Methode Electronics, Inc.

MEI Technology Electronic Components

Methode Electronics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.0 billion, down 2.76% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 10.4%, EPS fell 10.3%, free cash flow fell 156.5% and total debt fell 3.99%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

13.33 0.98 −6.85%
Market cap
$510.1M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−54.1×
Dividend yield
1.88%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.91
Beneish M
−2.85
Dividend safety
31/100

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Insider Ownership 5.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 510.08
Revenue 1,044.10
Net Income (36.80)
Free Cash Flow 5.90
Net Debt 194.30
Current Ratio 2.41 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.47 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (54.10) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 0.46
P/B ratio 0.72
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 31.35% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 122.12% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 4.10%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 21.16%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 21.30%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 20.86%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 97.98%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 0.25
Annual Dividend Yield 1.88%
total individual payouts
2026 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2025 0.40
0.14
0.14
0.07
0.05
2024 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2023 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2022 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2021 0.50
0.11
0.11
0.14
0.14
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 0.36
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2016 0.36
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 162 104 140 116
Receivables 267 245 261 259
Inventory 186 194 179 185
Other 5 — — —
638 560 600 584
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 132 126 134 137
ST’ Debt 0 0 0 0
Other — — — —
231 233 254 242

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.34% (1.30%) (4.76%)
Cash Flow (10.14%) (26.72%) (34.10%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 3.72% (5.89%) (10.40%)

Revenue $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 265 — — — —
’26 241 247 234 298 1,019
’25 259 293 240 257 1,048
’24 290 288 260 277 1,115
’23 282 316 280 301 1,180
’22 288 296 292 289 1,164
’21 191 301 295 301 1,088
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (8) — — — —
’26 25 (7) 15 5 38
’25 11 (48) 28 35 26
’24 (6) (1) 29 25 48
’23 13 15 56 49 133
’22 10 27 20 42 99
’21 16 40 87 36 180
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (11) — — — —
’26 19 (12) 10 18 36
’25 (3) (55) 19 29 (10)
’24 (19) (10) 12 36 19
’23 3 11 43 38 94
’22 (6) 22 12 34 61
’21 5 37 82 31 155
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 (0.32) — — — —
’26 (0.29) (0.28) (0.45) 0.01 (1.01)
’25 (0.52) (0.05) (0.41) (0.80) (1.77)
’24 0.02 (1.55) (0.33) (1.63) (3.48)
’23 0.58 0.75 0.54 0.22 2.10
’22 0.76 0.72 0.78 0.43 2.70
’21 0.54 1.01 0.83 0.81 3.19
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 36.05 20.99 22.64 21.76 37.25 33.91 20.46 8.54 5.08 4.88

