ESAB Corporation

ESAB Industrials Metal Fabrication

ESAB Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 3.71% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.9%, EPS fell 54.6%, free cash flow fell 58.1% and total debt rose 121.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years.

65.35 0.28 −0.43%
Market cap
$4.1B
P/E
23.4×
Fwd P/E
19.9×
Dividend yield
0.67%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.86
Beneish M
−2.25
Dividend safety
84/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 8.86
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 3 — — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 5.40%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 4,080.00
Revenue 3,002.06
Net Income 178.52
Free Cash Flow 198.77
Net Debt 2,179.80
Current Ratio 1.96 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.93
P/E ratio 23.42
Fwd P/E 19.90
P/S ratio 1.34
P/B ratio 1.66
Past 5Y EPS Growth 6.62%
This Y EPS Growth 2.49%
Next Y EPS Growth 17.71% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 7.68%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.14%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 39.98%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 20.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 7.26%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 36.22%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 77.95%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.16
Annual Dividend Rate 0.44
Annual Dividend Yield 0.67%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.43
0.10
0.12
0.12
2025 0.38
0.08
0.10
0.10
0.10
2024 0.30
0.06
0.08
0.08
0.08
2023 0.23
0.05
0.06
0.06
0.06
2022 0.15
0.05
0.05
0.05
2021 Powerpack
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 102 249 186 217
Receivables 385 370 451 554
Inventory 393 404 482 582
Other 56 69 77 91
998 1,148 1,262 1,528
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 307 318 360 407
ST’ Debt — 15 2 6
Other — — — —
620 632 665 779

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 7.83% 3.10%
Cash Flow — (3.36%) 6.72%
Earnings — 7.57% 0.45%
Book Value — 0.00% 16.78%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 746 808 — — —
’25 678 716 728 721 2,843
’24 690 707 673 671 2,741
’23 684 720 681 689 2,775
’22 648 661 620 664 2,593
’21 568 630 606 624 2,428
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 47 33 — — —
’25 35 47 81 97 261
’24 44 83 101 127 355
’23 38 63 107 122 330
’22 16 27 80 91 214
’21 63 60 69 59 251
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 33 16 — — —
’25 33 38 70 79 220
’24 37 74 93 103 307
’23 31 55 99 103 287
’22 13 20 72 74 179
’21 58 55 61 46 220
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.78 0.50 — — —
’25 1.10 1.09 0.90 0.61 3.67
’24 0.98 1.35 1.11 0.88 4.31
’23 0.52 1.07 0.94 0.83 3.36
’22 0.93 0.91 0.86 1.00 3.69
’21 0.98 1.30 1.02 0.68 3.98
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — — — — — — 32.12 47.17 82.44 100.17

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High — — — — — — 58.08 87.98 135.97 135.84
People
People Employees — — — — — 9,275 9,000 9,000 9,300 10,300
Revenue/emp, $m — — — — 0.00 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.28
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — — 1,950 2,428 2,593 2,775 2,741 2,843
Gross margin, % — — — — 35.00 34.51 34.14 36.61 37.85 36.88
EBT — — — — 206 319 300 319 370 328
EBT margin, % — — — — 10.56 13.14 11.58 11.50 13.51 11.55
Net income — 0 — — 160 239 228 211 271 233
Depreciation — — — — 77 76 66 75 67 84
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — — 32.48 40.45 43.19 46.07 45.36 46.85
Earnings — — — — 2.66 3.98 3.69 3.39 4.36 3.67
Cash flow — — — — 5.15 4.18 3.57 5.49 5.88 4.29
Capex — — — — (0.58) (0.51) (0.59) (0.72) (0.79) (0.67)
Free cash flow — — — — 4.57 3.67 2.98 4.76 5.09 3.62
Book value — — — — 0.00 41.67 23.12 27.35 29.92 36.45
Shares, m — — — — 60 60 60 60 60 61
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — — 12.58 12.58 13.08 25.17 27.57 30.11
P/S — — — — 1.24 1.24 1.12 1.85 2.64 2.38
P/B — — — — 1.20 1.20 2.10 3.11 4.01 3.07
EV/Sales — — — — 1.22 1.22 1.57 2.18 2.95 2.75
EV/FCF — — — — 13.44 13.44 22.79 21.12 26.26 35.61
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — — 309 251 214 330 355 261
Capex — — — — (35) (30) (35) (44) (48) (41)
Free cash flow — — — — 275 220 179 287 307 220
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — — — 367 387 378 516 597
Total debt — — — — — 109 1,238 1,018 1,076 1,235
Net debt — — — — — 68 1,166 916 826 1,049
Shareholders’ equity — — — — — 2,502 1,388 1,648 1,808 2,212
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — — 0.00 13.59 6.20 5.41 6.74 5.15
ROIC — — — — 0.00 7.45 8.05 9.85 10.61 7.90
ROE — — — — 0.00 0.00 11.50 13.52 15.33 11.28
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

ESAB Corporation vs peers in Metal Fabrication (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
ATI ATI Inc. $25.8B 53.3× 41.5× +10.58% (above 0%: growing) +54.17% (above 0%: growing) −23.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.57% 17.45% Compare
CRS Carpenter Technology Corporation $18.9B 35.6× 39.0× +12.63% (above 0%: growing) +45.74% (above 0%: growing) −23.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.61% 24.32% Compare
MLI Mueller Industries, Inc. $13.4B 15.4× 17.0× +25.46% (above 0%: growing) +1.77% (above 0%: growing) +7.23% (above 0%: growing) 27.69% 21.71% Compare
CMC Commercial Metals Company $7.2B 11.0× 11.0× +25.72% (above 0%: growing) +41.32% (above 0%: growing) +21.76% (above 0%: growing) 18.87% 10.18% Compare
ESAB ESAB Corporation $4.1B 23.4× 19.9× +12.86% (above 0%: growing) −54.55% (below 0%: shrinking) −58.05% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.04% 9.75%
GPGI CompoSecure, Inc. $3.7B — (loss-making) 15.1× −99.98% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m 0.00% 195.83% 0.00% Compare
WOR Worthington Enterprises, Inc. $3.1B 19.1× 14.8× +13.23% (above 0%: growing) +23.94% (above 0%: growing) +97.40% (above 0%: growing) 26.43% 3.79% Compare
PRLB Proto Labs, Inc. $2.1B 67.4× 55.0× +10.57% (above 0%: growing) +100.00% (above 0%: growing) +1.35% (above 0%: growing) 46.43% 7.61% Compare
RYZ Ryerson Holding Corporation $1.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +71.57% (above 0%: growing) +400.00% (above 0%: growing) −67.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.71% 1.71% Compare
Median of peers $5.5B 27.4× 17.0× +12.93% +45.74% +0.68% 27.06% 8.90%

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ESAB Corporation (ESAB) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $233.2 million, or $3.67 per share (basic), a net margin of 7.98%.
  • Strength: ESAB Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.8 billion, up 3.71% from fiscal 2024.
  • ESAB Corporation (ESAB) is a Metal Fabrication company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, ESAB traded at $65.35, a market capitalization of $4.1 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 23.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 40% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • ESAB Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share, a yield of 0.67%, with a payout ratio of 15.8%.
  • Return on equity was 11.3% and debt-to-equity 0.93.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.86 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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