Envela Corp
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Assessment
Our Rating
A journalistic assessment by our editorial team at the time of the deep dive — it rates the company, not the entry point. Not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell.
The business works in principle, but one material question is open. As long as it stays open, our findings do not carry a quality verdict.
Why this colour
The company is demonstrably healthy: net cash ($38.6 million against $9.8 million, March 31, 2026), a Piotroski F-score of 8, self-funded growth without a single new share — and the payment backlog of the two major customers was fully cleared as of March 31, 2026 per the quarterly report (10-Q, Note 3), at 0.0 percent of the receivables balance. The 54.9 percent customer concentration is a revenue risk, not an existential one, given how fungible precious metal is. What argues against getting in at the current price remains the gold-price cyclicality and the price tag of about 33 times a boom-year profit — neither argues against holding on.
What the thesis turns on
Assessment: Opportunities & Risks
Envela is the rare combination of genuine momentum and a rock-solid balance sheet: revenue doubled in six quarters, net cash, no dilution, a margin jewel in the recycling segment. But the engine of the doubling is the gold and silver price, not the business model — 80 percent of revenue carries only an 11.9 percent gross margin, two customers account for more than half of revenue, and the CEO himself holds almost three quarters of the shares. Whoever buys here pays a growth price tag for a cyclical. Not investment advice.
Business model & market
A fundamentally solid, 60-year-old trading business with two legs: buying and selling jewelry and precious metal (80% of revenue, but only an 11.9% gross margin — metal is passed through close to the spot price) plus electronics recycling/ITAD with a 64.2% gross margin. Revenue is therefore, above all, a price gauge of the precious-metals market.
Growth & momentum
Six quarters in a row of at least +20% revenue growth ($48.3 million to $98.4 million), 2025 net income more than doubled, Q1 2026 +254.5%; 17 scanner hits, relative strength of 96, stress RS of 94 (as of July 8, 2026). The 10-Q, however, explicitly attributes the surge to higher gold and silver prices.
Balance sheet & financing
Rock-solid: $38.6 million in cash against $9.8 million in debt (March 31, 2026), an untouched credit line, a Piotroski F-score of 8, an Altman Z above 11, a constant share count (25.96 million), even a small buyback in 2025. The growth is fully self-funded — the counter-model to the credit-levered growth story.
Dependence & concentration risk
The engine is the gold price, not the model: before the metals surge, the consumer segment earned practically nothing (Q1 2025: $69,094 net). Two refiner customers accounted for 54.9% of revenue and 68.3% of receivables in 2025; per the 10-K, the boom is backing up refiner payments industry-wide — though Envela's own backlog was fully cleared as of March 31, 2026 per the quarterly report (10-Q, Note 3), at 0.0% of receivables.
Ownership & governance
CEO Loftus controls 73.8% — a "controlled company" with no obligation to maintain a majority-independent board; the free float was worth only about $41.5 million as of mid-2025, and trading is thin. On the plus side: owner alignment without dilution. A warning from history: the 2012 DGSE accounting scandal (under previous leadership).
Valuation
About $0.7 billion in market value on $75.9 million of equity: roughly 33 times trailing twelve-month earnings, 2.4 times revenue, almost 9 times book value (as of July 8, 2026) — a growth price tag on a cyclical's profit that, per the 10-Q, rests on prices that "may not persist".
Worth Noting
Traded as DGSE Companies, Inc. until 2019 (before that Dallas Gold & Silver Exchange); in April 2012, after inventory-booking manipulation by the former chief financial officer, four annual reports (2007–2010) and 14 quarterly reports were declared unreliable (8-K dated April 16, 2012). Today's majority owner took over later.
The revenue estimate on file in the fundamental data for the current year (about −11% versus 2025, as of July 2026) may be stale for a small cap this thinly covered by analysts — but it illustrates the cyclical question, not the operating picture.
Q1 2026 cash flow ($21.2 million operating) includes about $8.6 million from clearing backed-up refiner receivables — to be read as a one-off effect, not a new run rate.
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Price history
Chart
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52-week range: 7.30 $ to 28.90 $ · Last price: 13.70 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)
Key figures
Key figures at a glance
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Basics
Performance
Technical Indicators
Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026
Valuation
Profitability
Balance Sheet & Safety
Growth
Dividend
This stock currently pays no dividend.
Quality & Screener
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Comparison
Industry comparison
The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.
Industry: Luxury Goods
| Company | Market cap ($B) | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross Margin % | EBIT Margin % | Sales Growth (Year) % | Perf. 1Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envela Corp ELA | 0.4 | 18.6 | 10.3 | 21.7 | – | 33.6 | 84.5 |
| Tapestry Inc TPR | 23.4 | 37.7 | 12.3 | 76.6 | 22.4 | 5.1 | 9.1 |
| Signet Jewelers Ltd SIG | 4.0 | 15.4 | 6.9 | 39.3 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| Capri Holdings Ltd CPRI | 1.7 | 24.1 | 14.3 | 62.7 | -1.0 | -21.8 | -31.5 |
| LuxExperience B.V. LUXE | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 46.6 | -3.1 | 49.3 | -5.4 |
| TheRealReal Inc REAL | 1.2 | – | 93.7 | 74.5 | -1.2 | 15.4 | -9.5 |
| Movado Group Inc MOV | 0.7 | 25.3 | 9.5 | 56.1 | – | 2.7 | 78.3 |
| Lanvin Group Holdings Limited LANV | 0.2 | – | -67.2 | 58.8 | -59.9 | -26.8 | -49.0 |
| Brilliant Earth Group Inc BRLT | 0.1 | – | 0.0 | 56.5 | 0.4 | 3.6 | -42.0 |
| Median of companies shown | 1.2 | 21.4 | 9.5 | 56.5 | -1.0 | 3.6 | -5.4 |
Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →
Fiscal years
Annual Figures
Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.
Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M
Revenue Operating income Net income
| Fiscal Year | Revenue ($M) | EBIT ($M) | Net Income ($M) | EPS ($) | Operating Cash Flow ($M) | Equity ($M) | Total Assets ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 48 | -4 | -4 | -0.30 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 0.10 | -1 | 11 | 27 |
| 2020 | 114 | 7 | 6 | 0.24 | 7 | 18 | 41 |
| 2021 | 141 | 10 | 10 | 0.37 | 3 | 28 | 59 |
| 2022 | 183 | 14 | 16 | 0.58 | 10 | 43 | 71 |
| 2023 | 175 | 9 | 7 | 0.27 | 6 | 48 | 73 |
| 2024 | 180 | 8 | 7 | 0.26 | 10 | 53 | 78 |
| 2025 | 241 | 18 | 15 | 0.56 | 3 | 67 | 96 |
Quarters
Quarterly Figures
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Revenue & Profit
Cash Flow
Balance Sheet
Margins
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Source: fundamental data
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | 0.06 | 22.10 | 48 | 31.60 | 3.30 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025: Q1 | 0.10 | 30.70 | 48 | 21.10 | 5.20 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025: Q2 | 0.11 | 76.00 | 55 | 21.10 | 5.00 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025: Q3 | 0.13 | 99.20 | 57 | 22.40 | 5.80 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025: Q4 | 0.23 | 274.60 | 81 | 66.60 | 7.40 | -4 | -4 |
| 2026: Q1 | 0.34 | 254.60 | 98 | 103.90 | 9.00 | 21 | 21 |
| 2026: Q2 | 0.16 | 45.50 | 57 | 3.50 | 7.40 | 6 | 5 |
What Do These Terms Mean?
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Screening
Appears in These Scanners
This stock currently matches 19 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.
Growth
Quality & Balance Sheet
Breakout & Setup
Earnings & Surprises
Momentum & Trend
- 21-EMA Trend
- Above the 50- & 200-SMA
- Gary Antonacci: Dual Momentum (Stock Adaptation)
- High ADR (≥5%)
- Mark Minervini: Trend Criteria — 1 Month
- RS Leader (≥90)
- Stan Weinstein: Checklist
- Stan Weinstein: Stage 2
Risk & Weakness
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Outlook
Analysts & Price Target
Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.
Distribution of Recommendations
Estimates by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | EPS Estimate ($) | EPS Range ($) | Revenue Estimate ($M) | Expected Growth | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2026 | 0.74 | 0.68 – 0.80 | 268 | – | 2 |
| 12/31/2027 | 0.64 | 0.45 – 0.82 | 245 | – | 2 |
Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.
Valuation
What is priced in?
Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.
Today’s market value implies roughly 3.6% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).
| Free cash flow (last twelve months) | $24.0M |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $356.0M |
| Free cash flow in year ten | $34.3M |
| Terminal value as a share of market value | 50.7% |
For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow grew by 6.0% per year.
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A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.
AI classification
AI Rating
Envela verdient sein Geld mit Recommerce — An- und Verkauf von Schmuck, Gold und Silber plus Elektroschrott-Recycling/ITAD; in den sechs geprüften Filings gibt es keine KI-Umsatzquelle, keinen belegten operativen KI-Einsatz und kein konkretes KI-Geschäftsrisiko. KI erscheint nur zweimal beiläufig im 10-K: als generischer Risikofaktor im Evaluierungsstadium („continues to evaluate opportunities for AI and machine learning") und als Markt-Randnotiz, wonach „AI-driven data centers" die industrielle Silber-Nachfrage treiben; alle vier 10-Qs sind komplett ohne KI-Erwähnung.
View the full file — quotes, sources, reviewed filings
Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-05-06 · 10-Q 2025-11-05 · 10-Q 2025-08-06 · 10-Q 2025-05-07 · 10-K 2026-03-18 · 10-K 2025-03-26
Rated on July 8, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built
Growth
Growth Score
Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.
- Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 9.7%
- More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year -10.6%
- Share count grows by less than 3% a year -1.2%
- Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 34.2%
- Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 22.4%
- Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 3.8%
- Net debt below twice EBITDA 0.1 x EBITDA
- Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years -10 m
- Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 23.4%
- Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 74.0%
A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail
Quality check
AAQS
5/10The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).
- Sales growth 10Y > 5% 19.5%
- Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 0.8%
- EBIT growth 10Y > 5% –
- Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 6.3%
- Net debt < 4x EBIT 0.1x
- EBIT positive, 10Y straight 9
- Max. EBIT decline < 50% 66.7%
- Return on equity > 15% 24.3%
- ROCE > 15% 23.4%
- Expected return > 10% 6.7%
View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien
Source: fundamental data
Insiders
Insider Transactions
Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.
| Date | Person | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | DeLuca John Garrett | CFO | Buy | 105 | 13.76 | 1,445 |
The company
About the Company
Envela Corporation bietet zusammen mit seinen Tochtergesellschaften Recommerce- und Recyclingdienste in den USA an. Das Unternehmen ist in zwei Segmenten tätig: Consumer und Commercial.
- Employees
- 276
- Headquarters
- Irving, TX
- Address
- 1901 Gateway Drive, 75038 Irving, United States
- Phone
- 972 587 4049
- Website
- envela.com
- IPO Date
- 03/19/1992
- ISIN
- US29402E1029
- Stock Split
- 1:6 on 08/25/1988
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| John G. DeLuca | CFO, Secretary & Treasurer | 1977 |
| John Richardson Loftus | Chairman, CEO & President | 1970 |
| Joel S. Friedman | Chief Information Officer | 1969 |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.