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Eastern Company (The)

Eastern Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $249.0 million, down 8.72% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 11.9%, EPS grew 67.9%, free cash flow grew 164.0% and total debt rose 13.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

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Market cap: $150.7M
P/E: 18.1×
Fwd P/E: 12.9×
Dividend yield: 1.81%
F-score: 7/9
Altman Z: 3.38
Beneish M: −2.58
Dividend safety: 71/100

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.17

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	3	9	—	—	10	—	—	9	—	—	4	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Insider Ownership 8.14%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 150.68

Revenue 236.99

Net Income 8.04

Free Cash Flow 15.19

Net Debt 29.31

Current Ratio 2.80

Debt/Equity 0.34

P/E ratio 18.14

Fwd P/E 12.90

P/S ratio 0.62

P/B ratio 1.13

Past 5Y EPS Growth 6.35%

This Y EPS Growth (13.54%)

Next Y EPS Growth 29.29%

Next Y revenue growth (0.47%)

Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 62.28%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 40.21%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 25.80%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 43.13%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 31.29%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.33

Annual Dividend Rate 0.44

Annual Dividend Yield 1.81%

	total	individual payouts
2026	0.01	0.11 0.11 0.11
2025	0.00	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2024	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2023	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2022	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2021	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2020	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2019	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2018	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2017	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
2016	0.44	0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	15.01	18.85	21.67	20.70	15.28	22.23	17.10	15.30	20.50	18.49	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	21.50	31.50	31.00	31.97	31.87	33.96	28.32	26.04	35.78	29.55
People
People	Employees	862	1,189	1,327	1,399	1,323	1,191	1,191	1,199	1,246	1,246
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.15	0.21	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.20
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	138	204	234	252	198	247	279	259	273	249
	Gross margin, %	26.41	24.41	25.07	24.57	24.33	23.03	20.99	23.86	24.66	22.88
	EBT	11	11	18	16	13	19	14	15	17	7
	EBT margin, %	8.16	5.61	7.51	6.44	6.69	7.74	5.16	5.83	6.26	3.01
	Net income	8	5	15	13	5	9	12	9	(9)	7
	Depreciation	4	5	5	6	12	7	7	5	6	7
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
	Earnings	1.25	0.81	2.32	2.13	0.87	1.49	1.98	1.38	(1.37)	1.17
	Cash flow	1.99	1.79	2.06	3.68	2.33	(1.24)	1.20	4.10	3.12	1.46
	Capex	(0.46)	(0.43)	(0.86)	(0.73)	(0.30)	(0.28)	(0.19)	(0.89)	(1.20)	(0.64)
	Free cash flow	1.53	1.35	1.19	2.95	2.03	(1.52)	1.01	3.21	1.93	0.81
	Book value	13.19	13.89	15.48	16.91	16.72	18.30	20.34	21.26	19.44	20.46
	Shares, m	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	16.38	33.00	10.47	14.33	27.70	14.01	10.16	15.77	0.00	16.83
	P/S	0.92	0.81	0.65	0.76	0.76	0.64	0.44	0.52	0.60	0.48
	P/B	1.53	1.90	1.56	1.81	1.44	1.37	0.97	1.02	1.37	0.96
	EV/Sales	0.76	0.87	0.71	1.08	1.13	0.90	0.63	0.66	0.71	0.62
	EV/FCF	10.99	21.06	22.24	14.75	17.65	(23.39)	28.31	8.56	16.23	31.09
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	12	11	13	23	15	(8)	7	26	19	9
	Capex	(3)	(3)	(5)	(5)	(2)	(2)	(1)	(6)	(7)	(4)
	Free cash flow	10	8	7	18	13	(9)	6	20	12	5
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	65	69	71	81	71	74	78	70	71	72
	Total debt	2	35	29	99	89	71	64	45	45	37
	Net debt	(21)	13	15	81	73	65	54	36	29	30
	Shareholders’ equity	82	87	97	105	104	115	127	132	121	125
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	6.33	3.36	8.11	5.74	1.94	3.45	4.66	3.34	(3.50)	3.16
	ROIC	11.31	7.56	10.00	5.86	4.75	6.07	4.90	6.33	8.40	4.33
	ROE	9.62	5.96	15.78	13.11	5.15	8.54	10.20	6.63	(6.74)	5.81

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	$14.2B	26.0×	24.2×	+12.03% (above 0%: growing)	+12.40% (above 0%: growing)	+87.67% (above 0%: growing)	36.81%	18.09%	Compare
SWK Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	$14.0B	22.5×	15.8×	+0.39% (above 0%: growing)	+249.25% (above 0%: growing)	+418.34% (above 0%: growing)	32.97%	14.10%	Compare
TTC Toro Company (The)	$9.5B	26.8×	19.5×	+8.35% (above 0%: growing)	+50.00% (above 0%: growing)	−22.43% (below 0%: shrinking)	34.11%	9.40%	Compare
TKR Timken Company (The)	$7.8B	30.2×	25.8×	+7.46% (above 0%: growing)	−62.83% (below 0%: shrinking)	+3.19% (above 0%: growing)	31.67%	6.73%	Compare
KMT Kennametal Inc.	$2.4B	6.9×	7.2×	+42.63% (above 0%: growing)	+964.29% (above 0%: growing)	−265.44% (below 0%: shrinking)	58.86%	41.12%	Compare
HLMN Hillman Solutions Corp.	$1.4B	33.5×	32.0×	+9.79% (above 0%: growing)	+37.50% (above 0%: growing)	+125.12% (above 0%: growing)	47.05%	9.26%	Compare
EML Eastern Company (The)	$150.7M	18.1×	12.9×	−11.89% (below 0%: shrinking)	+67.86% (above 0%: growing)	+164.03% (above 0%: growing)	20.63%	2.68%
CVR Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.	$10.9M	— (loss-making)	9.7×	−0.84% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−5,035.37% (below 0%: shrinking)	7.78%	(14.28%)	Compare
TBLT ToughBuilt Industries, Inc.	$1.7M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−44.65% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+96.38% (above 0%: growing)	12.66%	(118.09%)	Compare
Median of peers	$5.1B	26.4×	19.5×	+7.91%	+43.75%	+45.43%	33.54%	9.33%

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Eastern Company (The) (EML) key facts

Concern: Eastern Company (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $249.0 million, down 8.72% from fiscal 2024.
Eastern Company (The) (EML) is a Tools & Accessories company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
Net income was $7.1 million, or $1.17 per share (basic), a net margin of 2.86%.
As of October 16, 2026, EML traded at $24.31, a market capitalization of $150.7 million.
At that price the stock trades at 18.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 62% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Eastern Company (The) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share, a yield of 1.81%, with a payout ratio of 32.8%.
Return on equity was 5.81% and debt-to-equity 0.34.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.38 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.