-
Mar 25, 2024	farrell william f jr.	acquired	34,997	12.63	2,771	chief executive officer
Mar 22, 2024	beaver hollow wellness, llc	sold	-154,965	12.5356	-12,362	-

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	added	186	685,499	989,925	-%
Feb 14, 2024	Royal Bank of Canada	new	-	-	-	-%
Feb 14, 2024	BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	unchanged	-	29,283	245,663	-%
Feb 13, 2024	BlackRock Inc.	reduced	-7.48	973	20,263	-%
Feb 13, 2024	Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)	reduced	-14.81	-276	8,125	-%
Feb 13, 2024	FMR LLC	sold off	-100	-1,186,050	-	-%
Feb 13, 2024	MORGAN STANLEY	unchanged	-	3,472	29,125	-%
Feb 12, 2024	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	added	100	14.00	25.00	-%
Feb 09, 2024	UBS Group AG	added	165	2,064	3,088	-%

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1 major insider sales recently.

Unveiling Servotronics Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	servotronics inc empl stk ownership trust	12.8%	321,141	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A
Jun 01, 2023	star equity fund, lp	5.35%	135,000	SC 13D/A
Apr 28, 2023	beaver hollow wellness, llc	18.3%	461,907	SC 13D/A
Apr 28, 2023	estate of nicholas d. trbovich, sr.	18.7%	471,796	SC 13D/A
Mar 30, 2023	star equity fund, lp	5.38%	135,000	SC 13D/A
Feb 16, 2023	baird brent d	10.9%	273,661	SC 13D/A
Feb 14, 2023	servotronics inc empl stk ownership trust	16.9%	416,056	SC 13G/A
Feb 14, 2023	star equity fund, lp	5.38%	135,000	SC 13D/A
Feb 09, 2023	fmr llc	-	0	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Servotronics Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 15, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 11, 2024	ARS	ARS
Apr 11, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 09, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 09, 2024	SCHEDULE 13D/A	SCHEDULE 13D/A
Apr 08, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 05, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 03, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 27, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 27, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Servotronics Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
CARR	49.2B	22.1B	-3.94%	22.40%	34.19	2.23	8.21%	-59.82%
BLDR	22.2B	17.1B	-6.77%	93.27%	14.43	1.3	-24.77%	-43.97%
HUBB	21.3B	5.4B	0.32%	71.24%	27.98	3.96	8.59%	39.18%
CSL	17.9B	4.8B	0.69%	72.47%	23.27	3.69	-14.85%	-16.95%
LECO	13.6B	4.2B	-3.48%	49.70%	24.99	3.25	11.44%	15.46%
MID-CAP
AYI	7.8B	3.9B	-2.46%	57.46%	20.56	2.02	-6.35%	-0.40%
AAON	7.2B	1.2B	6.80%	37.62%	40.45	6.15	31.47%	76.96%
ATKR	6.3B	3.5B	-3.76%	30.50%	9.67	1.82	-10.84%	-25.77%
AEIS	3.5B	1.7B	-0.84%	4.08%	27.63	2.14	-10.27%	-35.75%
PLUG	1.8B	891.3M	-18.92%	-71.58%	-1.35	2.07	27.07%	-89.06%
SMALL-CAP
APOG	1.2B	1.4B	-1.73%	28.94%	11.92	0.89	-1.78%	53.96%
ACTG	492.5M	130.3M	6.02%	25.13%	7.34	3.78	54.06%	153.62%
ACCO	469.9M	1.8B	-5.71%	-2.75%	-21.55	0.26	-5.89%	-65.15%
FCEL	456.4M	103.0M	-8.18%	-56.47%	-4.46	4.43	-24.12%	-2.70%
APT	70.6M	61.2M	7.32%	49.88%	16.86	1.15	-1.21%	27.64%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-1.0%	11,467	11,582	10,649	10,802	7,446	8,823	8,749	11,168	10,555	10,915	10,028	9,060	10,595	10,297	13,504	15,448	16,840	12,362	14,067	12,003	12,584
Gross Profit	12.0%	2,800	2,499	1,557	915	502	1,227	1,026	2,957	1,351	1,772	1,872	993	673	-165	3,020	4,712	3,249	3,535	3,269	2,073	3,172
Operating Expenses	-100.0%	-	11,302	12,361	2,826	-16,262	9,514	9,631	2,501	-17,336	13,754	10,365	-980	2,036	2,096	1,272	2,444	2,484	2,165	2,405	1,954	2,056
S&GA Expenses	-13.0%	1,930	2,219	3,269	2,826	1,944	1,918	1,908	2,501	2,520	2,721	2,209	1,973	1,886	2,096	1,748	2,268	2,447	2,134	2,375	1,927	2,029
