RPM International Inc.

RPM Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

RPM International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $7.9 billion, up 6.66% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 4.82%, EPS grew 13.8%, free cash flow grew 33.1% and total debt fell 9.85%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

99.73 0.36 −0.36%
Market cap
$12.8B
P/E
18.4×
Fwd P/E
18.3×
Dividend yield
2.17%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.73
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
84/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 0.47
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.68%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 12,760.00
Revenue 7,965.27
Net Income 691.27
Free Cash Flow 756.45
Net Debt 2,093.68
Current Ratio 1.76 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.69
P/E ratio 18.38
Fwd P/E 18.30
P/S ratio 1.59
P/B ratio 3.63
Past 5Y EPS Growth 5.96%
This Y EPS Growth 6.92%
Next Y EPS Growth 11.67%
Next Y revenue growth 4.87%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.26%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 4.87%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 42.54%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 0.66%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 32.33%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 14.46%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.40
Annual Dividend Rate 2.16
Annual Dividend Yield 2.17%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.13
0.54
0.54
0.54
2025 2.07
0.51
0.51
0.51
0.54
2024 1.89
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.51
2023 1.72
0.42
0.42
0.42
0.46
2022 1.62
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.42
2021 1.54
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.40
2020 1.46
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.38
2019 1.41
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.36
2018 1.31
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.35
2017 1.22
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.32
2016 1.13
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.30
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 237 302 315 313
Receivables 1,419 1,509 1,662 1,518
Inventory 956 1,036 1,059 1,140
Other — — — —
2,895 3,170 3,459 3,376
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 650 756 854 890
ST’ Debt 136 8 408 407
Other — — — —
1,466 1,467 2,061 1,923

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.03% 5.19% 2.71%
Cash Flow 6.59% 3.24% 15.91%
Earnings 6.56% 5.73% 11.40%
Book Value 9.19% 13.71% 15.63%

Revenue $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 2,216 — — — —
’26 2,114 1,910 1,608 2,232 7,863
’25 1,969 1,845 1,477 2,082 7,373
’24 2,012 1,792 1,523 2,008 7,335
’23 1,932 1,792 1,516 2,016 7,256
’22 1,650 1,640 1,434 1,984 6,708
’21 1,607 1,486 1,269 1,744 6,106
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 264 — — — —
’26 238 346 73 242 899
’25 248 279 92 149 768
’24 359 409 173 181 1,122
’23 24 167 72 314 577
’22 76 83 (3) 23 179
’21 318 261 72 114 766
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 233 — — — —
’26 175 300 22 201 698
’25 197 229 33 78 538
’24 307 371 125 112 915
’23 (34) 112 6 239 323
’22 24 84 (53) (99) (44)
’21 277 232 40 60 609
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Aug Nov Feb May Year
’26 2.02 — — — —
’26 1.77 1.26 0.40 1.73 5.17
’25 1.77 1.42 0.40 1.76 5.35
’24 1.56 1.13 0.47 1.40 4.56
’23 1.31 1.02 0.21 1.18 3.72
’22 1.04 0.96 0.25 1.54 3.79
’21 1.39 0.98 0.29 1.20 3.87
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to May

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 47.87 46.36 51.95 42.85 76.43 74.56 78.52 100.82 95.28 92.92