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 48.44 45.45 41.70 39.58 50.20 50.39 51.38 22.74 13.31 20.38
People
People Employees 4,464 5,056 6,187 6,044 7,200 7,000 6,700 7,500 6,500 6,650
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.15 0.16 0.15
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 817 908 1,000 1,024 1,088 1,164 1,180 1,115 1,048 1,019
Gross margin, % 26.74 26.38 26.57 27.63 25.19 22.77 22.39 16.04 15.59 19.84
EBT 116 124 104 149 135 119 90 (128) (50) (11)
EBT margin, % 14.19 13.63 10.36 14.52 12.40 10.18 7.64 (11.49) (4.78) (1.05)
Net income 93 57 92 123 122 102 77 (123) (63) (36)
Depreciation 24 28 44 49 52 53 50 165 60 60
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 21.90 24.36 26.74 27.25 28.60 31.25 32.75 31.42 29.67 28.69
Earnings 2.49 1.54 2.45 3.28 3.22 2.74 2.14 (3.48) (1.77) (1.01)
Cash flow 3.89 3.16 2.73 3.74 4.73 2.65 3.69 1.34 0.75 1.07
Capex (0.60) (1.30) (1.33) (1.20) (0.65) (1.00) (1.07) (0.81) (1.02) (0.05)
Free cash flow 3.29 1.86 1.40 2.54 4.07 1.65 2.62 0.52 (0.27) 1.02
Book value 14.51 16.90 18.44 20.85 24.13 24.54 26.15 21.60 19.62 19.07
Shares, m 37 37 37 38 38 37 36 35 35 36
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.93 25.91 12.04 9.15 13.95 16.14 19.26 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 2.04 1.64 1.10 1.10 1.57 1.42 1.26 0.39 0.21 0.28
P/B 3.08 2.36 1.60 1.44 1.86 1.80 1.58 0.56 0.32 0.42
EV/Sales 1.71 1.43 1.31 1.23 1.58 1.45 1.39 0.54 0.42 0.46
EV/FCF 11.38 18.53 25.16 13.22 11.07 27.44 17.33 32.35 (45.37) 13.03
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 145 118 102 141 180 99 133 48 26 38
Capex (22) (48) (50) (45) (25) (37) (38) (29) (36) (2)
Free cash flow 123 69 52 96 155 61 94 19 (10) 36
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 406 393 273 422 451 440 436 406 327 347
Total debt 27 58 293 352 240 211 307 331 318 325
Net debt (267) (188) 209 135 7 39 150 169 214 185
Shareholders’ equity 541 630 690 783 918 914 942 766 693 678
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 13.66 7.06 8.53 9.48 8.62 7.16 5.20 (8.27) (4.62) (2.73)
ROIC 25.26 16.74 7.42 10.01 8.64 7.33 5.18 (7.48) (1.65) 0.64
ROE 18.37 9.77 13.88 16.75 14.38 11.16 8.31 (14.44) (8.58) (5.21)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Methode Electronics, Inc. vs peers in Electronic Components (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
CTS CTS Corporation $1.6B 22.7× 26.1× +7.00% (above 0%: growing) +8.06% (above 0%: growing) +15.11% (above 0%: growing) 41.48% 18.51% Compare
DAKT Daktronics, Inc. $878.7M 18.4× 16.2× +7.12% (above 0%: growing) +17.65% (above 0%: growing) +24.97% (above 0%: growing) 30.52% 10.63% Compare
LYTS LSI Industries Inc. $754.7M 28.6× 20.2× +51.30% (above 0%: growing) −29.63% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.69% (above 0%: growing) 24.47% 6.18% Compare
KOPN Kopin Corporation $707.2M 74.1× — (loss-making) +50.62% (above 0%: growing) n/m −66.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.27% (27.51%) Compare
LPTH LightPath Technologies, Inc. $574.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +73.32% (above 0%: growing) n/m −171.87% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.44% (20.31%) Compare
MEI Methode Electronics, Inc. $510.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +10.35% (above 0%: growing) n/m −156.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.97% (1.47%)
MPTI M-tron Industries, Inc. $293.3M 22.6× 37.4× +13.76% (above 0%: growing) −16.36% (below 0%: shrinking) +35.44% (above 0%: growing) 41.21% 11.38% Compare
RELL Richardson Electronics, Ltd. $282.3M 30.7× 41.5× +18.89% (above 0%: growing) +112.38% (above 0%: growing) +1,121.05% (above 0%: growing) 34.64% 7.88% Compare
OPTX Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. $279.1M — (loss-making) — +26.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −96.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.90% 3.88% Compare
Median of peers $640.8M 25.6× 26.1× +22.52% +8.06% +14.90% 37.04% 7.03%

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Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI) key facts

  • Concern: Methode Electronics, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.0 billion, down 2.76% from fiscal 2025.
  • Concern: Methode Electronics, Inc. reported a net loss of $35.7 million, or a loss of $1.01 per share, for fiscal 2026.
  • Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI) is an Electronic Components company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MEI traded at $13.33, a market capitalization of $510.1 million.
  • Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.5× sales.
  • Methode Electronics, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share, a yield of 1.88%.
  • Return on equity was −5.21% and debt-to-equity 0.47.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.91 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI) Latest News

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