Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Alamo Group Inc. ALG
$161.01 +2.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.96B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $8.34, down 15.1% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.66B, up 4.1% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 30%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 45%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 42%
- Gross marginBottom 39%
- Operating marginTop 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
- Interest coverTop 44%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 32%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 28%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 24%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.3% | 4.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -12.9% | -15.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 24.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 8.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 11.6% | 8.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.1% | 2.3% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -15.1% | -12.9% | ↓ | Bottom 30% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 25.3% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 10.4% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 7.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.1% | 11.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | — | Top 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.9% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -5.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.56%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.35%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -5.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $188.00
- Target vs current price
- +16.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 70%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | -6.2% | +3.0% | +6.1% | +3.9% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +12.6% | -2.3% | -4.4% | -12.5% | -8.4% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | -17.5% | +2.3% | -21.3% | -21.8% | -28.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -10.3% | -2.3% | -5.6% | -5.9% | +10.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -4.5% | -0.6% | +0.4% | -8.1% | -20.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | +13.7% | +3.7% | +16.5% | +19.3% | +31.7% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | +7.2% | -0.4% | -3.6% | +1.3% | +7.5% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -6.6% | -2.1% | +13.8% | +14.3% | +8.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $2.57 | $2.74 | -6.2% | $450.7M |
| May 4, 2026 | $2.42 | $2.15 | +12.6% | $417.1M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $1.70 | $2.06 | -17.5% | $373.6M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $2.34 | $2.61 | -10.3% | $420.0M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $2.57 | $2.69 | -4.5% | $419.1M |
| May 8, 2025 | $2.65 | $2.33 | +13.7% | $390.9M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $2.39 | $2.23 | +7.2% | $385.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $2.28 | $2.44 | -6.6% | $401.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.3× | 18.9× | 62th | Top 18% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 1.23× | — | — | Top 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.91% | — | — | Top 20% |
| Earnings yield | 5.18% | — | — | Top 18% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.5× – 26.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -14.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -15.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -14.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.1%
- RSI (14)
- 45.8
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.66
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | -36.6% | 190 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 7, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -33.4% | 280 days | 173 days (Feb 24, 2023) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -30.6% | 257 days | 87 days (Aug 13, 2025) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | -19.9% | 71 days | 30 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Feb 26, 2024 | -11.5% | 9 days | 22 days (Mar 27, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.96B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.34
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.66B
- Dividend yield
- 1.03%
- 52-week range
- $145.76 – $219.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.33B | $1.51B | $1.69B | $1.63B | $1.60B |
| Gross profit | $334.5M | $376.5M | $453.6M | $412.5M | $397.8M |
| Operating income | $116.9M | $148.6M | $198.0M | $164.8M | $151.6M |
| Net income | $80.2M | $101.9M | $136.2M | $115.9M | $103.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.75 | $8.54 | $11.36 | $9.63 | $8.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $401.3M | $385.3M | $390.9M | $419.1M | $420.0M | $373.6M | $417.1M | $450.7M |
| Net income | $27.4M | $28.1M | $31.8M | $31.1M | $25.4M | $15.5M | $29.2M | $30.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.28 | $2.33 | $2.64 | $2.57 | $2.10 | $1.28 | $2.41 | $2.55 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $49.7M | $14.5M | $131.2M | $209.8M | $177.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$25.3M | -$31.3M | -$37.7M | -$25.0M | -$30.6M |
| Free cash flow | $24.4M | -$16.8M | $93.4M | $184.8M | $146.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$6.6M | -$8.5M | -$10.5M | -$12.4M | -$14.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.0M | -$768,000 | -$1.0M | -$2.0M | -$1.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $195.0M
- Total assets
- $1.72B
- Total liabilities
- $535.5M
- Total debt
- $273.1M
- Net debt
- $78.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.19B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.34 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $0.34 | Jul 29, 2026 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $0.34 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | $0.34 | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Oct 15, 2025 | $0.30 | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Jul 16, 2025 | $0.30 | Jul 29, 2025 |
| Apr 16, 2025 | $0.30 | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Jan 16, 2025 | $0.30 | Jan 29, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 524,690
- Days to cover
- 3.35
- Change vs previous report
- +5.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.