Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. CODA
$10.88 -2.33% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $125.7M
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Feb 1, 2027
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +20.4%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 20.2% from 14.0% 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 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 37%
- Gross marginTop 3%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 31%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 17%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 22.8% | 17.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 66.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 14.0% | 20.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 22.3% | 20.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.5% | 22.8% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Gross margin | 66.1% | 65.9% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 14.0% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | 17.6% | 14.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.8% | 22.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.7% | — | Top 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 6.1% | — | Top 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.42×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.1%
- 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.
- +14.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.37×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +20.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $14.00
- Target vs current price
- +28.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | +4.3% | +7.1% | +8.2% | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2026 | +15.4% | -14.6% | -11.5% | -8.4% | -8.3% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | +33.3% | +1.0% | -11.5% | -5.3% | -18.3% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +28.6% | +9.7% | +14.6% | +43.8% | +23.7% |
| Sep 15, 2025 | +22.2% | -7.1% | -5.4% | -0.9% | -0.1% |
| Jun 16, 2025 | +166.7% | +2.2% | +2.5% | +10.2% | +2.1% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | +166.7% | +0.9% | +1.1% | -5.7% | +0.3% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -57.1% | -6.3% | -6.8% | -9.3% | -25.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | $0.12 | $0.12 | +4.3% | $7.7M |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.13 | +15.4% | $6.9M |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.06 | +33.3% | $6.7M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $7.3M |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.11 | $0.09 | +22.2% | $7.1M |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.03 | +166.7% | $7.0M |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.03 | +166.7% | $5.2M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.07 | -57.1% | $5.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 24.5× | 19.7× | 63th | Top 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.1× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 4.29× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.74% | — | — | Top 34% |
| Earnings yield | 4.08% | — | — | Top 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.9× – 222.7× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 16
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.0%
- RSI (14)
- 55.7
- Relative volume
- 0.29×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.82
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.29
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -35.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2021 | Jun 22, 2022 | -51.8% | 258 days | 235 days (May 30, 2023) |
| May 31, 2023 | Jan 31, 2024 | -50.1% | 168 days | 489 days (Jan 13, 2026) |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Jun 17, 2026 | -44.9% | 69 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | -19.6% | 17 days | 11 days (Mar 22, 2021) |
| Apr 6, 2021 | May 6, 2021 | -18.9% | 22 days | 26 days (Jun 14, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $125.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 24.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.44
- Revenue (TTM)
- $28.6M
- 52-week range
- $7.80 – $17.28
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.3M | $22.2M | $19.4M | $20.3M | $26.6M |
| Gross profit | $14.8M | $15.2M | $13.0M | $14.2M | $17.7M |
| Operating income | $3.8M | $5.0M | $2.7M | $3.6M | $4.5M |
| Net income | $4.9M | $4.3M | $3.1M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.44 | $0.38 | $0.28 | $0.32 | $0.37 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.1M | $5.2M | $7.0M | $7.1M | $7.3M | $6.7M | $6.9M | $7.7M |
| Net income | $326,212 | $912,975 | $908,762 | $1.3M | $1.0M | $930,723 | $1.7M | $1.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.29 | $0.08 | $0.08 | $0.11 | $0.09 | $0.08 | $0.15 | $0.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.3M | $6.7M | $2.4M | $2.5M | $7.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$964,204 | -$556,560 | -$2.1M | -$591,628 | -$1.2M |
| Free cash flow | $2.3M | $6.2M | $259,536 | $1.9M | $6.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$28,337 | -$17,963 | -$15,633 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.4M
- Total assets
- $68.9M
- Total liabilities
- $6.1M
- Total debt
- $385,381
- Net debt
- -$3.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $62.7M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 233,744
- Days to cover
- 1.68
- Change vs previous report
- +29.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1-for-14
- Aug 11, 2004
- 1-for-300