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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.

Revenue
+10.4%
EPS
−10.3%
Free cash flow
−156.5%
Total debt
−3.99%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

10.33 2.94 −22.16%
Market cap
$362.2M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−21.2×
Dividend yield
1.94%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.91
Beneish M
−2.85
Dividend safety
31/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 5.76%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 362.15
Revenue ttm 1,044.10
Net income ttm (36.80)
Free cash flow ttm 5.90
Net debt Q 194.30
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E (21.20) (negative: loss-making)
Price / sales 0.35
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 62.46
Price / book 0.56
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.41 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.47 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q (0.75)
Growth
Revenue growth Q +10.35% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −454.55% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +31.35% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +122.12% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +4.10%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +10.00%

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 0.5×, against a ten-year median of 1.3×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.4× in 2026 to 1.9× in 2017.
P/S against its own 10 years 14.63%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 17.60%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 14.59%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 97.32%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
1.94%
Annual rate
0.20
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2018–26
−9.39%/yr
  1. 0.44 ’18
  2. 0.44 ’19 +0
  3. 0.44 ’20 +0
  4. 0.50 ’21 +14
  5. 0.56 ’22 +12
  6. 0.56 ’23 +0
  7. 0.56 ’24 +0
  8. 0.40 ’25 −29
  9. 0.20 ’26 −50
paid change on the year, %

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%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q1 FY27 Estimate −0.47 Actual −0.22

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q3 FY25 −0.11 −0.21 Miss by 0.10
Q3 FY26 −0.26 −0.37 Miss by 0.11
Q4 FY26 −0.11 −0.30 Miss by 0.19
Q1 FY27 −0.47 −0.22 Beat by 0.25
Q2 FY27 −0.32 — Reports 2 December 2026

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 817 908 1,000 1,024 1,088 1,164 1,180 1,115 1,048 1,019 1,044 +2.5% 1,061 1,122 — +4.9%
Gross margin, % 26.74 26.38 26.57 27.63 25.19 22.77 22.39 16.04 15.59 19.84 19.77 (6.9) pt
EBT 116 124 104 149 135 119 90 (128) (50) (11) (12) n/m
EBT margin, % 14.19 13.63 10.36 14.52 12.40 10.18 7.64 (11.49) (4.78) (1.05) (1.14) (15.2) pt
Net income 93 57 92 123 122 102 77 (123) (63) (36) (37) n/m
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 29.27 +3.0%
Earnings 2.49 1.54 2.45 3.28 3.22 2.74 2.14 (3.48) (1.77) (1.01) (1.04) n/m
Cash flow 3.89 3.16 2.73 3.74 4.73 2.65 3.69 1.34 0.75 1.07 0.14 (13.4%)
Capex (0.60) (1.30) (1.33) (1.20) (0.65) (1.00) (1.07) (0.81) (1.02) (0.05) 0.02 (23.6%)
Free cash flow 3.29 1.86 1.40 2.54 4.07 1.65 2.62 0.52 (0.27) 1.02 0.17 (12.2%)
Book value 14.51 16.90 18.44 20.85 24.13 24.54 26.15 21.60 19.62 19.07 18.59 +3.1%
Shares, m 37 37 37 38 38 37 36 35 35 36 36 (0.5%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.93 25.91 12.04 9.15 13.95 16.14 19.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.4
P/S 2.04 1.64 1.10 1.10 1.57 1.42 1.26 0.39 0.21 0.28 0.35 1.1
P/B 3.08 2.36 1.60 1.44 1.86 1.80 1.58 0.56 0.32 0.42 0.56 1.5
EV/Sales 1.71 1.43 1.31 1.23 1.58 1.45 1.39 0.54 0.42 0.46 0.54 1.2
EV/FCF 11.38 18.53 25.16 13.22 11.07 27.44 17.33 32.35 (45.37) 13.03 95.39 12.4
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 145 118 102 141 180 99 133 48 26 38 5 (13.8%)
Capex (22) (48) (50) (45) (25) (37) (38) (29) (36) (2) 1 (24.0%)
Free cash flow 123 69 52 96 155 61 94 19 (10) 36 6 (12.7%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 406 393 273 422 451 440 436 406 327 347 342 (1.7%)
Net debt (267) (188) 209 135 7 39 150 169 214 185 194 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 541 630 690 783 918 914 942 766 693 678 663 +2.5%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 13.66 7.06 8.53 9.48 8.62 7.16 5.20 (8.27) (4.62) (2.73) (2.88) (16.4) pt
ROIC 25.26 16.74 7.42 10.01 8.64 7.33 5.18 (7.48) (1.65) 0.64 0.28 (24.6) pt
ROE 18.37 9.77 13.88 16.75 14.38 11.16 8.31 (14.44) (8.58) (5.21) (5.45) (23.6) pt
People
People Employees 4,464 5,056 6,187 6,044 7,200 7,000 6,700 7,500 6,500 6,650 — +4.5%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.17 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.15 0.16 0.15 — (1.9%)
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

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
ALNT Allient Inc. $1.3B 34.4× 41.9× +18.49% (above 0%: growing) +133.33% (above 0%: growing) −158.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.61% 13.56% Compare
DAKT Daktronics, Inc. $925.3M 19.5× 16.5× +7.12% (above 0%: growing) +17.65% (above 0%: growing) +24.97% (above 0%: growing) 30.52% 10.63% Compare
LYTS LSI Industries Inc. $663.7M 26.0× 23.8× +51.30% (above 0%: growing) −29.63% (below 0%: shrinking) +14.69% (above 0%: growing) 24.47% 6.18% Compare
KOPN Kopin Corporation $511.2M 62.8× — (loss-making) +50.62% (above 0%: growing) n/m −66.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.27% (27.51%) Compare
LPTH LightPath Technologies, Inc. $431.1M — (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. $362.2M — (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. $249.1M 19.7× 29.6× +13.76% (above 0%: growing) −16.36% (below 0%: shrinking) +35.44% (above 0%: growing) 41.21% 11.38% Compare
RELL Richardson Electronics, Ltd. $242.7M 28.1× 25.3× +18.89% (above 0%: growing) +115.38% (above 0%: growing) +1,121.05% (above 0%: growing) 34.64% 7.88% Compare
OPTX Syntec Optics Holdings, Inc. $151.7M — (loss-making) — +26.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −96.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.90% 3.88% Compare
Median of peers $471.1M 27.0× 25.3× +22.52% +17.65% −25.87% 35.62% 7.03%

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.90%
BlackRock, Inc. 7.30%
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 5.90%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 5.60%
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