Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Ordinary Shares (ITRN) : juste valeur

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Ituran sells vehicle tracking and telematics hardware and subscription services, mainly in Israel, Brazil, and Latin America, where its stolen-vehicle recovery and fleet-management offerings sit on top of a large installed base of connected cars. The structural case rests on that recurring subscription revenue and on insurers and lenders in its core markets relying on its location data for recovery and risk monitoring. Revenue growth of 20.7% is the headline number, but the forward P/E of 20.5 sits above the trailing 15.8, so the market is pricing in some slowdown from here and the next results will show whether growth holds. A 30.2% ROE and a 50.0% gross margin together suggest the model converts sales into profit efficiently, though operating margin of 22.7% leaves room to see how much of that scales. At a roughly $991M market cap with no index membership, the name is small and under-owned, which can cut both ways for liquidity and for re-rating potential. Worth a deeper look to test whether the recurring revenue base and Latin American exposure justify the growth premium the forward multiple implies.