Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Buda Juice Inc. BUDA
$7.71 -8.21% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $96.9M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- The company holds net cash of $18.1M (cash above total debt).
- The stock is 29% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive 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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 35%
- Gross marginTop 38%
- Operating marginTop 13%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnBottom 13%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 15%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 15%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 39.2% | — | Top 38% | |
| Operating margin | 18.2% | — | Top 13% | |
| Net margin | 17.1% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.3% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — | Top 35% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.93×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -6.04×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.24%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -17.37%
- Shareholder yield
- -16.13%
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 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 3
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +41.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 0 of 3
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +68.6%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -20.0% | -10.5% | -3.9% | -14.8% | — |
| May 13, 2026 | +66.7% | -3.4% | -7.8% | -28.0% | -18.5% |
| Mar 26, 2026 | +79.0% | +0.0% | +5.0% | -2.5% | -19.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.05 | -20.0% | $4.5M |
| May 13, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.03 | +66.7% | $3.5M |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.03 | +79.0% | $2.9M |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.07 | — | — | $3.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 40.2× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 59.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 26.3× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| EV / Sales | 5.60× | — | — | Bottom 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.64% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | 2.49% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.5%
- RSI (14)
- 46.5
- Relative volume
- 1.11×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 71.6%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | -34.2% | 54 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 6, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -33.1% | 46 days | 20 days (Jul 10, 2026) |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | -22.0% | 10 days | 18 days (Mar 31, 2026) |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Feb 9, 2026 | -14.8% | 8 days | 7 days (Feb 19, 2026) |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Jan 21, 2026 | -11.7% | 4 days | 4 days (Jan 27, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $96.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 40.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.19
- Revenue (TTM)
- $14.1M
| FY 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.6M |
| Gross profit | $5.4M |
| Operating income | $3.4M |
| Net income | $3.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.28 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.2M | $2.9M | $3.5M | $4.5M |
| Net income | $881,000 | $675,000 | $388,000 | $470,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.07 | $0.05 | $0.03 | $0.04 |
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.2M | $4.0M | $3.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$256,000 | -$684,000 | -$246,000 |
| Free cash flow | $2.0M | $3.3M | $2.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$400,000 | -$819,000 | -$3.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $18.8M
- Total assets
- $23.8M
- Total liabilities
- $2.2M
- Total debt
- $717,000
- Net debt
- -$18.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $21.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,008
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -47.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.