The Eastern Company EML R2K

Industrials · Tools & Accessories · United States

https://www.easterncompany.com

The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and North America. The company offers turnkey returnable packaging solutions, which are used in the assembly processes of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods, as well as in production processes of plastic packaging products, packaged consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals; injection blow mold tooling products; design, develops, and manufactures 2-step stretch blow molds, and related components for the stretch blow molding industry; and supplies blow molds and change parts to the food, beverage, healthcare, and chemical industries. It also provides rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles; and development and program management services for custom electromechanical and mechanical systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and customer applications. In addition, the company designs and manufactures proprietary vision technology for OEMs and aftermarket applications, as well as offers aftermarket components to the heavy- and medium-duty truck, motorhome, and bus markets. The Eastern Company was founded in 1858 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$129.85M

Current Price

$21.53

High / Low (52W)

$26.32 / $17.59

Beta

0.87

Valuation

Stock P/E

27.60

Industry PE

28.38

Forward P/E

PEG Ratio

1.15

Book Value

$20.65

Price to Book

1.04

P/S

0.53

EV/EBITDA

9.69

Dividend Yield

2.04%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

5.38%

ROE

3.83%

ROA

3.17%

Profit Margin

2.38%

Op Margin

2.14%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.11

EPS (TTM)

$0.78

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.43

Quick Ratio

1.42

Current Ratio

3.52

Debt

$53.46M

Total Assets

$216.68M

Current Assets

$99.27M

Working Capital

$71.65M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

7.92%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

77.96%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$175.69M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$245.33M

EBITDA

$18.13M

Free Cash Flow

$9.98M

Operating Cash Flow

$13.80M

Shares Outstanding

6.03M

Gross Margin

22.30%

Payout Ratio

56.41%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

-3.76%

Profit 5Y

-16.61%

Revenue (YoY)

-5.70%

Earnings (YoY)

-66.50%

PROS

Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Revenue declined at -3.8% CAGR over 5 years.
Earnings shrank at -16.6% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

