Taitron Components Incorporated (TAIT) Key Metrics
TAIT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 21, 2026- Market cap
- $11.0M
- Enterprise value
- $2.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- — 10-yr median 12.7
- Forward P/E
- —
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 3.1 10-yr median 2.5
- Price / book
- 0.9 10-yr median 1.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 33.7 10-yr median 6.6
- Dividend yield
- 7.16% $0.15 a year
- Beta
- 0.45
TAIT key metrics, 2015–2024
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 · U.S. dollarsTAIT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
P/E ratio+30.2%
15.0
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20152024
Price / sales−6.1%
3.3
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20152024
Price / book−35.3%
0.8
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20152024
EV / EBITDA−44.6%
2.6
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20152024
Free cash flow yield−17.4 pts
−3.6%
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20152024
TAIT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
Return on equity−5.8 pts
5.4%
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20152024
Return on invested capital−13.3 pts
−0.9%
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20152024
Return on assets−5.4 pts
5.1%
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20152024
Free cash flow margin−59.9 pts
−11.8%
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20152024
Cash conversion (OCF / net income)
−0.29
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20152024
Asset turnover−33.2%
0.23
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20152024
TAIT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
Revenue per share−22.3%
$0.79
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20152024
Earnings per share−43.9%
$0.17
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20152024
Free cash flow per share
−$0.09
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20152024
Book value per share+12.8%
$3.15
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20152024
Dividends per share+14.9%
$0.23
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20152024
Shares outstanding−12.8%
5.3M
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20152024
TAIT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
Net debt+$448,000
−$9.4M
2024 · hover or tap a bar for each year
20152024
Net debt / EBITDA−1.85
−5.91
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20152024
Current ratio+9.0%
12.00
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20152024
TAIT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
Days sales outstanding−1 days
23 days
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20152024
Days of inventory+55 days
500 days
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20152024
Days payables outstanding+12 days
40 days
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20152024
Cash conversion cycle+42 days
483 days
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20152024
Capex / revenue+2.1 pts
5.6%
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20152024
TAIT valuation history
Fiscal year-endToday10-year median
TAIT returns on capital
ROEROICROA
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
TAIT debt vs cash
Total debtCash & short-term investments
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
TAIT cash returned to shareholders
DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow
TAIT price vs earnings per share
Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)
TAIT key metrics
2015–2024| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $13.5M | $21.3M | $21.0M | $23.9M | $19.0M | $16.6M | $9.9M | $9.5M | $6.6M | $5.4M |
| Enterprise value | $4.2M | $11.5M | $13.8M | $16.3M | $12.5M | $11.3M | $5.4M | $6.7M | $3.6M | $3.2M |
| P/E ratio | 15.0 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 21.5 | 7.2 | 13.5 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Price / book | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | 7.3 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 27.0 | 5.3 | 22.9 |
| Price / operating cash flow | — | 6.8 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 9.3 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 5.3 | 19.8 |
