Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Core Molding Technologies, Inc. CMT
$23.02 +0.31% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $204.9M
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 27.1× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.85, down 21.0% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $254.4M, down 7.9% from a year earlier, slowing from -5.2% a quarter earlier.
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.
Growth5Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 18%
Quality64Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 43%
- Gross marginBottom 32%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%
- Interest coverTop 5%
Value52Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 16%
Momentum72Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 40%
- 6-month returnTop 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 39%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Revisions52Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 46%
Stability78Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.2% | -7.9% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -16.9% | -21.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 17.5% | 18.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 3.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.6% | -3.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.9% | -5.2% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -21.0% | -16.9% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 17.5% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.5% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.3% | 4.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | — | Bottom 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.1% | — | Bottom 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.27×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.05×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 62.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.87%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.87%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
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 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $30.00
- Target vs current price
- +30.3%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +85.7% | +2.3% | +5.1% | +4.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -68.2% | +1.8% | -1.5% | -3.5% | -2.2% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | +56.5% | +8.4% | +9.4% | +26.0% | +30.2% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -45.0% | -0.2% | +7.6% | +1.9% | +6.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +1.5% | +12.7% | +9.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | -24.2% | -3.3% | +0.1% | +3.9% | +8.9% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | -16.7% | -0.4% | +6.0% | +10.8% | +21.6% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +56.5% | -2.4% | +9.8% | +8.1% | -9.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.21 | +85.7% | $62.7M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.07 | $0.22 | -68.2% | $58.6M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.23 | +56.5% | $74.7M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.40 | -45.0% | $58.4M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.47 | $0.46 | +2.2% | $79.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.33 | -24.2% | $61.4M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.12 | -16.7% | $62.5M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.23 | +56.5% | $73.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 27.1× | 12.1× | 90th | Top 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 46.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.0× | — | — | Top 32% |
| EV / Sales | 0.81× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -4.05% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Earnings yield | 3.69% | — | — | Top 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.7× – 30.7× 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
- +15.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -21.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +79.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.1%
- RSI (14)
- 42.2
- Relative volume
- 1.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 35th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2023 | Mar 3, 2025 | -56.0% | 354 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Jan 31, 2022 | -53.6% | 146 days | 272 days (Mar 2, 2023) |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2021 | -21.8% | 82 days | 35 days (Jun 21, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -17.1% | 16 days | 4 days (Nov 5, 2020) |
| May 10, 2023 | May 30, 2023 | -13.1% | 13 days | 16 days (Jun 22, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $204.9M
- P/E (TTM)
- 27.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $254.4M
- 52-week range
- $16.60 – $28.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $307.5M | $377.4M | $357.7M | $302.4M | $273.8M |
| Gross profit | $41.3M | $52.4M | $64.5M | $53.3M | $47.6M |
| Operating income | $11.1M | $18.0M | $26.5M | $16.7M | $14.2M |
| Net income | $4.7M | $12.2M | $20.3M | $13.3M | $11.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.55 | $1.44 | $2.31 | $1.51 | $1.29 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $73.0M | $62.5M | $61.4M | $79.2M | $58.4M | $74.7M | $58.6M | $62.7M |
| Net income | $3.2M | -$39,000 | $2.2M | $4.1M | $1.9M | $3.1M | $605,000 | $1.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.36 | -$0.00 | $0.25 | $0.47 | $0.22 | $0.35 | $0.07 | $0.21 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $12.5M | $19.0M | $34.8M | $35.2M | $19.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$11.6M | -$16.6M | -$9.1M | -$11.5M | -$17.3M |
| Free cash flow | $977,000 | $2.4M | $25.7M | $23.6M | $1.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$96,000 | -$482,000 | -$2.7M | -$2.9M | -$3.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $12.1M
- Total assets
- $227.4M
- Total liabilities
- $66.3M
- Total debt
- $13.0M
- Net debt
- $893,000
- Shareholders’ equity
- $161.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2018 | $0.05 | May 31, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2018 | $0.05 | Mar 29, 2018 |
| Nov 16, 2017 | $0.05 | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Aug 16, 2017 | $0.05 | Aug 30, 2017 |
| Sep 18, 1996 | $0.04 | — |
| Sep 18, 1995 | $0.13 | Sep 29, 1995 |
| Dec 27, 1994 | $0.04 | — |
| Dec 27, 1993 | $0.17 | Jan 24, 1994 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 236,515
- Days to cover
- 9.34
- Change vs previous report
- -0.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 7, 2013
- 5-for-1
- Jan 4, 2013
- 5-for-6