The L.S. Starrett Company

The L.S. Starrett Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells industrial, professional, and consumer measuring and cutting tools, and related products in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The company's products include precision tools, electronic gauges, gage blocks, optical vision and laser measuring equipment, custom engineered granite solutions, squares, band saw blades, hole saws, hacksaw blades, jig saw blades, and reciprocating saw blades, as well as M1 lubricant and precision ground flat stock products. It also provides measuring tools, such as micrometers, vernier calipers, height gages, depth gages, electronic gages, dial indicators, steel rules, and combination squares, as well as custom and non-contact gaging. In addition, the company offers hand tools for measuring, marking, and layout that include tapes, levels, chalk lines, and other products for building trades, and construction and retail trades. Further, it provides carbide tipped products for cutting ferrous materials, and non-ferrous metals and castings. The company primarily distributes its precision hand tools, and saw and construction products through distributors or resellers. It serves the metalworking, aerospace, medical, oil and gas, machinery, government, equipment, and automotive markets; marine and farm equipment shops, and do-it-yourselfers; and tradesmen, which comprise builders, carpenters, plumbers, and electricians. The L.S. Starrett Company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Athol, Massachusetts.

The L.S. Starrett Company trades as SCX on NYSE. The company is classified in Industrials / Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $256.18M of revenue and $23.09M of net income.

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The L.S. Starrett Company can be compared against peers such as Arq, Inc., Azul S.A., Intevac, Inc., Manitex International, Inc., Orbital Infrastructure Group, Inc., RYTHM, Inc..

A complete thesis should compare growth, margins, balance-sheet risk, valuation multiples, and market position against direct competitors.

Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $113.38M, beta of 0.48, and return on equity of +17.8%.

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SCX currently shows total debt of $15.35M and beta of 0.48. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: SC 13G/A (2024-11-13 00:00:00), SC 13G/A (2024-10-31 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.starrett.com

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