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#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	EML The Eastern Company R2K	21.53	27.60	$129.85M	2.04%	5.38%	3.83%	-3.76%	-16.61%
2	CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPX	875.87	43.66	$403.42B	0.69%	19.42%	51.33%	4.38%	9.83%
3	GE GE Aerospace SPX	323.76	40.17	$338.27B	0.58%	11.89%	45.43%	16.32%	195.89%
4	GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXAI	968.32	28.33	$260.21B	0.21%	6.30%	75.71%	8.68%	92.84%
5	RTX RTX Corporation SPX	179.66	33.64	$241.95B	1.54%	9.41%	11.57%	9.72%	9.01%
6	UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPX	262.64	21.60	$155.93B	2.10%	16.19%	40.69%	-0.49%	0.66%
7	ETN Eaton Corporation plc SPXAI	400.60	39.20	$155.55B	1.10%	16.23%	20.84%	9.77%	18.41%
8	HON Honeywell International Inc. NDXSPX	237.86	38.00	$150.72B	2.00%	13.57%	24.26%	1.82%	-1.62%
9	DE Deere & Company SPX	542.18	30.67	$146.45B	1.20%	12.82%	18.35%	-4.50%	-11.00%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2015	Apr 2015	Jul 2015	Oct 2015	Jan 2016	Apr 2016	Jul 2016	Oct 2016	Dec 2016	Apr 2017	Jul 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Oct 2020	Apr 2021	Jul 2021	Oct 2021	Apr 2022	Jul 2022	Oct 2022	Apr 2023	Jul 2023	Sep 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Sep 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.04M	56.01M	-	59.44M	60.86M	57.36M	60.88M	61.44M	60.69M	65.33M	39.51M	55.71M	61.77M	61.25M	63.88M	69.01M	69.54M	71.64M	-	-	-	-	-	-	63.31M	70.16M	55.34M	57.53M	59.68M	-
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.13M	53.80M	42.97M	44.40M	47.75M	-
Gross Profit	8.56M	7.34M	7.91M	9.03M	8.10M	6.91M	9.20M	9.37M	10.86M	8.68M	15.51M	11.95M	13.84M	14.72M	15.05M	14.22M	13.81M	15.01M	14.94M	14.66M	10.32M	13.39M	15.51M	13.98M	15.22M	14.58M	15.99M	16.58M	15.50M	15.15M	15.44M	15.45M	18.46M	-	14.19M	16.36M	12.37M	13.13M	11.93M	11.93M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.96M	13.22M	10.64M	10.97M	10.60M	-
Operating Income	-	1.37M	856.02K	3.45M	-	960.86K	3.11M	3.26M	-	2.18M	2.49M	3.57M	-	4.17M	4.39M	4.74M	2.33M	2.96M	5.72M	3.86M	2.86M	4.30M	5.55M	3.51M	4.81M	3.51M	4.89M	5.45M	2.16M	2.43M	5.57M	3.41M	6.01M	-	3.23M	3.14M	1.72M	2.17M	1.32M	1.32M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.54M	4.88M	3.23M	3.69M	2.99M	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	617.47K	636.29K	688.42K	665.24K	527.51K	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.41M	2.58M	876.65K	1.28M	810.39K	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	507.18K	546.38K	297.71K	99.93K	170.26K	-
Net Income	2.03M	873.95K	584.59K	2.53M	1.74M	648.07K	2.09M	2.40M	2.65M	1.52M	1.47M	2.23M	-168.77K	3.10M	3.26M	3.77M	1.57M	2.53M	4.19M	2.90M	-1.89M	2.98M	5.84M	-4.47M	5.96M	3.03M	4.04M	4.86M	607.31K	1.40M	3.06M	1.95M	3.51M	-	1.94M	3.44M	578.94K	1.17M	640.13K	640.13K
Diluted EPS	0.33	0.14	0.09	0.41	0.28	0.10	0.33	0.38	0.42	0.24	0.23	0.35	-0.03	0.49	0.52	0.60	0.25	0.40	0.67	0.46	0.33	0.51	0.90	0.44	0.61	0.48	0.65	0.78	0.10	0.22	0.49	0.31	0.56	-2.47	0.32	0.56	0.10	-	0.11	0.11
R&D Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.68M	1.85M	-	1.39M	1.58M	2.00M	2.24M	2.17M	825.42K	775.44K	917.51K	556.47K	1.02M	1.09M	962.92K	1.20M	959.36K	1.01M	1.40M	1.43M	1.43M	1.36M	1.30M	1.08M	1.11M	1.03M	995.77K	-	-	1.04M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	204.24M	234.28M	251.74M	197.61M	-	246.52M	279.27M	258.86M	272.75M	248.97M	248.97M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	220.65M	197.09M	205.48M	192.01M	-
Gross Profit	20.63M	26.67M	27.35M	33.35M	30.15M	32.49M	34.25M	36.35M	49.86M	58.73M	61.85M	48.09M	-	56.77M	58.62M	61.77M	67.27M	56.96M	56.96M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43.75M	44.74M	47.12M	46.29M	-
Operating Income	3.58M	8.51M	8.71M	13.55M	10.39M	11.72M	8.03M	11.14M	12.08M	17.86M	17.46M	13.51M	-	17.45M	14.87M	17.03M	20.15M	10.67M	10.67M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.91M	23.26M	25.68M	16.76M	-
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.28M	2.81M	2.72M	2.68M	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.40M	15.08M	17.07M	7.49M	-
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.35M	3.30M	3.86M	1.52M	-
Net Income	1.04M	5.54M	5.50M	8.63M	6.90M	7.66M	5.73M	7.79M	5.05M	14.51M	13.27M	5.41M	-	9.35M	12.30M	8.59M	-8.53M	7.13M	7.13M
Diluted EPS	0.17	0.90	0.89	1.38	1.11	1.23	0.92	1.25	0.80	2.31	2.12	1.76	-	1.49	1.97	1.37	-1.37	1.17	1.17
R&D Expense	-	739.25K	825.78K	814.10K	991.29K	1.08M	1.22M	1.53M	5.62M	6.95M	6.02M	2.75M	-	4.10M	4.24M	5.59M	4.89M	-	4.06M

