Industrials
The Eastern Company(EML)
Live Price
Offline$23.24
-1.86% today
1Y Change
-3.52%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $130.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -8.7%
- EPS Growth
- +161.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.0%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Eastern Company (EML) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $130.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $23.24 and down 3.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.7%, EPS growth of +161.3%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.7%, EPS +161.3%, free cash flow -54.8% with operating margin 3.8% and ROIC 0.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 18.8 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines EML price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.7% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+3.8% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
18.8 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.7% and EPS is at +161.3%, with operating margin around 3.8%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +1.9% | +1.0% | -3.4% |
2026 Mar 3, 2026 | -13.9% | -0.2% | +2.8% | +8.7% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | -83.1% | -1.9% | -9.6% | -6.4% |
Benchmark Edge
EML vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
EML
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
EML Max Drawdown
-33.55%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for EML and SPY.
Company Overview
The Eastern Company
NASDAQ Global Market
The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It offers turnkey returnable packaging solutions that are used in the assembly process of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods, as well as in the production process of plastic packaging products, packaged consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals; designs and manufactures blow mold tools and injection blow mold tooling products, and 2-step stretch blow molds and related components; and supplies blow molds and change parts to the food, beverage, healthcare, and chemical industry. It also offers rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles, as well as development and program management services for custom electromechanical and mechanical systems; designs and manufactures proprietary vision technology for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and aftermarket applications; and provides aftermarket components to the heavy-duty truck market. The Eastern Company was founded in 1858 and is based in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
- Leadership
- Ryan A. Schroeder
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 1.2k
- Street Address
- 112 Bridge Street
- Mailing
- Shelton, CT, 06770
- Region
- Shelton, CT, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 203 729 2255
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 18.8
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.8
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.7%
- EPS
- +161.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- -54.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 22.3%
- Operating Margin
- 3.8%
- Net Margin
- 2.9%
- ROE
- 5.8%
- ROIC
- 0.0%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.43
- Current Ratio
- 3.59
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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