Electro-Sensors, Inc. (ELSE): Price and Financial Metrics

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Electro-Sensors, Inc. (ELSE) Company Bio

Electro-Sensors, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial production monitoring and process control systems. The company manufactures and sells various monitoring systems that measure machine production and operation rates, as well as systems, which regulate the speed of related machines in production processes. Its speed monitoring systems include a line of products that measure production counts or rates, such as parts, gallons, or board feet; and alarm systems, tachometers, and other devices that translate impulses from the sensors into alarm signals, computer inputs, or digital displays. The company's temperature application products consist of bearing, gear box, and motor temperature monitoring sensors. It also offers production monitoring devices that include a belt alignment and slide gate position monitors; vibration monitoring products; and tilt switches. In addition, the company provides hazard monitoring systems, such as Electro-Sentry, which integrates its sensors for monitoring temperature, belt alignment, and shaft speed; and HazardPRO, a wireless hazard technology monitoring system, as well as HazardPRO software. It serves customers in various industries, including grain/feed/milling, bulk material, manufacturing, food product, ethanol, power generation, and other processing industries. The company sells its products through internal sales team, manufacturer's representatives, and distributors in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. Electro-Sensors, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

ELSE Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Electro Sensors Inc. To summarize, we found that Electro Sensors Inc ranked in the 76th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. More precisely, our analysis suggests the stock is undervalued by approximately 181.17% on a DCF basis. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Electro Sensors Inc ended up being:

• The company has produced more trailing twelve month cash flow than just 1.07% of its sector Technology.
• The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 0% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately just 2.91% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
• Electro Sensors Inc's interest coverage rate -- a measure of gross earnings relative to interest payments -- comes in at -56.33. This coverage rate is greater than that of only 2.77% of stocks we're observing for the purpose of forecasting via discounted cash flows.

JBL, AOSL, QCCO, CHNG, and OSTK can be thought of as valuation peers to ELSE, in the sense that they are in the Technology sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.