EBITDA Margin	56.6%	-0.03*	-0.07*	-0.10*	-0.08*	-0.03*	-0.03*	0.06*	0.12*	0.14*	0.14*	0.01*	0.00*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	-1.5%	97.00	98.00	89.00	53.00	9.00	50.00	74.00	70.00	55.00	5.00	66.00	61.00	46.00	42.00	50.00	42.00	37.00	31.00	30.00	27.00	27.00
Income Taxes	-	36.00	-	1,479	-417	-331	-154	-167	87.00	-412	-104	325	148	-278	-521	257	504	262	238	150	21.00	113
Earnings Before Taxes	325.3%	774	182	-1,801	-1,964	-1,441	-741	-956	412	-1,322	3,134	1,511	689	-1,259	-2,303	1,222	2,402	765	1,370	864	119	1,116
EBT Margin	38.6%	-0.06*	-0.10*	-0.13*	-0.12*	-0.06*	-0.07*	0.03*	0.09*	0.10*	0.10*	-0.03*	-0.04*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	327.7%	465	-204	-9,500	-1,547	-1,316	-316	-810	325	-910	3,238	1,186	541	-981	-1,782	965	1,898	165	1,132	714	98.00	1,003
Net Income Margin	5.3%	-0.24*	-0.26*	-0.27*	-0.09*	-0.05*	-0.04*	0.04*	0.09*	0.10*	0.10*	-0.03*	-0.03*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	3266.7%	1,010	30.00	-2,273	-3,271	-29.00	-524	157	-659	-1,946	2,417	3,031	822	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-3.0%	37.00	38.00	40.00	46.00	45.00	47.00	47.00	52.00	50.00	54.00	53.00	52.00	50.00	54.00	56.00	52.00	49.00	46.00	44.00	43.00	42.00
Current Assets	-3.1%	30.00	31.00	32.00	34.00	33.00	36.00	35.00	40.00	38.00	43.00	41.00	40.00	38.00	41.00	43.00	39.00	36.00	32.00	30.00	30.00	29.00
Cash Equivalents	-39.9%	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	9.00	9.00	12.00	10.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Inventory	-5.6%	14.00	15.00	15.00	20.00	14.00	19.00	19.00	20.00	20.00	21.00	21.00	22.00	23.00	25.00	25.00	23.00	20.00	20.00	17.00	16.00	15.00
Net PPE	-2.7%	7.00	7.00	7.00	11.00	7.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.00	12.00
Current Liabilities	-18.3%	8.00	10.00	12.00	8.00	6.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	4.00	8.00	10.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	6.00
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	8.00	7.00	9.00	10.00	6.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
LT Debt, Current	-	-	-	-	1.00	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
LT Debt, Non Current	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	8.00	7.00	9.00	10.00	6.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Shareholder's Equity	2.0%	24.00	24.00	24.00	34.00	35.00	35.00	35.00	36.00	35.00	39.00	35.00	34.00	34.00	35.00	36.00	35.00	34.00	33.00	32.00	32.00	32.00
Retained Earnings	3.7%	13.00	12.00	13.00	22.00	24.00	25.00	25.00	26.00	26.00	27.00	24.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	23.00	22.00	22.00	20.00	19.00	19.00	19.00
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.1%	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
Shares Outstanding	0.7%	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Float	-	-	-	30.00	-	-	-	19.00	-	-	-	14.00	-	-	-	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	369.1%	1,093	233	-2,307	-2,834	-204	-73.00	470	-544	-1,747	2,472	3,030	836	-1,300	650	1,798	-322	-375	-883	133	505	837
Share Based Compensation	-72.2%	10.00	36.00	19.00	55.00	65.00	59.00	42.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	31.00	84.00	83.00	87.00	85.00	77.00	86.00	95.00	58.00	93.00
Cashflow From Investing	59.1%	-83.00	-203	34.00	-437	-355	-451	-313	-77.00	71.00	-55.00	1.00	-14.00	-21.00	-115	-180	-413	-580	-426	-623	-642	-414
Cashflow From Financing	96.0%	-61.00	-1,533	2,758	438	-65.00	-70.00	-4,320	-70.00	-604	-231	-229	81.00	-211	-208	3,787	441	1,826	618	187	-309	-204
Dividend Payments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.00	-	-	-	-
Buy Backs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81.00	-	-	-	100	-	8.00	21.00	128	25.00