| EV / sales | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 2.6 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 6.8 | — | — |
| EV / free cash flow | — | 3.9 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 19.2 | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| Earnings yield | 6.7% | 8.7% | 15.3% | 8.4% | 7.1% | 4.7% | 14.0% | 7.4% | −46.8% | −10.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | −3.6% | 13.8% | 8.0% | 7.5% | 10.7% | 8.4% | 23.2% | 3.7% | 18.7% | 4.4% |
| Dividend yield | 8.9% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 7.6% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 8.9% | 5.6% | 8.1% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 6.0% | 5.8% | 6.2% | 7.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $2.58 | $3.53 | $3.48 | $4.03 | $3.25 | $2.84 | $1.73 | $1.68 | $1.20 | $0.98 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $0.79 | $1.01 | $1.40 | $1.46 | $1.14 | $1.16 | $1.44 | $1.35 | $1.25 | $1.02 |
| Earnings per share | $0.17 | $0.31 | $0.53 | $0.34 | $0.23 | $0.13 | $0.24 | $0.12 | −$0.56 | −$0.11 |
| Operating cash flow per share | −$0.05 | $0.52 | $0.28 | $0.30 | $0.35 | $0.24 | $0.40 | $0.07 | $0.23 | $0.05 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$0.09 | $0.49 | $0.28 | $0.30 | $0.35 | $0.24 | $0.40 | $0.06 | $0.22 | $0.04 |
| Cash per share | $1.79 | $1.63 | $1.20 | $1.27 | $1.14 | $0.91 | $0.79 | $0.58 | $0.73 | $0.67 |
| Book value per share | $3.15 | $2.79 | $2.67 | $2.43 | $2.26 | $2.18 | $2.21 | $2.10 | $2.09 | $2.73 |
| Tangible book value per share | $3.15 | $2.79 | $2.67 | $2.43 | $2.26 | $2.18 | $2.21 | $2.10 | $2.09 | $2.73 |
| Dividends per share | $0.23 | $0.20 | $0.28 | $0.16 | $0.14 | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.10 | $0.07 | $0.07 |
| Capex per share | $0.04 | $0.04 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.01 |
| Debt per share | — | — | — | — | $0.03 | — | — | $0.09 | $0.18 | $0.27 |
| Shares outstanding | 5.3M | 6.0M | 6.0M | 5.9M | 5.9M | 5.8M | 5.7M | 5.6M | 5.5M | 5.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −12.8% | −0.1% | +2.0% | +1.1% | +0.2% | +2.3% | +1.1% | +1.9% | 0.0% | −0.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 5.4% | 11.2% | 21.0% | 14.6% | 10.5% | 6.1% | 11.3% | 6.0% | −23.3% | −3.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | −0.9% | 12.3% | 28.4% | 25.8% | 14.8% | 6.8% | 16.4% | 8.9% | −21.1% | −2.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.1% | 10.5% | 18.7% | 12.8% | 9.8% | 5.6% | 10.0% | 5.1% | −19.4% | −3.3% |
| Return on tangible assets | 5.1% | 10.2% | 18.7% | 11.7% | 9.5% | 5.7% | 9.9% | 5.2% | −22.2% | −3.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | −11.8% | 48.1% | 20.1% | 20.6% | 30.4% | 20.6% | 27.8% | 4.6% | 18.0% | 4.2% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | −0.29 | 1.71 | 0.53 | 0.90 | 1.51 | 1.83 | 1.66 | 0.55 | — | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | — | $163,000 | — | — | $500,000 | $1.0M | $1.5M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $9.4M | $9.8M | $7.3M | $7.5M | $6.7M | $5.3M | $4.5M | $3.2M | $4.0M | $3.7M |
| Net debt | −$9.4M | −$9.8M | −$7.3M | −$7.5M | −$6.5M | −$5.3M | −$4.5M | −$2.8M | −$3.0M | −$2.2M |
| Debt / equity | — | — | — | — | 0.01 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| Debt / assets | — | — | — | — | 0.01 | — | — | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −5.91 | −4.06 | −3.70 | −2.92 | −4.19 | −5.40 | −2.84 | −2.77 | — | — |
| Current ratio | 12.00 | 11.01 | 11.97 | 5.07 | 12.68 | 12.77 | 7.84 | 7.71 | 7.07 | 7.14 |
| Quick ratio | 9.25 | 8.78 | 8.07 | 3.15 | 8.57 | 8.19 | 4.26 | 3.57 | 3.32 | 2.25 |
| Interest coverage | — | — | 5.5 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 24.9 | 157.7 | 20.8 | -59.8 | -7.5 |
| Working capital | $11.8M | $11.6M | $11.0M | $11.1M | $10.0M | $9.2M | $8.8M | $8.1M | $8.2M | $11.3M |
| Invested capital | $7.2M | $7.0M | $8.9M | $6.8M | $6.8M | $7.4M | $8.1M | $9.1M | $8.6M | $12.9M |
| Tangible asset value | $16.6M | $16.8M | $16.1M | $14.4M | $13.2M | $12.8M | $12.7M | $11.9M | $11.7M | $15.2M |
| Net current asset value | $11.8M | $11.6M | $11.0M | $11.1M | $9.8M | $9.2M | $8.8M | $7.6M | $7.2M | $10.3M |
| Graham number | $3.49 | $4.38 | $5.65 | $4.31 | $3.44 | $2.55 | $3.46 | $2.42 | — | — |
