Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location-based telematics services and machine-to-machine telematics products. The company's Telematics services segment provides stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. It also offers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, a service platform that includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for IOS and Android users, and interface using the car infotainment screen, as well as usage based insurance and auto financing. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. Its Telematics Products segment provides Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Azor, Israel.
Ituran Location and Control Trading Up 0.5 %
NASDAQ:ITRN opened at $25.95 on Wednesday. Ituran Location and Control has a one year low of $19.73 and a one year high of $29.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $609.05 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.45 and a beta of 1.19. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $24.45 and a 200-day moving average price of $23.40.
Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN - Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $72.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.85 million. Ituran Location and Control had a return on equity of 26.24% and a net margin of 12.60%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.40 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts forecast that Ituran Location and Control will post 1.9 EPS for the current year.
Ituran Location and Control Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 29th were paid a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 28th. Ituran Location and Control's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.00%.