SVT Income Statement

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenue	$ 43,629	$ 35,185
Costs and expenses:
Costs of goods sold, inclusive of depreciation and amortization	35,824	29,616
Gross profit	7,805	5,569
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	9,918	8,067
Operating loss	(2,113)	(2,498)
Other (expense)/income:
Interest expense, net	(336)	(203)
Gain on sale of equipment		36
Total other (expense)/income, net	(336)	(167)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	(2,449)	(2,665)
Income tax (expense)/benefit	1,098	(565)
Loss from continuing operations, net of tax	(3,547)	(2,100)
Loss from discontinued operation before income taxes	(7,240)	(22)
Income tax (expense)/benefit		5
Loss from discontinued operation, net of tax (see Note 2)	(7,240)	(17)
Net loss	$ (10,787)	$ (2,117)
Basic
Continuing operations	$ (1.44)	$ (0.87)
Discontinued operation	(2.93)	(0.01)
Net loss per share	(4.37)	(0.88)
Diluted
Continuing operations	(1.44)	(0.87)
Discontinued operation	(2.93)	(0.01)
Net loss per share	$ (4.37)	$ (0.88)

SVT Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash	$ 95,000	$ 3,812,000
Cash, restricted	150,000	0
Accounts receivable, net	12,065,000	8,453,000
Inventories, net	14,198,000	14,286,000
Prepaid and other current assets	1,507,000	615,000
Assets related to discontinued operation	1,552,000	6,112,000
Total current assets	29,567,000	33,278,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,978,000	7,355,000
Deferred income taxes, net		1,048,000
Other non-current assets	42,000	173,000
Noncurrent assets related to discontinued operation		3,440,000
Total Assets	36,587,000	45,294,000
Current liabilities:
Line of credit	2,103,000
Current portion of equipment financing and capital leases		501,000
Current portion of postretirement obligation	97,000	87,000
Accounts payable	2,061,000	1,840,000
Accrued employee compensation and benefits costs	1,003,000	1,057,000
Accrued warranty	542,000	581,000
Other accrued liabilities	1,909,000	396,000
Liabilites related to discontinued operation	213,000	1,745,000
Total current liabilities	7,928,000	6,207,000
Post retirement obligation	4,165,000	3,975,000
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $0.20; authorized 4,000,000 shares; issued 2,629,052 shares; outstanding 2,514,775 (2,483,318 - 2022) shares	525,000	523,000
Capital in excess of par value	14,617,000	14,556,000
Retained earnings	12,954,000	23,741,000
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,389,000)	(2,337,000)
Employee stock ownership trust commitment	(56,000)	(157,000)
Treasury stock, at cost 87,525 (104,464 - 2022) shares	(1,157,000)	(1,214,000)
Total shareholders' equity	24,494,000	35,112,000
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ 36,587,000	$ 45,294,000

About Servotronics Inc

Servotronics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets control components and consumer products in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Advanced Technology Group (ATG) and Consumer Products Group (CPG). The ATG segment provides servo-control components to the commercial aerospace, aircraft, and government related industries; and medical and industrial markets. This segment's principal components include torque motors, electromagnetic actuators, hydraulic and pneumatic valves, and related devices that convert an electrical current into a mechanical force or movement, and other products. It also offers metallic seals of various cross-sectional configurations to close tolerances from standard and special alloy steels. This segment markets and sells its products to the commercial aviation manufacturers, government prime contractors, government subcontractors, and end-users. The CPG segment provides cutlery products, including steak, carving, bread, butcher, and paring knives for household use, as well as for use in restaurants, institutions, and the private industry; fixed and folding knives for hunting, fishing, and camping; and machetes, bayonets, survival knives, and kitchen knives. It also offers carving forks and various specialty tools, such as putty knives, linoleum sheet cutters, and field knives; and engineering, design, and OEM/white-label manufacturing services to customers in the consumer and commercial industries. This segment markets its products through its sales resources and independent manufacturers' representatives to big box, hardware, supermarket, variety, department, discount, gift, drug, outdoor, and sporting stores, as well as through electronic commerce. The company was incorporated in 1959 and is headquartered in Elma, New York.

CEO	Mr. William F. Farrell Jr.
WEBSITE	servotronics.com
INDUSTRY	Communication Equipment
EMPLOYEES	303

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What is the fair value of SVT stock?

You can check SVT's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Servotronics Inc is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Servotronics Inc is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for SVT so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Servotronics Inc a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether SVT is over valued or under valued. Whether Servotronics Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Servotronics Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for SVT.

What is Servotronics Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue Apr 16 2024, SVT's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -2.94 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.71. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. SVT PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Servotronics Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Servotronics Inc has provided 0.058 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.