SOTK
Sono-Tek Corporation
SOTK's fundamentals are strong, but it looks expensive: trading at 36x earnings, below its usual 49x. Its downside scenario is more than twice its upside.
SOTK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
SOTK's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
SOTK PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 36x | $4.33 | — |
| Cheap | 38x | $4.61 | +6.4% |
| Fair | 48x | $5.82 | +34% |
| Forward | 51x | $4.33 | — |
| Expensive | 71x | $8.51 | +97% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SOTK's PE is in its cheap range at 36x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 51x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
SOTK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect SOTK's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady.
SOTK Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.08 | -29% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.12 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.13 | +44% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.11 | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.10 | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.10 | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.09 | -18% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.08 | -11% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.08 | +14% |
SOTK's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $0.12 over the past year, against $0.16 in early 2022.
SOTK Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.2M | +1.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.7M | +10% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.6M | +9.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $5M | -3.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.2M | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.1M | +2% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.1M | +7.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.2M | -8.8% |
SOTK's revenue is growing: $5M last quarter, up 1.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.3% | -0.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 16% | +6.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +5.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.4% | +2.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 8.2% | +2.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.4% | +4.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.6% | +5.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.8% | -8.8 points |
SOTK's operating margin was 7.3% last quarter, down 0.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
SOTK Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1M | +$1.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9M | +$2.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $3.1M | +$3.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1M | +5.9% |
| Q3 2025 | -$237.3K | +$338.8K |
| Q2 2025 | -$974.5K | -430% |
| Q1 2025 | -$740K | +$6.5K |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1M | +323% |
SOTK's free cash flow has turned positive after two years mostly in the red: $7M over the past year.
SOTK Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +68.8K shares |
| 1 year | +0.5% | +74.5K shares |
| 3 years | +0.2% | +32.5K shares |
| 5 years | +1.3% | +204K shares |
| Available history | +2.8% | +434K shares |
SOTK has 16M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
SOTK Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -3.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -5.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
SOTK has more cash than debt.
SOTK Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 8.7 | Oversold |
SOTK's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 9 (oversold).
SOTK PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SOTK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 36x | 28x | 30% above |
| PE % | 8 | 35 | 27 pts below |
SOTK is trading at 36x earnings, a 30% premium to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
SOTK Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $5.39 | 20% below |
| 20 week MA | $5.24 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.73 | 8.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.30 | 0.7% above |
| 200 week MA | $4.61 | 6.1% below |
SOTK's trend is mixed: it's above one of its five weekly moving averages, and 6.1% below its 200-week average.
SOTK Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.25 | $4.20 | +87% |
| 2021 | $4.20 | $6.77 | +61% |
| 2022 | $6.77 | $6.41 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | $6.41 | $5.41 | -16% |
| 2024 | $5.41 | $4.30 | -21% |
| 2025 | $4.30 | $4.06 | -5.6% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.06 | $4.33 | +6.7% |
SOTK has finished four years in a row lower, and it's up 6.7% so far in 2026.