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27.09MMarket Cap

104.12P/E TTM

Electro-Sensors Inc

7.700

+0.040+0.52%

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Total revenue

15.19%2.58M

14.79%2.75M

9.39%2.75M

8.25%2.40M

-0.22%2.24M

3.63%2.40M

22.12%2.51M

3.74%2.22M

9.73%2.24M

9.56%2.32M

-7.18%2.06M

-16.65%2.14M

-4.22%2.04M

1.15%2.11M

2.88%2.22M

4.14%2.56M

12.31%2.13M

22.44%2.09M

13.43%2.15M

17.69%2.46M

-1.14%1.90M

-12.06%1.71M

-7.32%1.90M

-7.43%2.09M

-4.23%1.92M

4.75%1.94M

-4.52%2.05M

26.97%2.26M

17.02%2.01M

0.98%1.85M

3.27%2.15M

-23.54%1.78M

2.75%1.72M

20.33%1.83M

13.12%2.08M

15.88%2.33M

-2.68%1.67M

-2.93%1.52M

-13.84%1.84M

-1.90%2.01M

-8.97%1.72M

-5.48%1.57M

11.22%2.13M

16.36%2.05M

10.75%1.89M

-3.82%1.66M

12.24%1.92M

12.03%1.76M

10.95%1.70M

15.66%1.73M

9.00%1.71M

-12.48%1.57M

-6.58%1.53M

--1.49M

--1.57M

--1.79M

--1.64M

Revenue

15.19%2.58M

14.79%2.75M

9.39%2.75M

8.25%2.40M

-0.22%2.24M

3.63%2.40M

22.12%2.51M

3.74%2.22M

9.73%2.24M

9.56%2.32M

-7.18%2.06M

-16.65%2.14M

-4.22%2.04M

1.15%2.11M

2.88%2.22M

4.14%2.56M

12.31%2.13M

22.44%2.09M

13.43%2.15M

17.69%2.46M

-1.14%1.90M

-12.06%1.71M

-7.32%1.90M

-7.43%2.09M

-4.23%1.92M

4.75%1.94M

-4.52%2.05M

26.97%2.26M

17.02%2.01M

0.98%1.85M

3.27%2.15M

-23.54%1.78M

2.75%1.72M

20.33%1.83M

13.12%2.08M

15.88%2.33M

-2.68%1.67M

-2.93%1.52M

-13.84%1.84M

-1.90%2.01M

-8.97%1.72M

-5.48%1.57M

11.22%2.13M

16.36%2.05M

10.75%1.89M

-3.82%1.66M

12.24%1.92M

12.03%1.76M

10.95%1.70M

15.66%1.73M

9.00%1.71M

-12.48%1.57M

-6.58%1.53M

--1.49M

--1.57M

--1.79M

--1.64M

Cost of revenue

8.83%1.26M

13.06%1.37M

3.45%1.29M

0.17%1.17M

-0.77%1.16M

4.85%1.21M

17.20%1.25M

9.45%1.17M

13.78%1.16M

14.26%1.15M

1.04%1.06M

-7.53%1.07M

5.57%1.02M

2.75%1.01M

10.84%1.05M

6.45%1.16M

6.37%969.00K

13.51%983.00K

4.74%950.00K

9.26%1.09M

-1.41%911.00K

-8.94%866.00K

-6.97%907.00K

-3.02%994.00K

-1.81%924.00K

6.97%951.00K

2.52%975.00K

26.86%1.02M

17.63%941.00K

-0.45%889.00K

0.74%951.00K

-19.52%808.00K

3.76%800.00K

18.91%893.00K

13.05%944.00K

20.24%1.00M

-1.41%771.00K

0.81%751.00K

-9.24%835.00K

-9.44%835.00K

-4.98%782.00K

5.08%745.00K

19.48%920.00K

23.92%922.00K

12.43%823.00K

-6.22%709.00K

5.91%770.00K

10.55%744.00K

14.02%732.00K

13.00%756.00K

4.45%727.00K

-14.49%673.00K

-9.07%642.00K

--669.00K

--696.00K

--787.00K

--706.00K

Operating expenses

16.15%2.80M

16.58%2.76M

9.75%2.57M

