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PowerFleet, Inc.

Rank #275Hypergrowth

AIOT · Nasdaq · Technology

PowerFleet, Inc. (AIOT) — Rank #275 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.26) · ROE -4.3% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.

As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001774170 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

About

PowerFleet, Inc. provides artificial intelligence-of-things (AIoT) solutions for managing high-value enterprise and mid-market assets in North America, Israel, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and internationally.

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It offers unity solution portfolio, which includes unity platform that enables integration with AIoT devices and third-party business systems to a data highway that powers artificial intelligence-driven insights to help customers save lives, time, and money; software as a service based unity modules, which comprises vehicle, video, and in-warehouse IoT for customers to gain visibility and AI-powered insights into their people, assets, and business processes to manage utilization and maintenance, safety, fuel and energy management, and compliance and high-risk incidents; and open application programming interfaces for additional integrations and development to enhance other enterprise management systems and third-party applications. The company also provides hosting, maintenance, and customer support and consulting services; and software as a service, such as system monitoring, help desk technical support, escalation procedure development, routine diagnostic data analysis, and software update services. It offers its products under the Powerfleet, Pointer, Cellocator, MiX by Powerfleet, and Fleet Complete brands. The company markets and sells its wireless solutions to a range of customers in the commercial and government sectors, including construction and heavy equipment, distribution, field services, leasing and car rental, government and public safety, manufacturing and automotive, oil and gas, chemical, transportation and logistics, utilities and telecommunications, and cold chain logistics. The company was formerly known as I.D. Systems, Inc. and changed its name to PowerFleet, Inc. in October 2019. PowerFleet, Inc.

was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Industry
Software - Application
Sector
Technology
State
DE
Filer Category
Accelerated filer
Fiscal Year End
March 31

Price History

AIOT-57.4% · -15.7% CAGRSPY+80.5% · +12.5% CAGR

Company Snapshot

P/S is the primary valuation lens — earnings are reinvested, not available for P/E.

Market Cap

$404.69M

P/E (annual)

P/S (annual)

0.9

P/B

0.8

P/OCF (annual)

13.3

Shareholder Yield

-11.6%

Employees

2,658

Industry

Software - Application

Exchange

Nasdaq

Signal Flags

1 green1 yellow
Deferred revenue growingRevenue and deferred revenue both growing — retention signal
Dilution above 2%Annual share count increase exceeds 2%. May be acceptable for high-growth companies funding talent via stock compensation

Quality Profile

Profitability

1/1 pass
GP / assets
0.26
Return on equity
-4.3%
Gross margin trend
PASS

Safety

1/1 pass
Balance-sheet safety
PASS
Debt / equity
0.98
Current ratio
1.10×
Net cash
-$252.25M

Cash Flow

3/3 pass
Positive FCF
PASS
Cash-backed earnings
PASS
Accruals healthy
PASS
SBC / revenue
1.7%

Growth

1/2 pass
Revenue growth
22.4%
Piotroski F-Score
7 / 9
Share dilution
11.6%

Terry Smith quality gate

Passes 1/5 Terry Smith thresholds

2 of 5 thresholds not computable from filed data.

What Growth Is Priced In

Implied revenue growth (10Y)

18.9%

fairly valued

The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).

Dilution drag: 11.6% — per-share value needs a total required return of 30.5% once share-count change is priced in.

vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 16.8%

within its own history

Cost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)

r = 8%

14.0%

r = 10% (base)

18.9%

r = 12%

23.2%

Net debt / market cap: 62.5%— material leverage inflates the implied growth read.

Base FCF: $8.8M3Y mean FCF: -$4.5M

Valuation History

Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.

P / S

Price / revenue per share

1.2xFair
0.0xmed 1.3x2.2x

P / B

Price / book value per share

1.2xCheap
0.0xmed 1.3x3.2x

P / GP

Price / gross profit per share

2.2xFair
0.0xmed 2.5x4.3x

P / FCF

Price / free cash flow per share

62.6xExpensive
0.2xmed 46.1x62.6x

Revenue growth and the path to profitability (margin trend) are the primary reads at this stage.

Profitability

Gross profitability (GP / assets)

0.26

Primary signal (Novy-Marx).

4th of 5 SIC 3669 peers

Return on equity

-4.3%

Gross margin

55.5%

2nd of 5 SIC 3669 peers

Revenue growth (YoY)

22.4%

Gross margin improving

Margin trend vs prior year.

PASS

Operating Leverage

2022202320252026
Revenue vs COGS
Revenue vs OpEx
Op. Income vs Revenue

Anti-fragile safety

Balance-sheet safety

Composite anti-fragile check.

PASS

Debt / equity

0.98

Current ratio

1.10×

4th of 5 SIC 3669 peers

Quick ratio

0.79×

Net cash

-$252.25M

Cash & equivalents minus total debt.

Cash-flow health

Free cash flow

$8.84M

Operating cash flow minus capex.

Positive free cash flow

PASS

FCF / net income

1.43

Cash-backing of earnings.

FCF/NI divergence

Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).

PASS

Accruals healthy

Cash-backed earnings.

PASS

SBC / revenue

1.7%

Stock-based comp intensity.

Piotroski F-Score

F-Score

7 / 9

Fundamental-strength score (0-9).

Lifecycle Phase History

20202026
Hypergrowth
Startup