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Vol. II · No. 255Saturday, 12 September 2026
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The Screen · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

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 screen
17.30 USD

At 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

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markup label.

Innovative Aerosystems, Inc. holds its Markup at $17.30. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 108 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-05-15
PhaseMarkup
Quantitative stateConsolidating, no directional conviction, held for 108 days
Price at the screen$17.30
Valuation16.42 trailing · 19.13 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 10.0
Beta0.71
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Business activity

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
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 Worth

The 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.

22.50Conservative22.98Base case26.42Growth case 17.30Price

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.

The Street's Range
25.00Street low 27.75Street average 34.00Street high 17.30Price

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 & Projections
$36.2$20.1$3.9TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$34.00 +100%Street avg$27.75 +63%Our fair value$22.98 +35%Conservative$22.50 +33%

Where 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 Words

Why 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.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E19.1xcheap for a company growing this fast
Trailing P/E16.4xreasonably valued
EPS, trailing1.06
EPS, forward0.91
Revenue growth+36.6%strong top-line growth
Profit margin21.0%healthy profit margins
Return on equity32.5%an exceptional return on shareholder capital
Debt to equity0.34minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio2.96comfortably covers its short-term bills
Beta0.71steadier than the market
Short interest, float0.02%
52-week range8.13 - 30.94
MoatSTRONG
Market cap$310M
Employees147

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.

Where & How to Trade

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-09-02 Markup · changed $17.30 +0.0% Entry 5

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.

2026-08-02 Distribution $17.30 +0.0% Entry 4

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.

2026-07-18 Distribution $17.30 +0.0% Entry 3

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.

2026-07-03 Distribution $17.30 +0.0% Entry 2

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.

2026-07-02 Distribution $17.30 Entry 1

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.

The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · ISSC
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
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.

What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal 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.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever ISSC does next, these words stay.

Innovative Aerosystems, Inc. · ISSC · Markup · $17.30
Recorded 2026-05-15 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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