Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Information Services Group, Inc. III
$5.70 -0.70% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $272.7M
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.24, up 57.7% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 41 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $250.2M, up 4.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 1.4% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 37%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 37%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
- Interest coverTop 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 38%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 28%
- 6-month returnTop 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 18%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 5%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.4% | 4.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 37.7% | 57.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 42.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 8.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 4.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.2% | 1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 57.7% | 37.7% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 41.8% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 5.2% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 3.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.5% | 10.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.9% | — | Top 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.1% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.25×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.67×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 10.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.87%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.42%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.29%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +27.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.50
- Target vs current price
- -3.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +85.2% | -2.7% | +17.8% | +15.5% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +12.5% | +0.7% | +2.9% | +4.8% | +3.6% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | +0.0% | -1.9% | -14.4% | -20.8% | -7.0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | +12.5% | +10.2% | -4.7% | -3.4% | +1.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +14.3% | -0.2% | +18.6% | +21.9% | +30.4% |
| May 8, 2025 | +16.7% | +1.3% | +25.3% | +19.2% | +8.6% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | +20.0% | +6.5% | +5.5% | +20.6% | +55.8% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -16.7% | +0.6% | +0.3% | +9.9% | -3.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.05 | +85.2% | $65.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +12.5% | $61.2M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.08 | +0.0% | $61.2M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.08 | +12.5% | $62.0M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.07 | +14.3% | $61.6M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.06 | +16.7% | $59.6M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.05 | +20.0% | $58.0M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.05 | $0.06 | -16.7% | $61.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.1× | 22.3× | 56th | Top 27% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.1× | — | — | Top 26% |
| EV / Sales | 1.26× | — | — | Top 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.16% | — | — | Top 38% |
| Earnings yield | 4.15% | — | — | Top 27% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.5× – 65.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -1.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +57.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -24.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 44
- Days above the 200-day average
- 41
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +13.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +21.4%
- RSI (14)
- 71.3
- Relative volume
- 0.87×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 74th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Jun 28, 2024 | -69.3% | 658 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Sep 20, 2021 | -14.0% | 4 days | 32 days (Nov 3, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -11.1% | 10 days | 29 days (Mar 12, 2021) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -10.2% | 6 days | 8 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $272.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $250.2M
- Dividend yield
- 3.16%
- 52-week range
- $3.74 – $6.45
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $277.8M | $286.3M | $291.1M | $247.6M | $244.7M |
| Gross profit | $109.4M | $116.6M | $112.1M | $97.3M | $100.9M |
| Operating income | $25.3M | $29.5M | $14.6M | $5.8M | $17.8M |
| Net income | $15.5M | $19.7M | $6.2M | $2.8M | $9.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.30 | $0.39 | $0.12 | $0.06 | $0.19 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $61.3M | $57.8M | $59.6M | $61.6M | $62.4M | $61.2M | $61.2M | $65.5M |
| Net income | $1.1M | $3.0M | $1.5M | $2.2M | $3.1M | $2.6M | $2.7M | $3.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | $0.06 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.06 | $0.05 | $0.05 | $0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $41.9M | $11.1M | $12.3M | $19.9M | $29.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.3M | -$3.4M | -$3.4M | -$2.8M | -$4.0M |
| Free cash flow | $39.6M | $7.7M | $8.8M | $17.0M | $25.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$4.4M | -$7.5M | -$8.7M | -$9.4M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$23.4M | -$16.1M | -$6.2M | -$7.7M | -$8.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $23.7M
- Total assets
- $204.6M
- Total liabilities
- $108.8M
- Total debt
- $67.5M
- Net debt
- $43.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $95.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.05 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $0.05 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.05 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $0.05 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.05 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.05 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.05 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.05 | Dec 20, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 597,811
- Days to cover
- 3.18
- Change vs previous report
- -5.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.