3.36%2.40M

2.73%2.41M

6.56%2.37M

12.29%2.34M

11.04%2.32M

7.38%2.34M

17.61%2.22M

-0.67%2.08M

-28.54%2.09M

1.58%2.18M

-2.32%1.89M

-1.73%2.10M

33.68%2.93M

12.81%2.15M

11.59%1.94M

9.27%2.13M

5.69%2.19M

-7.70%1.91M

-11.30%1.73M

-5.52%1.95M

-4.56%2.07M

-1.43%2.06M

6.25%1.96M

6.16%2.07M

17.09%2.17M

4.86%2.09M

0.05%1.84M

4.90%1.95M

-6.88%1.85M

10.15%2.00M

27.51%1.84M

2.65%1.86M

10.54%1.99M

-2.74%1.81M

-16.83%1.44M

-1.63%1.81M

-6.19%1.80M

0.65%1.86M

3.95%1.73M

8.63%1.84M

16.28%1.92M

13.13%1.85M

7.89%1.67M

-0.06%1.69M

13.23%1.65M

12.66%1.64M

21.05%1.55M

25.41%1.69M

-3.95%1.46M

-4.41%1.45M

--1.28M

--1.35M

--1.52M

R&D expenses

11.38%274.00K

16.67%294.00K

0.85%237.00K

-18.94%214.00K

-6.11%246.00K

1.20%252.00K

7.80%235.00K

10.92%264.00K

-2.24%262.00K

28.35%249.00K

14.74%218.00K

7.69%238.00K

16.02%268.00K

-3.48%194.00K

0.53%190.00K

-21.91%221.00K

13.79%231.00K

-6.07%201.00K

-9.57%189.00K

44.39%283.00K

-6.45%203.00K

2.88%214.00K

7.73%209.00K

-7.98%196.00K

10.71%217.00K

12.43%208.00K

10.23%194.00K

-4.05%213.00K

-14.78%196.00K

-16.67%185.00K

4.76%176.00K

10.45%222.00K

4.07%230.00K

7.77%222.00K

-16.00%168.00K

6.91%201.00K

27.75%221.00K

10.16%206.00K

24.22%200.00K

-0.53%188.00K

-19.91%173.00K

-23.05%187.00K

-13.44%161.00K

-12.50%189.00K

30.91%216.00K

30.65%243.00K

29.17%186.00K

92.86%216.00K

39.83%165.00K

69.09%186.00K

37.14%144.00K

10.89%112.00K

-7.09%118.00K

--110.00K

--105.00K

--101.00K

--127.00K

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

-8.70%21.00K

-4.55%21.00K

0.00%23.00K

-4.35%22.00K

-4.17%23.00K

-12.00%22.00K

4.55%23.00K

0.00%23.00K

0.00%24.00K

-10.71%25.00K

-43.59%22.00K

-39.47%23.00K

-40.00%24.00K

-31.71%28.00K

-46.58%39.00K

-58.24%38.00K

-55.56%40.00K

-53.41%41.00K

-19.78%73.00K

0.00%91.00K

0.00%90.00K

-1.12%88.00K

18.18%91.00K

16.88%90.00K

7.23%89.00K

-3.75%77.00K

-2.53%77.00K

10.67%83.00K

3.90%80.00K

1.28%79.00K

-3.85%75.00K

-1.28%77.00K

0.00%78.00K

-1.27%78.00K

-7.14%78.00K

-10.34%78.00K

-12.36%78.00K

-10.23%79.00K

-5.62%84.00K

64.15%87.00K

161.76%89.00K

166.67%88.00K

217.86%89.00K

89.29%53.00K

25.93%34.00K

22.22%33.00K

21.74%28.00K

75.00%28.00K

68.75%27.00K

--23.00K

--16.00K

Operating profit

-28.99%-218.00K

-126.67%-8.00K

4.62%181.00K

98.13%-2.00K

-69.00%-169.00K

-67.39%30.00K

765.38%173.00K

-343.18%-107.00K

27.54%-100.00K

-58.74%92.00K

-121.85%-26.00K

112.05%44.00K

-885.71%-138.00K

