Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Balchem Corp BCPC
$166.56 +1.75% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.35B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 32.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.09B, up 10.1% from a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.08, up 16.5% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth68Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 40%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Quality84Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginTop 28%
- Operating marginTop 16%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverTop 14%
Value53Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 46%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 50%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Momentum69Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions45Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 45%
Stability99Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.6% | 10.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 16.8% | 16.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 36.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 20.1% | 21.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 15.5% | 15.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.1% | 9.6% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 16.5% | 16.8% | ↓ | Top 41% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 35.8% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 20.1% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 14.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.8% | 15.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.2% | — | Top 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.34×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.37×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 25.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.58%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.64%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $215.00
- Target vs current price
- +29.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | +10.2% | +3.0% | +10.9% | +9.3% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -6.0% | -6.8% | -6.9% | -7.5% | -4.9% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | +1.6% | -2.1% | +3.0% | -6.1% | -9.1% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | -0.7% | +4.1% | +2.5% | +3.2% | +10.1% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +1.6% | +0.2% | +5.2% | +7.3% | +3.1% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -2.4% | -2.6% | -1.1% | +6.3% | -3.3% |
| Feb 21, 2025 | -7.2% | +1.5% | +6.6% | +1.3% | +4.3% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | +1.8% | +3.2% | +0.7% | +8.5% | -2.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $1.40 | $1.27 | +10.2% | $284.0M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.25 | $1.33 | -6.0% | $270.7M |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $1.31 | $1.29 | +1.6% | $263.6M |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.36 | -0.7% | $267.6M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.27 | $1.25 | +1.6% | $255.5M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.25 | -2.4% | $250.5M |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $1.03 | $1.11 | -7.2% | $240.0M |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $1.13 | $1.11 | +1.8% | $239.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 32.8× | 40.9× | 0th | Top 46% |
| P/E (forward) | 30.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.6× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| EV / Sales | 5.02× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.20% | — | — | Top 50% |
| Earnings yield | 3.05% | — | — | Top 46% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 33.0× – 53.3× 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
- +13.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +16.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -5.7%
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)
- +0.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 44.4
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 19.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 14th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.42
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -9.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -34.1% | 142 days | 521 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Oct 9, 2025 | -23.5% | 230 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -18.6% | 12 days | 65 days (May 4, 2021) |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Aug 12, 2024 | -10.4% | 10 days | 61 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.35B
- P/E (TTM)
- 32.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.09B
- Dividend yield
- 0.58%
- 52-week range
- $139.17 – $183.90
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $799.0M | $942.4M | $922.4M | $953.7M | $1.04B |
| Gross profit | $243.2M | $280.5M | $302.1M | $336.2M | $370.6M |
| Operating income | $127.5M | $145.2M | $159.2M | $182.9M | $218.3M |
| Net income | $96.1M | $105.4M | $108.5M | $128.5M | $154.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.94 | $3.25 | $3.35 | $3.93 | $4.75 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $239.9M | $240.0M | $250.5M | $255.5M | $267.6M | $263.6M | $270.7M | $284.0M |
| Net income | $33.8M | $33.6M | $37.1M | $38.3M | $40.3M | $39.2M | $40.3M | $44.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.03 | $1.03 | $1.13 | $1.17 | $1.24 | $1.21 | $1.25 | $1.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $160.5M | $138.5M | $183.8M | $182.0M | $216.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$37.4M | -$50.3M | -$37.9M | -$35.7M | -$43.5M |
| Free cash flow | $123.1M | $88.2M | $145.9M | $146.3M | $173.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$18.7M | -$20.7M | -$22.9M | -$25.6M | -$28.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$35.2M | -$35.4M | -$4.5M | -$5.7M | -$98.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $63.2M
- Total assets
- $1.69B
- Total liabilities
- $384.6M
- Total debt
- $166.7M
- Net debt
- $103.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.30B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2025 | $0.96 | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Dec 26, 2024 | $0.87 | Jan 17, 2025 |
| Dec 26, 2023 | $0.79 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| Dec 23, 2022 | $0.71 | Jan 20, 2023 |
| Dec 27, 2021 | $0.64 | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | $0.58 | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Dec 27, 2019 | $0.52 | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Dec 24, 2018 | $0.47 | Jan 18, 2019 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 620,041
- Days to cover
- 3.30
- Change vs previous report
- +11.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 21, 2010
- 3-for-2
- Jan 22, 2007
- 3-for-2
- Jan 23, 2006
- 3-for-2
- Jan 21, 2005
- 3-for-2
- Jun 4, 1998
- 3-for-2