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EML

The Eastern Company

EML

NASDAQ·Industrials·Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories·Mkt cap $177.2M

$29.11

-0.94%

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52-Week Range

$17.61 - $29.91

P/E

30.48

Fwd P/E

11.37

Beta

0.87

Div Yield

1.51%

Avg Vol

30.2K

Shares Out

6.0M

Mkt Cap

$177.2M

Price action

Price chart

Up 22.8% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

5 reasons

  • 165+ year heritage with established relationships with Fortune 500 OEMs and tier-one suppliers
  • Proprietary vision technology and custom engineering capabilities create high switching costs
  • Diversified product portfolio reduces customer concentration risk and enables cross-selling
  • Specialized manufacturing expertise in returnable packaging and blow mold tooling with limited competition
  • Mission-critical products embedded in customer production processes ensure recurring revenue

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Moderate growth ahead

Automotive production recovery and electrification driving demand for returnable packaging and components

Value

Undervalued - trading well below Industrial Machinery peers

Momentum

Hot

+39.5% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

Modest

1.51% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 4, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 12, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.11 vs $0.50 consensus (-78.0% surprise). Revenue of $59.7M vs $67.7M expected (-11.9%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-78.0%

Next: May 4, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-22%

-14%

-6%

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Q4 26

Q1 26

$72.6M

$71.3M

$66.7M

$63.3M

$70.2M

$55.3M

$57.5M

$59.7M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

1.1%

Wall Street consensus

Analyst coverage

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

No analyst coverage on file for this stock yet.

vs Industry

How EML stacks vs Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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