DIT
AMCON Distributing Company
DIT's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 24x earnings, about twice its usual 12x.
DIT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Strong |
DIT's revenue, profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its cash flow is under pressure.
DIT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.4x | $16.21 | -73% |
| Fair | 11x | $28.60 | -52% |
| Current | 24x | $60.11 | — |
| Expensive | 45x | $114 | +90% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
DIT's PE is in its expensive range at 24x.
DIT Forward outlook
There aren't enough analyst estimates for DIT to show an outlook.
DIT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.52 | +313% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.90 | +33% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.47 | -72% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.09 | -72% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.61 | -87% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.43 | -79% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.65 | -83% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.96 | -65% |
DIT's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $2.52 over the past year, against $21.08 in mid-2022.
DIT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $842.3M | +13% |
| Q2 2026 | $835.3M | +13% |
| Q1 2026 | $715.7M | +16% |
| Q4 2025 | $730.1M | +2.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $746.3M | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $739.6M | +3% |
| Q1 2025 | $619.5M | +2.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $711.3M | +10% |
DIT's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since late 2020: $842M last quarter, up 13% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.5% | 0 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.8% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | -0.1% | -0.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 0.5% | 0 points |
| Q3 2025 | 0.5% | -0.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 0.1% | -0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.5% | -0.1 points |
DIT's operating margin was 0.5% last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
DIT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $14M | -54% |
| Q2 2026 | -$20.3M | -$11.5M |
| Q1 2026 | $5.1M | -84% |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.4M | +$30.9M |
| Q3 2025 | $30.4M | -19% |
| Q2 2025 | -$8.8M | +$23.8M |
| Q1 2025 | $31.4M | -33% |
| Q4 2024 | -$43.3M | -4230% |
DIT's free cash flow was −$14M over the past year, against $10M the year before.
DIT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.7% | -6.9K shares |
| 1 year | +1.3% | +12.3K shares |
| 3 years | +4.8% | +43.3K shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +84.9K shares |
| Available history | +10% | +85.4K shares |
DIT has 937,064 diluted shares, up 1.3% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | $5,738 |
| Q3 2020 | $1.9M |
| Q2 2020 | $68,725 |
| Q1 2020 | $23,643 |
| Q4 2019 | $8,156 |
DIT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 7.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 6.5x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 6.5x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 6.6x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 5.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 6.2x | High |
DIT's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
DIT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 36.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 10.5 | Oversold |
DIT's weekly RSI is 36 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 11 (oversold).
DIT PE vs Consumer Defensive Sector
| Metric | DIT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 24x | 19x | 22% above |
| PE % | 77 | 18 | 59 pts above |
DIT is trading at 24x earnings, a 22% premium to the Consumer Defensive sector's median of 19x.
DIT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $63.2 | 4.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $65.8 | 8.7% below |
| 50 week MA | $73.4 | 18% below |
| 100 week MA | $76.4 | 21% below |
| 200 week MA | $96.4 | 38% below |
DIT is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 38% below its 200-week average.
DIT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $49.5 | $69.4 | +40% |
| 2021 | $69.4 | $128.7 | +86% |
| 2022 | $128.7 | $121.4 | -5.6% |
| 2023 | $121.4 | $130.0 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | $130.0 | $90.0 | -31% |
| 2025 | $90.0 | $70.0 | -22% |
| 2026 YTD | $70.0 | $60.1 | -14% |
DIT has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 14% so far in 2026.