EML
The Eastern Company
EML's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 17x earnings, above its usual 14x.
EML Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable |
EML's revenue and profitability are currently healthy, and its balance sheet is stable, but its cash flow is under pressure.
EML PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 9.4x | $16.97 | -45% |
| Fair | 14x | $25.80 | -16% |
| Current | 17x | $30.81 | — |
| Expensive | 21x | $37.74 | +23% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
EML's PE is in its expensive range at 17x.
EML Forward outlook
There aren't enough analyst estimates for EML to show an outlook.
EML Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.81 | +51% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.34 | +$2.70 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.96 | +$2.32 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.17 | +$2.54 |
| Q3 2025 | $1.20 | +$2.23 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.36 | -171% |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.36 | -186% |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.37 | -200% |
EML's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.81 over the past year, against $2.58 in early 2022.
EML Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $75M | +35% |
| Q2 2026 | $61.8M | -12% |
| Q1 2026 | $59.7M | -5.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $57.5M | -14% |
| Q3 2025 | $55.3M | -22% |
| Q2 2025 | $70.2M | -4.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $63.3M | -6.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $66.7M | -0.5% |
EML's revenue has held roughly level: $75M last quarter, up 35% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.4% | +4.3 points |
| Q2 2026 | 2.7% | -1.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2.2% | -2.9 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3.8% | -0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 3.1% | -6.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.5% | -2.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.1% | +0.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 4.5% | -3.5 points |
EML's operating margin was 7.4% last quarter, up 4.3 points from the same quarter a year ago.
EML Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$4M | -232% |
| Q2 2026 | $7.9M | +164% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6M | +$5.3M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.5M | -83% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.1M | +$9.8M |
| Q2 2025 | $3M | -47% |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.7M | -250% |
| Q4 2024 | $9M | +62% |
EML usually generates cash, though not every quarter: the latest was −$4M, but it generated $8M over the past year.
EML Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -1.4K shares |
| 1 year | -0.9% | -54.2K shares |
| 3 years | -3.9% | -245K shares |
| 5 years | -3.9% | -243K shares |
| Available history | -3.8% | -241K shares |
EML has 6M diluted shares, down 0.9% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $405,518 |
| Q1 2026 | $422,355 |
| Q4 2025 | $754,316 |
| Q3 2025 | $851,447 |
| Q2 2025 | $722,901 |
| Q1 2025 | $1.4M |
| Q2 2024 | $247,320 |
EML spent $2M buying back its own shares over the past year.
EML Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q4 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
EML's net debt is about 1.8 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.5 years a year ago.
EML Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 65.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 66.3 | Neutral |
EML's weekly RSI is 65 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 66 (neutral).
EML PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | EML | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 17x | 24x | 29% below |
| PE % | 67 | 58 | 9 pts above |
EML is trading at 17x earnings, a 29% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
EML Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $25.9 | 19% above |
| 20 week MA | $25.7 | 20% above |
| 50 week MA | $22.5 | 37% above |
| 100 week MA | $23.2 | 33% above |
| 200 week MA | $23.4 | 31% above |
EML has climbed back above all five of its weekly moving averages, and it's now 31% above its 200-week average.
EML Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $30.0 | $24.6 | -18% |
| 2021 | $24.6 | $24.8 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | $24.8 | $20.3 | -18% |
| 2023 | $20.3 | $22.0 | +8.4% |
| 2024 | $22.0 | $26.6 | +21% |
| 2025 | $26.6 | $20.5 | -23% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.5 | $30.8 | +51% |
EML is up 51% so far in 2026, after finishing lower in three of the previous six years.