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2018 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000089710120000193 Filed on March 25, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2018 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
Revenue	$1.850M	$7.495M	$1.840M
YoY Change	0.54%	-4.4%	20.26%
Cost Of Revenue	$890.0K	$3.448M	$890.0K
YoY Change	0.0%	-2.63%	18.67%
Gross Profit	$960.0K	$4.047M	$940.0K
YoY Change	2.13%	-5.86%	22.08%
Gross Profit Margin	51.89%	54.0%	51.09%
Selling, General & Admin	$770.0K	$3.379M	$730.0K
YoY Change	5.48%	9.81%	48.98%
% of Gross Profit	80.21%	83.49%	77.66%
Research & Development	$190.0K	$813.0K	$220.0K
YoY Change	-13.64%	0.12%	4.76%
% of Gross Profit	19.79%	20.09%	23.4%
Depreciation & Amortization	$80.00K	$321.0K	$80.00K
YoY Change	0.0%	4.22%	14.29%
% of Gross Profit	8.33%	7.93%	8.51%
Operating Expenses	$950.0K	$4.192M	$950.0K
YoY Change	0.0%	7.79%	37.68%
Operating Profit	$10.00K	-$145.0K	-$10.00K
YoY Change	-200.0%	-135.37%	-112.5%
Interest Expense	$40.00K	$120.0K	$20.00K
YoY Change	100.0%	200.0%
% of Operating Profit	400.0%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$0.00	$127.0K	$0.00
YoY Change		164.58%
Pretax Income	$50.00K	-$18.00K	$10.00K
YoY Change	400.0%	-103.93%	-88.89%
Income Tax	$0.00	-$8.000K	-$40.00K
% Of Pretax Income	0.0%		-400.0%
Net Earnings	$50.00K	-$10.00K	$0.00
YoY Change		-103.39%	-100.0%
Net Earnings / Revenue	2.7%	-0.13%	0.0%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$0.00
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$14.71K	$0.00	$0.00
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	3.396M shares	3.396M shares	3.396M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		3.396M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$8.754M	$8.800M	$8.674M
YoY Change	0.92%	0.92%	4.92%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.057M	$1.060M	$963.0K
Short-Term Investments	$7.697M	$7.740M	$7.711M
Other Short-Term Assets	$155.0K	$160.0K	$141.0K
YoY Change	9.93%	14.29%	-18.97%
Inventory	$1.618M	$1.620M	$1.552M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$896.0K	$900.0K	$902.0K
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$50.00K
Total Short-Term Assets	$11.47M	$11.47M	$11.36M
YoY Change	0.96%	0.97%	5.25%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.050M	$1.050M	$1.074M
YoY Change	-2.23%	-1.87%	3.97%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$190.0K	$190.0K	$180.0K
YoY Change	5.56%	5.56%	-10.0%
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.807M	$1.810M	$2.056M
YoY Change	-12.11%	-12.14%	-9.27%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$11.47M	$11.47M	$11.36M
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.807M	$1.810M	$2.056M
Total Assets	$13.28M	$13.28M	$13.42M
YoY Change	-1.04%	-1.04%	2.73%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$116.0K	$120.0K	$178.0K
YoY Change	-34.83%	-33.33%	-25.52%
Accrued Expenses	$405.0K	$410.0K	$380.0K
YoY Change	6.58%	7.89%	25.0%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$10.00K	$10.00K
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$526.0K	$530.0K	$708.0K
YoY Change	-25.71%	-25.35%	30.39%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$20.00K	$20.00K	$0.00
YoY Change
Other Long-Term Liabilities			$0.00
YoY Change			-100.0%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$24.00K	$20.00K	$0.00
YoY Change			-100.0%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$526.0K	$530.0K	$708.0K
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$24.00K	$20.00K	$0.00
Total Liabilities	$550.0K	$550.0K	$708.0K
YoY Change	-22.32%	-22.54%	-4.07%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$10.34M		$10.35M
YoY Change	-0.16%		2.93%
Common Stock	$2.358M		$2.343M
YoY Change	0.64%		2.23%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$12.73M	$12.73M	$12.71M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$13.28M	$13.28M	$13.42M
YoY Change	-1.04%	-1.04%	2.73%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018 Q4	2018	2017 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$50.00K	-$10.00K	$0.00
YoY Change		-103.39%	-100.0%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$80.00K	$321.0K	$80.00K
YoY Change	0.0%	4.22%	14.29%
Cash From Operating Activities	$160.0K	$130.0K	$150.0K
YoY Change	6.67%	-72.34%	200.0%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$0.00	$32.00K	-$90.00K
YoY Change	-100.0%	-71.93%	800.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$50.00K	$150.0K	-$270.0K
YoY Change	-118.52%	-165.22%	-2800.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	$50.00K	$115.0K	-$380.0K
YoY Change	-113.16%	-133.33%	-3900.0%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	0.000	-$151.0K	0.000
YoY Change
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	160.0K	$130.0K	150.0K
Cash From Investing Activities	50.00K	$115.0K	-380.0K
Cash From Financing Activities	0.000	-$151.0K	0.000
Net Change In Cash	210.0K	$94.00K	-230.0K
YoY Change	-191.3%	-127.25%	-483.33%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$160.0K	$130.0K	$150.0K
Capital Expenditures	$0.00	$32.00K	-$90.00K
Free Cash Flow	$160.0K	$98.00K	$240.0K
YoY Change	-33.33%	-72.47%	300.0%

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CY2019	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Nature of business:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><br/></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">Electro-Sensors, Inc. manufactures and markets a complete line of monitoring and control systems for a variety of industrial machinery. The Company uses leading-edge technology to continuously improve its products, with the ultimate goal of manufacturing the industry-preferred product for each market served. The Company sells these products through an internal sales staff, manufacturer’s representatives, and distributors to a wide variety of industries that use the products in a variety of applications to monitor process machinery operations. The Company markets its products to customers located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><br/></p> <p style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt;">In addition, we may periodically make strategic investments in other businesses and companies, including investments that we believe would facilitate the development of new relationships, or technology complementary to our existing products, or other investments that we believe present good opportunities for the Company and its shareholders. Our primary focus is to remain an operating company and we do not intend to become an investment company. See Note <span style="border-left: none; border-right: none;">2</span> for additional information regarding the Company’s investments. The Company’s investments in securities are subject to normal market risks.</span></p>
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