The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 46%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 39%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $32.
Innovative Aerosystems, Inc.
ISSC · Nasdaq · USD · Market cap $310M · 147 employees
Innovative Aerosystems, Inc., engages in the engineering, manufacturing, and supply of advanced avionic solutions.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt the last full screen
2026-05-15
Screened 2026-05-15 · the tape above runs as of 22:12 UTC · 11 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its markup label.
Innovative Aerosystems, Inc. holds its Markup at $17.30. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 108 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 108 days |
| Price at the screen | $17.30 |
| Valuation | 16.42 trailing · 19.13 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 10.0 |
| Beta | 0.71 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Business activity
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Prohibited sector: defense | Fail |
| Debt load | 0.00% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 0.0% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 0.00% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 0.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.00% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 33% discount to our $22.98 fair value, strong competitive moat, 36.60% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-05-15 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 32.8% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 4 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +60% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-05-15 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsWhy it gives us pause
At 19.1x forward earnings, the price already runs ahead of the business. Our fair value sits at $22.98, below where it trades today. The strong moat is real, but quality alone does not make an expensive price cheap.
| Forward P/E | 19.1xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 16.4xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 1.06 |
| EPS, forward | 0.91 |
| Revenue growth | +36.6%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 21.0%healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 32.5%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Debt to equity | 0.34minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 2.96comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 0.71steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.02% |
| 52-week range | 8.13 - 30.94 |
| Moat | STRONG |
| Market cap | $310M |
| Employees | 147 |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 46%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 39%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $28.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 46%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 39%. The street (4 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $28.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | BRESSNER GLEN R | Director | 6,300 | $100,381 | |
| 2026-04-16 | CAROLIN ROGER ANTHONY | Director | 5,618 | · | |
| 2026-04-16 | BELLAND STEPHEN L. | Director | 5,618 | · | |
| 2025-11-20 | ASKARPOUR SHAHRAM | Chief Executive Officer | 201,000 | · | |
| 2025-06-30 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 217,508 | $2,976,518 | |
| 2025-06-26 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 59,667 | $788,213 | |
| 2025-06-25 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 90,655 | $1,171,417 | |
| 2025-06-23 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 89,414 | $1,117,246 | |
| 2025-06-20 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 31,953 | $391,424 | |
| 2025-06-18 | HARBORNE CHRISTOPHER | Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 17,198 | $211,117 |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $21.37 | -20.5% | · | $795 | -20.5% |
| 2 months | $25.17 | -32.5% | · | $675 | -32.5% |
| 3 months | $27.93 | -39.2% | · | $608 | -39.2% |
| 6 months | $11.33 | +49.9% | · | $1,499 | +49.9% |
| 1 year | $11.64 | +45.9% | · | $1,459 | +45.9% |
| 2 years | $6.22 | +173.0% | · | $2,730 | +173.0% |
| 3 years | $6.57 | +158.5% | · | $2,585 | +158.5% |
| 5 years | $6.15 | +176.1% | $0.00 | $2,761 | +176.1% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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