The Eastern Company
General ticker "EML" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories
- Capitalization: $130.1M (TTM average)
The Eastern Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -10.5%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 21.37$, high 21.85$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-15, amount 0.11$ (Y2.06%)
- Total employees count: 1246 (+3.9%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Market share loss, Product development risks, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-01-03 to 2028-01-03
- 2026-01-03 to 2027-01-03 estimated range: [15.71$, 23.84$]
- 2027-01-03 to 2028-01-03 estimated range: [16.46$, 24.67$]
Financial Metrics affecting the EML estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 14.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.43
- Positive: -5.39 < Operating profit margin, % of 4.06
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.78
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.28 <= -0.16
- Positive: 1.81 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.68
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -0.43 > -0.60
- Positive: 2.88 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 8.68
- Negative: 0.73 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.25
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $258.86MM | $272.75MM | $248.97MM |
| Operating Expenses | $241.82MM | $252.60MM | $238.87MM |
| Operating Income | $17.03MM | $20.15MM | $10.10MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-1.95MM | $-3.07MM | $-2.61MM |
| Interest Expense | $2.81MM | $2.72MM | $2.68MM |
| R&D Expense | $5.59MM | $4.89MM | $4.06MM |
| Income(Loss) | $15.08MM | $17.07MM | $7.49MM |
| Taxes | $3.30MM | $3.86MM | $1.52MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $8.59MM | $-8.53MM | $5.12MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $132.48MM | $120.69MM | $124.65MM |
| Inventory | $59.27MM | $55.21MM | $56.34MM |
| Assets | $252.04MM | $235.31MM | $216.68MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $26.48MM | $20.55MM | $8.87MM |
| Capital expenditure | $6.43MM | $9.71MM | $3.97MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-5.43MM | $-8.47MM | $-0.51MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-22.90MM | $-4.82MM | $-16.30MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.38 | $-1.37 | $0.84 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.