| Graham net-net per share | $1.92 | $1.66 | $1.44 | $1.37 | $1.34 | $1.21 | $1.08 | $0.85 | $0.79 | $1.01 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $1.2M | $1.2M | $1.7M | $965,000 | $840,000 | $717,000 | $589,000 | $554,000 | $414,000 | $414,000 |
| Share buybacks (net) | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $16,000 |
| Dividend payout ratio | 133.5% | 65.1% | 53.1% | 48.0% | 61.8% | 92.8% | 42.7% | 79.0% | — | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | 41.0% | 100.8% | 54.1% | 41.3% | 51.4% | 25.7% | 157.8% | 33.3% | 181.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 5.6% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | — | 6.8% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 9.5% | 0.3% | 13.5% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.34 | 1.29 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.24 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 53.7% | 36.6% | 25.6% | 23.5% | 33.3% | 35.1% | 26.7% | 29.0% | 30.7% | 37.0% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 22.6 | 23.2 | 34.3 | 32.5 | 45.3 | 51.7 | 41.7 | 29.0 | 13.8 | 26.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 500.3 | 445.8 | 414.9 | 354.3 | 379.7 | 403.0 | 380.0 | 396.6 | 335.1 | 816.4 |
| Days payables outstanding | 40.1 | 27.8 | 91.7 | 89.7 | 46.6 | 70.6 | 72.1 | 67.3 | 45.2 | 66.9 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 482.8 | 441.1 | 357.5 | 297.1 | 378.4 | 384.1 | 349.6 | 358.3 | 303.8 | 776.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 16.14 | 15.76 | 10.64 | 11.23 | 8.06 | 7.05 | 8.75 | 12.59 | 26.39 | 13.76 |
| Payables turnover | 9.09 | 13.14 | 3.98 | 4.07 | 7.83 | 5.17 | 5.06 | 5.42 | 8.08 | 5.45 |
| Inventory turnover | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.88 | 1.03 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.09 | 0.45 |
| Asset turnover | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.32 |
| Average receivables | $256,500 | $387,500 | $791,500 | $769,500 | $830,500 | $961,500 | $939,500 | $605,500 | $262,000 | $412,500 |
| Average payables | $222,500 | $202,500 | $1.0M | $1.1M | $436,000 | $717,000 | $910,000 | $852,500 | $948,000 | $717,500 |
| Average inventory | $2.8M | $3.2M | $4.6M | $4.4M | $3.6M | $4.1M | $4.8M | $5.0M | $7.0M | $8.8M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computed from TAIT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed April 18, 2025) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
TAIT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2024 (December 31, 2024), Taitron Components traded at 15.0 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 12.7. Taitron Components earned a return on equity of 5.4% and a return on invested capital of −0.9% in fiscal 2024. It returned $1.2 million to shareholders: $1.2 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks. The share count fell 5.1% from 5.5M to 5.3M over 9 years.
See the TAIT income statement, the TAIT chart for price history, or the TAIT stock overview for the latest quote and news.
TAIT key metrics FAQ
What is Taitron Components's P/E ratio?
Taitron Components traded at 15.0 times earnings at the end of fiscal 2024.
What is Taitron Components's EV/EBITDA?
Taitron Components's enterprise value was 2.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2024 (enterprise value $4.2 million, EBITDA $1.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 33.7.
What is Taitron Components's return on equity?
Taitron Components's return on equity (ROE) was 5.4% in fiscal 2024: net income of $0.9 million on average shareholders' equity of $16.7 million.
What is Taitron Components's ROIC?
Taitron Components's return on invested capital was −0.9% in fiscal 2024, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
What is Taitron Components's dividend yield?
Taitron Components's forward dividend yield is 7.16%. Taitron Components paid $1.2 million in dividends in fiscal 2024 ($0.23 per share), a payout ratio of 133.5%.
What is Taitron Components's free cash flow yield?
Taitron Components generated -$0.5 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2024, a free cash flow yield of −3.6% on its market value at year-end ($13.5 million).
What is Taitron Components's current ratio?
Taitron Components's current ratio was 12.00 at the end of fiscal 2024: current assets were 12.00 times current liabilities.