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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Market cap

133.9M

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/E22.6

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE4.9

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC6.2

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All EML market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

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Showing 258 of 258 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000031107
Company name	The Eastern Company
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	276317104
Employees	1,246
Employees Change	47%
Employees Change Percent	3.92
Enterprise value	$180.3M
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Tools & Accessories
Isin	US2763171046
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$133.9M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Price	$22.18
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	199,815.69x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	3420
Symbol	EML
Website	https://www.easterncompany.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.33%
EV Earnings	25.28x
EV Sales Forward	0.6x
EV/EBIT	13.67x
EV/EBITDA	9.12x
EV/FCF	36.84x
EV/Sales	0.72x
FCF yield	3.66%
P/B ratio	1.08x
P/E ratio	22.65x
P/S ratio	0.54x
PE Ratio10 Y	17.4x
PE Ratio3 Y	17.05x
PE Ratio5 Y	17.04x
PS Forward	0.44x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	5.3%
EBITDA Margin	7.95%
FCF margin	1.97%
Gross margin	22.88%
Gross Profit	$57M
Gross Profit Growth	-15.32%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-14.5%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-0.95%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	3.44%
Net Income	$7.1M
Net Income Growth Q	-10.88%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-16.61%
Net Income Growth5 Y	5.7%
Pretax Margin	3.01%
Profit Margin	2.86%
Profit Per Employee	$5,725
Profitable Years	1
ROA	3.65
Roa5y	4.22
ROCE	6.98
ROE	4.86
Roe5y	9.67
ROIC	6.16
Roic5y	7.4

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	5.08%
Cagr15y	3.45%
Cagr1y	-3.43%
Cagr20y	4.35%
Cagr3y	11.23%
Cagr5y	-4.14%
Div CAGR10	-0.22%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth Q	-8.86
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-15.93
EPS Growth5 Y	6.33
FCF Growth	-54.84%
FCF Growth Q	-84.38%
FCF Growth3 Y	-12.18%
FCF Growth5 Y	-23.23%
OCF Growth	-56.86%
OCF Growth Q	-67.4%
OCF Growth10 Y	-0.3%
OCF Growth3 Y	-5.76%
OCF Growth5 Y	-15.59%
Revenue Growth	-8.72x
Revenue Growth Q	-13.72x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-3.76x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.73x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.1
Assets	$216.7M
Cash	$7.4M
Current Assets	$99.3M
Current Liabilities	$27.6M
Debt	$53.9M
Debt EBITDA	$2.22
Debt Equity	$0.43
Debt FCF	$11
Equity	$124.6M
Interest Coverage	4.92
Liabilities	$92M
Long Term Assets	$117.4M
Long Term Liabilities	$64.4M
Net Cash	$-46.4M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-34.69
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.35
Net Debt Equity	$0.37
Net Debt FCF	$9.49
Tangible Book Value	$55.7M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$9.21
WACC	7.6

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.59
Inventory Turnover	3.44
Net Working Capital	$68.9M
Quick ratio	1.36
Working Capital	$71.7M
Working Capital Turnover	$3.49

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.86%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.44
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	1.98%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-15
Last Dividend	$0.11
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	37.58%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	64.06%
1Y total return	-3.42%
200-day SMA	20.96
3Y total return	37.62%
50-day SMA	20.87
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-19.04%
All Time High	35.78
All Time High Change	-38.01%
All Time High Date	2024-03-27
All Time Low	1.48
All Time Low Change	1,397.64%
All Time Low Date	1973-12-12
ATR	0.61
Beta	0.87
Beta1y	0.6
Beta2y	0.78
Ch YTD	12.65
High	22.75
High52	26.77
High52 Date	2025-09-18
High52ch	-17.15%
Low	22.03
Low52	17.61
Low52 Date	2026-01-28
Low52ch	25.95%
Ma50ch	6.27%
Price vs 200-day SMA	5.82%
RSI	57.11
RSI Monthly	48.47
RSI Weekly	58.09
Sharpe ratio	-0.02x
Sortino ratio	0.13
Total Return	3.84%
Tr YTD	13.31
Tr15y	66.22%
Tr1m	6.64%
Tr1w	0.5%
Tr3m	14.59%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$13.2M
Operating Income Growth	-34.51
Operating Income Growth Q	-15.97
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-7.46
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-4.2
Operating margin	5.3

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	4,865,931%
Float Percent	80.61%
Net Borrowing	-9,587,330
Shares Insiders	7.57%
Shares Institutions	65.13%
Shares Out	6,036,390
Shares Qo Q	-0.54%
Shares Yo Y	-1.86%
Short Float	3.5%
Short Ratio	11.68
Short Shares	2.82

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$4M
Average Volume	13,966.05x
Bv Per Share	20.63
CAPEX	$-4M
Ch10y	35.66
Ch15y	20.41
Ch1m	6.64
Ch1w	0.5
Ch1y	-5.42
Ch20y	50.55
Ch3m	13.92
Ch3y	29.71
Ch5y	-26.41
Ch6m	12.88
Change	-1.73%
Change From Open	-1.73
Close	22.57
Days Gap	0
Depreciation Amortization	6,586,040
Dollar Volume	124,036.4
Earnings Date	2026-05-12
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$13.2M
EBITDA	$19.8M
EPS	$1.17
F Score	6
FCF	$4.9M
FCF EV Yield	2.71x
FCF Per Share	$0.81
Financing CF	-16,297,392
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,858
Goodwill	58,631,336
Graham Number	23.31221
Graham Upside	5.1
Income Tax	$1.5M
Investing CF	-508,922
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-03
Last Report Date	2026-01-03
Last Split Date	2006-10-18
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-03
Lynch Fair Value	$6.68
Lynch Upside	-69.9
Ma150	20.05
Ma150ch	10.63%
Ma20	22.12
Ma20ch	0.26%
Net CF	-7,431,510
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-12
Open	22.57
Optionable	No
P FCF Ratio	27.35
P OCF Ratio	15.1
Payment Date	2026-06-15
Position In Range	20.83
Ppne	42,897,039
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.77
Ptbv Ratio	2.41
Relative Volume	0.4x
Revenue	248,970,345x
SBC By Revenue	0.36x
Share Based Comp	894,091
Tax By Revenue	0.61x
Tax Rate	20.33%
Tr20y	134.22%
Tr6m	14.18%
Us State	Connecticut
Volume	5,592.3
Z Score	3.57

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

EML dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.0%

$0.44 annual per share

Payout ratio

+37.6%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

0.0%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.8%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-15

Performance

EML stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns EML?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+65.1%

Float: +80.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+7.6%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

EML momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

57.1

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+5.8%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.87

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.02

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

EML vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	Verkaufen
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	Verkaufen
DE	Deere & Company	155.3B	32.4x	3.3x	6.0%	+4.8%	+23.3%	Verkaufen

Questions

About EML

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