Health score, competitive moat, risk signals, and key metrics at a glance.
Itron, Inc., a technology, solutions, and service company, provides end-to-end solutions that help manage energy, water, and smart city operations worldwide. It operates in four segments: Device Solutions, Networked Solutions, Outcomes, and Resiliency Solution. The Device Solutions segment offers hardware products that are used for measurement, control, or sensing, such as standard gas, electricity, water, and communicating meters, as well as heat and allocation products. The Networked Solutions segment provides communicating devices, such as smart meters, modules, endpoints, and sensors; network infrastructure; network design services; and associated heat-end management and application software for acquiring and transporting application-specific data. This segment also products and software for the implementation, installation, and management of communicating devices and data networks; offers industrial internet of things solutions, including automated meter reading; advanced metering infrastructure for electricity, water, and gas; distributed energy resource management; grid edge devices; distribution automation communications; smart lighting; and smart city sensors and applications. The Outcomes segment provides value-added, enhanced software and services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, statistical modeling, and other analytics. The Resiliency Solutions segment offers software and services. The company offers implementation, project management, installation, consulting, and post-sale maintenance support services, as well as cloud and software-as-a-service; and extended or customer-specific warranties. It offers its products and services under the Itron brand. The company serves utility and smart city customers, and municipalities through its sales force, distributors, agents, partners, and meter manufacturer representatives. Itron, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington.
Competitive analysis based on 81 quarters of fundamental data
Operating margins are expanding at ~12.2%, suggesting durable pricing power and cost discipline.
Consistently high ROE averaging 16.7% suggests a durable competitive advantage and efficient capital allocation.
Data-driven red flags and warnings across 81 quarters
Margins are stable or improving at ~13.1% — no sign of cost or pricing stress.
FCF covers net income by 1.2x on average — earnings are well-supported by cash generation.
Debt-to-equity has risen 85.4% recently — increasing financial risk even if the current ratio is manageable.
Revenue has softened, declining in 4 quarters. Monitor for further erosion.
Free cash flow is consistently positive — the business self-funds without external capital reliance.
Shares decreased 2.3% — net buybacks are reducing shares outstanding and boosting per-share value.
as of March 2026
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Free cash flow is consistently positive and growing — a hallmark of a capital-light business that can self-fund growth.
Revenue has been flat or declining over recent quarters, which may indicate eroding demand or competitive pressure.