44.81%223.00K

495.00%119.00K

-234.69%-365.00K

-250.00%-14.00K

650.00%154.00K

137.04%20.00K

1326.32%271.00K

97.16%-4.00K

-86.67%-28.00K

-200.00%-54.00K

-78.41%19.00K

-63.95%-141.00K

-225.00%-15.00K

-109.05%-18.00K

217.33%88.00K

69.40%-86.00K

340.00%12.00K

-10.36%199.00K

-122.32%-75.00K

-96.50%-281.00K

-106.10%-5.00K

665.52%222.00K

62.32%336.00K

3.38%-143.00K

150.00%82.00K

-90.14%29.00K

62.99%207.00K

-548.48%-148.00K

-2242.86%-164.00K

30.67%294.00K

17.59%127.00K

-49.23%33.00K

-103.87%-7.00K

1400.00%225.00K

-3.57%108.00K

-19.75%65.00K

-16.20%181.00K

-93.09%15.00K

-59.42%112.00K

-33.61%81.00K

--216.00K

--217.00K

--276.00K

--122.00K

Net non-operating interest income (expenses)

Non-operating interest income

-15.91%74.00K

-14.29%84.00K

-22.22%91.00K

-19.27%88.00K

-24.14%88.00K

-10.91%98.00K

7.34%117.00K

14.74%109.00K

24.73%116.00K

66.67%110.00K

202.78%109.00K

1257.14%95.00K

9200.00%93.00K

6500.00%66.00K

1700.00%36.00K

--7.00K

-50.00%1.00K

0.00%1.00K

0.00%2.00K

-100.00%0.00

-93.75%2.00K

-98.80%1.00K

-95.12%2.00K

-97.56%1.00K

-27.27%32.00K

124.32%83.00K

13.89%41.00K

70.83%41.00K

91.30%44.00K

131.25%37.00K

300.00%36.00K

380.00%24.00K

187.50%23.00K

700.00%16.00K

200.00%9.00K

25.00%5.00K

-27.27%8.00K

133.33%2.00K

-25.00%3.00K

300.00%4.00K

1000.00%11.00K

---6.00K

--4.00K

0.00%1.00K

--0.00

-100.00%0.00

--1.00K

-50.00%1.00K

100.00%0.00

200.00%3.00K

-100.00%0.00

100.00%2.00K

---1.00K

--1.00K

--3.00K

--1.00K

Non-operating interest expense

--3.00K

---12.00K

--0.00

--6.00K

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--0.00

-100.00%0.00

----

--0.00

-100.00%0.00

--1.00K

----

--0.00

0.00%1.00K

----

--0.00

-50.00%1.00K

-100.00%0.00

----

-100.00%0.00

--2.00K

0.00%1.00K

----

0.00%1.00K

--0.00

--1.00K

----

--1.00K

----

--0.00

----

-100.00%0.00

-75.00%1.00K

-60.00%2.00K

-40.00%3.00K

-60.00%2.00K

100.00%4.00K

--5.00K

--2.00K

----

--0.00

----

Gains from sale of securities

----

--0.00

100.00%0.00

--3.00K

--0.00

---3.00K

----

--0.00

-100.00%0.00

212.32%634.00K

48.99%815.00K

--155.00K

100.00%258.00K

-31.88%203.00K

431.07%547.00K

-100.00%0.00

--129.00K

--298.00K

--103.00K

--794.00K

--0.00

- Gains from disposal of fixed assets

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---1.00K

----

--0.00

----

--0.00

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Other non-operating income (expenses)

