Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Cadre Holdings, Inc. CDRE
$25.00 -0.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.07B
Strong growthWeak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 29.4× trailing earnings, lower than 89% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 3.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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.
Growth87Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 16%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginTop 23%
- Operating marginTop 34%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 21%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Interest coverTop 44%
Value76Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 17%
Momentum12Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 16%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions59Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 25%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 19%
Stability49Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 13.5% | 19.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -6.3% | -9.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 40.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 10.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | 11.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 19.7% | 13.5% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -9.6% | -6.3% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 41.1% | ↓ | Top 23% |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 11.7% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 6.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.4% | 5.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.1% | — | Top 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.45×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.83×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.52%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.21%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.7%
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 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -13.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $42.00
- Target vs current price
- +68.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 73%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +18.2% | +0.4% | +10.1% | -8.0% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -44.4% | +5.1% | -0.2% | +1.1% | +4.0% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | -32.5% | -7.5% | -25.3% | -29.1% | -33.7% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +3.8% | +0.2% | +2.0% | +1.0% | -5.8% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +20.0% | +3.7% | -14.0% | -6.6% | +30.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | +76.9% | -0.6% | +20.1% | +12.8% | +11.0% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | -33.3% | -1.0% | -4.2% | -16.4% | +0.7% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +50.0% | +5.1% | -2.6% | -0.6% | +5.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.22 | +18.2% | $207.1M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.09 | -44.4% | $155.4M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.40 | -32.5% | $167.2M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.26 | +3.8% | $155.9M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.25 | +20.0% | $157.1M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.13 | +76.9% | $130.1M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.48 | -33.3% | $176.0M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.09 | $0.06 | +50.0% | $109.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 29.4× | 36.5× | 11th | Top 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.7× | — | — | Top 46% |
| EV / Sales | 2.06× | — | — | Top 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.30% | — | — | Top 18% |
| Earnings yield | 3.40% | — | — | Top 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.4× – 355.4× 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
- -30.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -9.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.1%
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)
- -2.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -25.8%
- RSI (14)
- 26.4
- Relative volume
- 1.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.83
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -45.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -45.7% | 149 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Mar 23, 2023 | -39.7% | 97 days | 160 days (Nov 9, 2023) |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 14, 2022 | -35.0% | 5 days | 84 days (Oct 13, 2022) |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -30.0% | 119 days | 132 days (Oct 14, 2025) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | -24.3% | 44 days | 101 days (Oct 9, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.07B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $685.6M
- Dividend yield
- 1.58%
- 52-week range
- $24.42 – $48.76
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $427.3M | $457.8M | $482.5M | $567.6M | $610.3M |
| Gross profit | $170.7M | $175.7M | $200.7M | $233.5M | $251.7M |
| Operating income | $51.7M | $16.7M | $56.5M | $66.8M | $75.0M |
| Net income | $12.7M | $5.8M | $38.6M | $36.1M | $44.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.44 | $0.16 | $1.02 | $0.90 | $1.02 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $109.4M | $176.0M | $130.1M | $157.1M | $155.9M | $167.2M | $155.4M | $207.1M |
| Net income | $3.7M | $13.0M | $9.2M | $12.2M | $10.9M | $11.7M | $2.0M | $11.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.09 | $0.32 | $0.23 | $0.30 | $0.27 | $0.27 | $0.05 | $0.26 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $40.1M | $46.4M | $73.2M | $31.8M | $63.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.8M | -$4.5M | -$6.7M | -$5.7M | -$6.9M |
| Free cash flow | $37.3M | $41.9M | $66.5M | $26.1M | $56.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$12.8M | -$11.5M | -$12.0M | -$13.9M | -$15.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $83.4M | $56.3M | $0 | $91.8M | $3.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $54.0M
- Total assets
- $917.3M
- Total liabilities
- $570.5M
- Total debt
- $399.8M
- Net debt
- $345.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $346.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.10 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.10 | May 15, 2026 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.10 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $0.10 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.10 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| May 2, 2025 | $0.10 | May 16, 2025 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.10 | Feb 14, 2025 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.09 | Nov 15, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,257,405
- Days to cover
- 6.35
- Change vs previous report
- +4.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.