DMC
Del Monte Corporation
DMC's fundamentals are mixed: earnings per share grew 5.6%, but free cash flow turned negative. At 16x earnings, it's trading below its usual 20x. Its downside scenario is more than twice its upside.
DMC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable |
DMC's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and balance sheet are stable, but its cash flow is under pressure.
DMC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 11x | $19.21 | -30% |
| Current | 16x | $27.43 | — |
| Fair | 20x | $34.18 | +25% |
| Forward | 32x | $27.43 | — |
| Expensive | 42x | $71.49 | +161% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
DMC's PE is in its fair range at 16x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 32x next year's earnings, in its expensive range.
DMC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| -- |
Analysts expect DMC's revenue to grow, but its earnings to decline.
DMC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.85 | -50% |
| Q3 2026 | $1.71 | +5.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.71 | -77% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.45 | -52% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.88 | -36% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.62 | +376% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.11 | +$3.48 |
| Q1 2025 | $3.05 | +$3.55 |
| Q4 2024 | $2.96 | +$3.20 |
DMC's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.71 over the past year, against $3.11 in mid-2025.
DMC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1B | +7.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B | +3.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $1B | -4.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $1B | +0.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $1B | +0.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2B | +3.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1B | -0.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $1B | +0.5% |
DMC's revenue has held roughly level: $1.1B last quarter, up 7.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.7% | +4.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 2.8% | -3 points |
| Q1 2026 | 1.9% | -2.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 4.5% | +1.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | -2.1% | -7.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 5.8% | -0.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 4.1% | +0.1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3% | +14 points |
DMC's operating margin was 2.7% last quarter, up 4.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
DMC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$69.9M | -215% |
| Q2 2026 | $24.1M | -76% |
| Q1 2026 | $29.7M | -18% |
| Q4 2025 | -$17.2M | +$5.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $60.9M | +102% |
| Q2 2025 | $101.5M | -13% |
| Q1 2025 | $36.1M | +502% |
| Q4 2024 | -$22.3M | -$3.1M |
DMC's free cash flow was −$33M over the past year, against $176M the year before.
DMC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.5% | -256K shares |
| 1 year | -1.2% | -568K shares |
| 3 years | -1.9% | -912K shares |
| 5 years | -0.8% | -394K shares |
| Available history | -2.2% | -1M shares |
DMC has 47M diluted shares, down 1.2% from a year ago, with $35M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $16.1M |
| Q1 2026 | $4M |
| Q4 2025 | $15M |
| Q3 2025 | $7.2M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $7.6M |
| Q4 2021 | — |
DMC spent $35M buying back its own shares over the past year.
DMC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.8x | Very low |
DMC's net debt is about 2.4 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago.
DMC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 33.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.6 | Oversold |
DMC's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 17 (oversold).
DMC PE vs Consumer Defensive Sector
| Metric | DMC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 16x | 19x | 18% below |
| PE % | 39 | 18 | 21 pts above |
DMC is trading at 16x earnings, a 18% discount to the Consumer Defensive sector's median of 19x.
DMC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $28.9 | 5.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $29.7 | 7.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $34.3 | 20% below |
| 100 week MA | $33.9 | 19% below |
| 200 week MA | $30.3 | 9.5% below |
DMC is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 9.5% below its 200-week average.
DMC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $35.1 | $25.0 | -29% |
| 2021 | $25.0 | $27.4 | +9.6% |
| 2022 | $27.4 | $26.1 | -4.7% |
| 2023 | $26.1 | $26.3 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | $26.3 | $33.1 | +26% |
| 2025 | $33.1 | $35.9 | +8.4% |
| 2026 YTD | $35.9 | $27.4 | -24% |
DMC has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's down 24% so far in 2026.