----

---12.00K

----

-100.00%0.00

----

566.67%14.00K

--0.00

-100.00%0.00

-200.00%-3.00K

-100.00%0.00

0.00%2.00K

200.00%3.00K

0.00%2.00K

0.00%3.00K

0.00%2.00K

-50.00%1.00K

-33.33%2.00K

50.00%3.00K

-33.33%2.00K

0.00%3.00K

-66.67%2.00K

0.00%3.00K

-40.00%3.00K

-25.00%3.00K

50.00%6.00K

0.00%3.00K

25.00%5.00K

33.33%4.00K

-20.00%4.00K

-25.00%3.00K

33.33%4.00K

0.00%3.00K

0.00%5.00K

33.33%4.00K

-25.00%3.00K

0.00%3.00K

66.67%5.00K

0.00%3.00K

--4.00K

--3.00K

Income before tax

-81.48%-147.00K

-40.63%76.00K

-6.21%272.00K

3900.00%80.00K

-606.25%-81.00K

-36.63%128.00K

249.40%290.00K

-98.55%2.00K

135.56%16.00K

-30.10%202.00K

-46.10%83.00K

138.55%138.00K

-246.15%-45.00K

71.01%289.00K

633.33%154.00K

-232.10%-358.00K

-550.00%-13.00K

725.93%169.00K

138.89%21.00K

1326.32%271.00K

98.18%-2.00K

-138.57%-27.00K

-316.00%-54.00K

-85.50%19.00K

-175.00%-110.00K

42.86%70.00K

-89.45%25.00K

372.92%131.00K

84.38%-40.00K

276.92%49.00K

1.28%237.00K

-113.99%-48.00K

-93.94%-256.00K

-85.06%13.00K

568.57%234.00K

58.06%343.00K

2.22%-132.00K

152.10%87.00K

-88.29%35.00K

-71.60%217.00K

-115.92%-135.00K

-213.61%-167.00K

-37.84%299.00K

145.66%764.00K

37.89%848.00K

-20.11%147.00K

220.67%481.00K

-25.06%311.00K

225.40%615.00K

-81.84%184.00K

-32.13%150.00K

47.16%415.00K

50.00%189.00K

--1.01M

--221.00K

--282.00K

--126.00K

Income tax

-82.35%-31.00K

63.01%-27.00K

23.08%64.00K

250.00%21.00K

-440.00%-17.00K

-1142.86%-73.00K

-30.67%52.00K

-72.73%6.00K

600.00%5.00K

-61.11%7.00K

134.38%75.00K

129.73%22.00K

75.00%-1.00K

250.00%18.00K

700.00%32.00K

-229.82%-74.00K

---4.00K

45.45%-12.00K

150.00%4.00K

5600.00%57.00K

100.00%0.00

15.38%-22.00K

-233.33%-8.00K

-96.43%1.00K

-111.11%-19.00K

-2700.00%-26.00K

-88.00%6.00K

660.00%28.00K

83.33%-9.00K

102.50%1.00K

-39.02%50.00K

-104.17%-5.00K

-12.50%-54.00K

2.44%-40.00K

583.33%82.00K

55.84%120.00K

-4.35%-48.00K

70.07%-41.00K

-88.46%12.00K

-71.27%77.00K

-115.59%-46.00K

-328.13%-137.00K

-38.10%104.00K

145.87%268.00K

37.21%295.00K

-277.78%-32.00K

265.22%168.00K

-24.83%109.00K

834.78%215.00K

-94.58%18.00K

-40.26%46.00K

46.46%145.00K

-52.08%23.00K

--332.00K

