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Eastern Company (The)

EML Industrials Tools & Accessories

Eastern Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $249.0 million, down 8.72% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−11.9%
EPS
+67.9%
Free cash flow
+164.0%
Total debt
+13.3%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

27.15 1.66 −5.76%
Market cap
$163.7M
P/E
20.3×
Fwd P/E
12.9×
Dividend yield
1.62%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.38
Beneish M
−2.58
Dividend safety
71/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.97
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy 8 — — 10 — — 9 — — 4 — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 8.14%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 163.74
Revenue ttm 236.99
Net income ttm 8.04
Free cash flow ttm 15.19
Net debt Q 29.31
Valuation
P/E 20.26
Forward P/E 12.90
Price / sales 0.69
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 10.76
Price / book 1.26
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.80 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.34 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q 2.85
Growth
Revenue growth Q −11.89% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −47.24% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year −13.54% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +29.29% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A −0.47% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, past 5 yrs +6.35%
EPS, next 5 yrs A —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.8×, against a ten-year median of 0.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.5× in 2023 to 1.4× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 73.60%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 52.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 38.72%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 60.58%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 40.65%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
1.62%
Annual rate
0.44
Payout ratio
32.8%
Growth, 2017–25
0.00%/yr
  1. 0.44 ’17
  2. 0.44 ’18 +0
  3. 0.44 ’19 +0
  4. 0.44 ’20 +0
  5. 0.44 ’21 +0
  6. 0.44 ’22 +0
  7. 0.44 ’23 +0
  8. 0.44 ’24 +0
  9. 0.44 ’25 +0
  10. 0.01 ’26e −97
paid forecast change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 9 16 7 15
Receivables 34 36 30 37
Inventory 58 55 56 66
Other 5 5 — —
112 116 99 125
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 25 20 16 27
ST’ Debt 3 4 — —
Other 2 3 — —
43 45 28 45

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.59% 4.73% (3.76%)
Cash Flow (0.30%) (9.45%) 5.94%
Earnings 2.22% 5.70% (16.61%)
Book Value 4.61% 3.63% (0.52%)