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	-3.76%
1 Year:	-5.70%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-16.61%
1 Year:	-66.50%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	-1.65%
6 Months:	+10.14%
3 Months:	+16.57%
1 Month:	-2.71%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2009	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Total Assets	-	-	102.35M	106.70M	115.85M	113.86M	121.27M	121.74M	124.20M	176.46M	181.25M	280.66M	275.53M	-	266.33M	261.52M	252.04M	235.31M	216.68M	216.68M
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	125.32M	112.24M	115.62M	99.27M	-
Cash & Equivalents	8.97M	16.75M	12.22M	11.15M	18.48M	19.99M	15.83M	17.81M	22.73M	22.28M	13.93M	18.00M	15.32M	-	6.17M	10.19M	8.05M	14.01M	7.41M	7.41M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	64.64M	58.40M	55.21M	56.34M	-
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.89M	34.20M	35.52M	30.13M	-
Total Liabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	175.23M	171.22M	-	151.73M	134.91M	119.56M	114.62M	92.03M	92.03M
Current Liabilities	-	-	12.37M	16.19M	14.90M	13.61M	13.45M	15.16M	12.87M	31.31M	30.15M	34.90M	40.67M	-	49.56M	46.98M	42.73M	44.79M	27.62M	27.62M
Long Term Debt	-	-	3.75M	3.04M	6.07M	4.29M	3.21M	1.79M	892.86K	28.68M	26.35M	93.58M	82.26M	-	63.81M	55.14M	41.06M	38.64M	33.90M	33.90M
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	76.40M	61.89M	60.24M	53.86M	-
Total Equity	62.48M	66.60M	70.04M	69.16M	71.58M	81.50M	74.97M	79.41M	82.47M	86.93M	96.87M	105.44M	104.31M	-	114.60M	126.61M	132.48M	120.69M	124.65M	124.65M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.06M	9.09M	9.15M	9.18M	-

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Operating Cash Flow	13.34M	9.50M	1.45M	13.65M	11.32M	-	9.13M	12.42M	11.18M	12.88M	22.96M	14.56M	-	-7.76M	10.59M	26.48M	20.55M	8.87M	8.87M
Investing Cash Flow	-2.23M	-4.73M	-3.39M	-4.17M	-5.52M	-	-2.51M	-2.86M	-42.80M	-10.41M	-85.77M	-8.35M	-	13.64M	5.09M	-4.64M	-7.89M	-508.92K	-508.92K
Financing Cash Flow	-3.41M	-9.42M	819.39K	-2.30M	-4.03M	-	-3.88M	-4.18M	30.68M	-10.37M	66.97M	-13.18M	-	-20.27M	-11.90M	-22.90M	-4.82M	-16.30M	-16.30M
Capital Expenditure	-2.23M	-4.73M	-3.39M	-4.22M	-5.52M	-3.63M	-2.54M	-2.86M	-2.76M	-3.60M	-5.44M	-2.34M	-	-3.72M	-3.37M	-5.54M	-9.71M	-3.97M	-3.97M
Free Cash Flow	11.12M	4.77M	-1.95M	9.43M	5.79M	-	6.60M	9.55M	8.42M	9.28M	17.52M	12.23M	-	-11.48M	7.23M	20.94M	10.84M	4.90M	4.90M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.78M	-1.85M	7.26M	-7.94M	-
Share Buybacks	-	730.31K	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	1.06M	0	368.86K	-	369.65K	1.64M	735.78K	3.06M	-	3.73M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.77M	2.73M	-	2.68M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Jan 2010	Jan 2011	Dec 2011	Dec 2012	Dec 2013	Jan 2015	Jan 2016	Dec 2016	Dec 2017	Dec 2018	Dec 2019	Jan 2021	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Dec 2022	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.4%	25.1%	24.6%	24.3%	-	23.0%	21.0%	23.9%	24.7%	22.9%	22.9%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.9%	7.6%	6.9%	6.8%	-	7.1%	5.3%	6.6%	7.4%	4.3%	4.3%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5%	6.2%	5.3%	2.7%	-	3.8%	4.4%	3.3%	-3.1%	2.9%	2.9%
ROE %	1.6%	7.9%	8.0%	12.1%	8.5%	10.2%	7.2%	9.4%	5.8%	15.0%	12.6%	5.2%	-	8.2%	9.7%	6.5%	-7.1%	5.7%	5.7%
ROCE %	-	9.5%	9.6%	13.4%	10.4%	10.9%	7.5%	10.0%	8.3%	11.8%	7.1%	5.8%	-	8.0%	6.9%	8.1%	10.6%	5.6%	5.6%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

7.92%

Institutions

77.96%

Public Float

84.67%

Top Institutional Holders

#	Holder	% Held	Shares	Value
1	Barington Companies Management, LLC	10.68%	644.34K	$13.87M
2	Minerva Advisors LLC	9.06%	546.40K	$11.76M
3	Gamco Investors, Inc ET AL	8.49%	512.11K	$11.03M
4	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	6.40%	386.10K	$8.31M
5	Blackrock Inc.	5.11%	308.03K	$6.63M
6	Russell Investments Group, Ltd.	4.26%	257.21K	$5.54M
7	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	3.73%	224.94K	$4.84M
8	Gabelli Funds, LLC	2.74%	165.00K	$3.55M
9	Geode Capital Management, LLC	2.31%	139.30K	$3.00M
10	Renaissance Technologies, LLC	2.21%	133.24K	$2.87M

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