--77.00K

--99.00K

--48.00K

Income after tax

-81.25%-116.00K

-48.76%103.00K

-12.61%208.00K

1575.00%59.00K

-681.82%-64.00K

3.08%201.00K

2875.00%238.00K

-103.45%-4.00K

125.00%11.00K

-28.04%195.00K

-93.44%8.00K

140.85%116.00K

-388.89%-44.00K

49.72%271.00K

617.65%122.00K

-232.71%-284.00K

-350.00%-9.00K

3720.00%181.00K

136.96%17.00K

1088.89%214.00K

97.80%-2.00K

-105.21%-5.00K

-342.11%-46.00K

-82.52%18.00K

-193.55%-91.00K

100.00%96.00K

-89.84%19.00K

339.53%103.00K

84.65%-31.00K

-9.43%48.00K

23.03%187.00K

-119.28%-43.00K

-140.48%-202.00K

-58.59%53.00K

560.87%152.00K

59.29%223.00K

5.62%-84.00K

526.67%128.00K

-88.21%23.00K

-71.77%140.00K

-116.09%-89.00K

-116.76%-30.00K

-37.70%195.00K

145.54%496.00K

38.25%553.00K

7.83%179.00K

200.96%313.00K

-25.19%202.00K

140.96%400.00K

-75.62%166.00K

-27.78%104.00K

47.54%270.00K

112.82%166.00K

--681.00K

--144.00K

--183.00K

--78.00K

Net income from continuous operations

-81.25%-116.00K

-48.76%103.00K

-12.61%208.00K

1575.00%59.00K

-681.82%-64.00K

3.08%201.00K

2875.00%238.00K

-103.45%-4.00K

125.00%11.00K

-28.04%195.00K

-93.44%8.00K

140.85%116.00K

-388.89%-44.00K

49.72%271.00K

617.65%122.00K

-232.71%-284.00K

-350.00%-9.00K

3720.00%181.00K

136.96%17.00K

1088.89%214.00K

97.80%-2.00K

-105.21%-5.00K

-342.11%-46.00K

-82.52%18.00K

-193.55%-91.00K

100.00%96.00K

-89.84%19.00K

339.53%103.00K

84.65%-31.00K

-9.43%48.00K

23.03%187.00K

-119.28%-43.00K

-140.48%-202.00K

-58.59%53.00K

560.87%152.00K

59.29%223.00K

5.62%-84.00K

526.67%128.00K

-88.21%23.00K

-71.77%140.00K

-116.09%-89.00K

-116.76%-30.00K

-37.70%195.00K

145.54%496.00K

38.25%553.00K

7.83%179.00K

200.96%313.00K

-25.19%202.00K

140.96%400.00K

-75.62%166.00K

-27.78%104.00K

47.54%270.00K

112.82%166.00K

--681.00K

--144.00K

--183.00K

--78.00K

Net income from discontinued operations

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--0.00

Non-recurring net income

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100.00%0.00

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---49.00K

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Net income attributable to controlling interests