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.11 0.94 — — —
’25 0.32 0.56 0.10 0.19 1.17
’24 0.31 0.56 (2.46) 0.26 (1.37)
’23 0.10 0.22 0.49 0.56 1.37
’22 0.48 0.65 0.78 0.03 1.97
’21 0.93 (0.71) 0.95 0.62 1.49
’20 0.46 (0.30) 0.48 0.23 0.86
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 60 62 — — —
’25 63 70 55 60 249
’24 65 73 71 64 273
’23 72 68 62 56 259
’22 69 70 72 69 279
’21 62 61 64 60 247
’20 65 40 56 37 198
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 9 — — —
’25 (2) 4 3 4 9
’24 3 8 (3) 11 19
’23 7 7 5 7 26
’22 (4) 1 2 8 7
’21 1 3 (8) (4) (8)
’20 2 5 13 (5) 15
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3 8 — — —
’25 (3) 3 3 2 5
’24 1 7 (8) 11 12
’23 6 6 2 6 20
’22 (3) 0 2 6 6
’21 3 2 (8) (6) (9)
’20 1 5 12 (6) 13
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 138 204 234 252 198 247 279 259 273 249 237 +6.8% 248 — — (0.5%)
Gross margin, % 26.41 24.41 25.07 24.57 24.33 23.03 20.99 23.86 24.66 22.88 21.56 (3.5) pt
EBT 11 11 18 16 13 19 14 15 17 7 11 (4.4%)
EBT margin, % 8.16 5.61 7.51 6.44 6.69 7.74 5.16 5.83 6.26 3.01 4.56 (5.1) pt
Net income 8 5 15 13 5 9 12 9 (9) 7 8 (1.0%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 22.01 32.63 37.44 40.38 31.68 39.37 44.87 41.54 43.94 40.87 39.37 +7.1%
Earnings 1.25 0.81 2.32 2.13 0.87 1.49 1.98 1.38 (1.37) 1.17 1.34 (0.7%)
Cash flow 1.99 1.79 2.06 3.68 2.33 (1.24) 1.20 4.10 3.12 1.46 3.15 (3.4%)
Capex (0.46) (0.43) (0.86) (0.73) (0.30) (0.28) (0.19) (0.89) (1.20) (0.64) (0.63) +3.9%
Free cash flow 1.53 1.35 1.19 2.95 2.03 (1.52) 1.01 3.21 1.93 0.81 2.52 (6.8%)
Book value 13.19 13.89 15.48 16.91 16.72 18.30 20.34 21.26 19.44 20.46 21.59 +5.0%
Shares, m 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 (0.3%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.38 33.00 10.47 14.33 27.70 14.01 10.16 15.77 0.00 16.83 20.26 15.9
P/S 0.92 0.81 0.65 0.76 0.76 0.64 0.44 0.52 0.60 0.48 0.69 0.7
P/B 1.53 1.90 1.56 1.81 1.44 1.37 0.97 1.02 1.37 0.96 1.26 1.4
EV/Sales 0.76 0.87 0.71 1.08 1.13 0.90 0.63 0.66 0.71 0.62 0.83 0.8
EV/FCF 10.99 21.06 22.24 14.75 17.65 (23.39) 28.31 8.56 16.23 31.09 12.97 14.7
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 12 11 13 23 15 (8) 7 26 19 9 19 (3.7%)
Capex (3) (3) (5) (5) (2) (2) (1) (6) (7) (4) (4) +3.6%
Free cash flow 10 8 7 18 13 (9) 6 20 12 5 15 (7.1%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 65 69 71 81 71 74 78 70 71 72 80 +1.1%
Net debt (21) 13 15 81 73 65 54 36 29 30 29 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 82 87 97 105 104 115 127 132 121 125 130 +4.7%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.33 3.36 8.11 5.74 1.94 3.45 4.66 3.34 (3.50) 3.16 3.39 (3.2) pt
ROIC 11.31 7.56 10.00 5.86 4.75 6.07 4.90 6.33 8.40 4.33 2.86 (7.0) pt
ROE 9.62 5.96 15.78 13.11 5.15 8.54 10.20 6.63 (6.74) 5.81 6.32 (3.8) pt
People
People Employees 862 1,189 1,327 1,399 1,323 1,191 1,191 1,199 1,246 1,246 — +4.2%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.15 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.20 — +2.5%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Eastern Company (The) vs peers in Tools & Accessories (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. $14.7B 25.9× 24.8× +15.08% (above 0%: growing) +18.97% (above 0%: growing) −13.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.80% 17.31% Compare
RBC RBC Bearings Incorporated $14.7B 41.3× 37.7× +15.22% (above 0%: growing) +56.32% (above 0%: growing) +19.53% (above 0%: growing) 45.56% 25.09% Compare
TTC Toro Company (The) $10.0B 28.1× 27.3× +8.35% (above 0%: growing) +50.00% (above 0%: growing) −22.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.11% 9.40% Compare
TKR Timken Company (The) $6.9B 23.8× 26.7× +4.69% (above 0%: growing) +45.55% (above 0%: growing) +36.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.90% 13.70% Compare
KMT Kennametal Inc. $1.8B 3.0× 5.9× +54.26% (above 0%: growing) +1,055.97% (above 0%: growing) −3,761.59% (below 0%: shrinking) 66.85% 49.37% Compare
HLMN Hillman Solutions Corp. $1.7B 64.6× 29.8× +7.66% (above 0%: growing) −73.08% (below 0%: shrinking) +463.59% (above 0%: growing) 50.77% 8.28% Compare
EML Eastern Company (The) $163.7M 20.3× 12.9× −11.89% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.86% (above 0%: growing) +164.03% (above 0%: growing) 20.63% 2.68%
ZJK ZJK Industrial Co., Ltd. $79.8M — — — — −52.43% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
CVR Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. $10.2M — (loss-making) 9.7× −0.84% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −5,035.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 7.78% (14.28%) Compare
Median of peers $4.4B 27.0× 26.7× +8.35% +47.78% −17.78% 34.80% 13.70%

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Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 888.00k 609.94k 74,320.00
2024 88.86k 88.86k 121,210.00
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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