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 56.48 68.13 76.83 98.35 101.46 106.50 113.37 141.79 129.12 121.78
People
People Employees 14,318 14,540 14,957 14,621 15,490 16,751 17,274 17,207 17,778 17,546
Revenue/emp, $m 0.35 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.43 0.41 0.45
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 4,958 5,322 5,565 5,507 6,106 6,708 7,256 7,335 7,373 7,863
Gross margin, % 43.68 37.89 37.53 38.00 39.39 36.27 37.87 41.10 41.38 41.44
EBT 244 417 340 408 668 607 649 788 793 870
EBT margin, % 4.93 7.84 6.11 7.40 10.95 9.05 8.95 10.74 10.75 11.07
Net income 185 339 268 305 504 492 480 589 690 662
Depreciation 310 128 146 157 147 153 192 171 205 223
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 37.95 40.57 42.62 42.87 47.58 52.43 56.91 57.41 57.79 61.89
Earnings 1.37 2.55 2.03 2.35 3.89 3.81 3.74 4.58 5.38 5.19
Cash flow 2.96 2.98 2.24 4.28 5.97 1.40 4.53 8.78 6.02 7.07
Capex (0.97) (0.87) (1.05) (1.15) (1.22) (1.74) (2.00) (1.62) (1.80) (1.58)
Free cash flow 1.99 2.10 1.20 3.13 4.75 (0.34) 2.53 7.16 4.22 5.50
Book value 11.01 12.45 10.79 9.84 13.58 15.51 16.81 19.66 22.63 26.08
Shares, m 131 131 131 128 128 128 128 128 128 127
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 39.88 19.49 26.36 31.40 24.24 23.12 21.45 24.42 20.90 20.20
P/S 1.43 1.22 1.26 1.73 1.98 1.68 1.40 1.95 1.95 1.69
P/B 4.93 3.98 4.96 7.53 6.93 5.68 4.75 5.70 4.98 4.01
EV/Sales 1.78 1.58 1.67 2.15 2.33 2.05 1.74 2.21 2.27 1.97
EV/FCF 33.94 30.54 59.48 29.40 23.33 (315.01) 39.18 17.71 31.06 22.21
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 386 390 293 550 766 179 577 1,122 768 899
Capex (126) (115) (137) (148) (157) (222) (254) (207) (230) (200)
Free cash flow 260 276 156 402 609 (44) 323 915 538 698
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,162 1,464 979 1,330 1,451 1,135 1,693 1,429 1,703 1,398
Total debt 2,090 2,174 2,526 2,539 2,380 2,687 2,684 2,127 2,647 2,534
Net debt 1,740 1,930 2,303 2,306 2,133 2,485 2,468 1,890 2,344 2,218
Shareholders’ equity 1,439 1,634 1,409 1,265 1,743 1,984 2,143 2,512 2,887 3,313
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.63 6.44 4.95 5.46 8.39 7.52 7.07 8.76 9.55 8.17
ROIC 6.47 9.09 8.22 9.53 11.95 9.02 10.24 12.79 10.62 10.92
ROE 12.73 21.74 17.42 22.63 33.16 26.16 23.09 25.17 25.41 21.25
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to May 2026 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 8 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

RPM International Inc. vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (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
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $17.8B 290× 26.5× +4.00% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) +1,250.00% (above 0%: growing) 35.13% 16.38% Compare
RPM RPM International Inc. $12.8B 18.4× 18.3× +4.82% (above 0%: growing) +13.75% (above 0%: growing) +33.14% (above 0%: growing) 41.25% 15.99%
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11.6B 199× 14.9× +31.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +708.43% (above 0%: growing) 33.86% 25.98% Compare
SSL Sasol Ltd. $10.1B 3.5× 5.2× −5.20% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.86% (above 0%: growing) +6,912.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.35% 0.00% Compare
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.5B 27.4× 27.8× +11.13% (above 0%: growing) −14.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +70.83% (above 0%: growing) 32.23% 17.16% Compare
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $8.7B 47.4× 33.3× +56.41% (above 0%: growing) +60.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.19% (above 0%: growing) 34.15% 11.63% Compare
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $8.6B 11.3× 12.1× +138.12% (above 0%: growing) +381.25% (above 0%: growing) −63.75% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.05% 48.62% Compare
NEU NewMarket Corporation $8.2B 18.8× — (loss-making) +6.96% (above 0%: growing) +22.80% (above 0%: growing) −6.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.45% 21.91% Compare
WLK Westlake Corporation $8.1B — (loss-making) 24.8× +10.77% (above 0%: growing) n/m +184.09% (above 0%: growing) 19.93% 11.13% Compare
Median of peers $9.1B 27.4× 24.8× +10.95% +41.40% +127.46% 33.16% 16.77%

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RPM International Inc. (RPM) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $662.5 million, or $5.19 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.38%.
  • Strength: RPM International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended May 2026) was $7.9 billion, up 6.66% from fiscal 2025.
  • RPM International Inc. (RPM) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, RPM traded at $99.73, a market capitalization of $12.8 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 18.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 5% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • RPM International Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share, a yield of 2.17%, with a payout ratio of 40.0%.
  • Return on equity was 21.3% and debt-to-equity 0.69.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.73 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 8, 2026.

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