-81.25%-116.00K

-48.76%103.00K

-12.61%208.00K

1575.00%59.00K

-681.82%-64.00K

3.08%201.00K

2875.00%238.00K

-103.45%-4.00K

125.00%11.00K

-28.04%195.00K

-93.44%8.00K

140.85%116.00K

-388.89%-44.00K

49.72%271.00K

617.65%122.00K

-232.71%-284.00K

-350.00%-9.00K

3720.00%181.00K

136.96%17.00K

1088.89%214.00K

97.80%-2.00K

-105.21%-5.00K

-342.11%-46.00K

-82.52%18.00K

-193.55%-91.00K

100.00%96.00K

-89.84%19.00K

339.53%103.00K

84.65%-31.00K

1100.00%48.00K

23.03%187.00K

-119.28%-43.00K

-140.48%-202.00K

-96.88%4.00K

560.87%152.00K

59.29%223.00K

5.62%-84.00K

526.67%128.00K

-88.21%23.00K

-71.77%140.00K

-116.09%-89.00K

-116.76%-30.00K

-37.70%195.00K

145.54%496.00K

38.25%553.00K

7.83%179.00K

200.96%313.00K

-25.19%202.00K

140.96%400.00K

-75.62%166.00K

-27.78%104.00K

47.54%270.00K

112.82%166.00K

--681.00K

--144.00K

--183.00K

--78.00K

Net income attributable to common shareholders

-81.25%-116.00K

-48.76%103.00K

-12.61%208.00K

1575.00%59.00K

-681.82%-64.00K

3.08%201.00K

2875.00%238.00K

-103.45%-4.00K

125.00%11.00K

-28.04%195.00K

-93.44%8.00K

140.85%116.00K

-388.89%-44.00K

49.72%271.00K

617.65%122.00K

-232.71%-284.00K

-350.00%-9.00K

3720.00%181.00K

136.96%17.00K

1088.89%214.00K

97.80%-2.00K

-105.21%-5.00K

-342.11%-46.00K

-82.52%18.00K

-193.55%-91.00K

100.00%96.00K

-89.84%19.00K

339.53%103.00K

84.65%-31.00K

1100.00%48.00K

23.03%187.00K

-119.28%-43.00K

-140.48%-202.00K

-96.88%4.00K

560.87%152.00K

59.29%223.00K

5.62%-84.00K

526.67%128.00K

-88.21%23.00K

-71.77%140.00K

-116.09%-89.00K

-116.76%-30.00K

-37.70%195.00K

145.54%496.00K

38.25%553.00K

7.83%179.00K

200.96%313.00K

-25.19%202.00K

140.96%400.00K

-75.62%166.00K

-27.78%104.00K

47.54%270.00K

112.82%166.00K

--681.00K

--144.00K

--183.00K

--78.00K

Basic earnings per share

-77.96%-0.03

-49.14%0.03

-13.48%0.06

1562.39%0.02

-678.19%-0.02

2.25%0.06

2879.83%0.07

-103.46%0.00

125.00%0.00

-28.40%0.06

-93.50%0.00

140.46%0.03

-384.53%-0.01

49.02%0.08

615.77%0.04

-232.72%-0.08

-349.15%0.00

3726.53%0.05

136.97%0.01

1089.06%0.06

97.80%0.00

-105.20%0.00

-341.96%-0.01

-82.53%0.01

-193.54%-0.03

99.93%0.03

-89.83%0.01

339.57%0.03

84.65%-0.01

1098.31%0.01

23.03%0.06

-119.28%-0.01

-140.46%-0.06

-96.87%0.00

561.15%0.04

59.28%0.07

5.61%-0.02

526.47%0.04

-88.21%0.01

-71.77%0.04

-116.09%-0.03

-116.77%-0.01

-37.70%0.06

145.54%0.15

38.25%0.16

7.81%0.05

200.85%0.09

-25.23%0.06

140.85%0.12

-75.64%0.05

-27.82%0.03

47.42%0.08

112.65%0.05

--0.20

--0.04

--0.05

--0.02

Diluted earnings per share

-77.96%-0.03

-50.00%0.03

-13.61%0.06

1520.51%0.02

-678.19%-0.02

2.25%0.06

2874.25%0.07

-103.47%0.00

125.00%0.00

-25.73%0.06

-93.35%0.00

140.28%0.03

-384.53%-0.01

46.95%0.08

609.11%0.04

-233.42%-0.08

-349.15%0.00

3645.58%0.05

136.46%0.00

1082.83%0.06

97.80%0.00

-105.20%0.00

-342.40%-0.01

-82.53%0.01

-193.54%-0.03

99.93%0.03

-89.84%0.01

339.57%0.03

84.65%-0.01

1108.55%0.01

23.14%0.06

-119.32%-0.01

-140.46%-0.06

-96.90%0.00

619.65%0.04

72.84%0.07

5.61%-0.02

526.36%0.04

-88.37%0.01

-72.07%0.04

-117.31%-0.03

-118.07%-0.01

-37.60%0.05

145.93%0.14

37.83%0.15

7.37%0.05

327.75%0.09

-30.16%0.06

125.99%0.11

-77.14%0.05

-52.54%0.02

47.21%0.08

112.32%0.05

--0.20

--0.04

--0.05

--0.02

Dividend per share

--0.00

-100.00%0.00

--0.00

--0.04

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Currency unit

USD

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