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Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS
$388.47 +1.25% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $19.30B
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +7.2%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.52, up 41.8% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.12B, up 8.6% from a year earlier, accelerating from 3.7% 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.
Growth89Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 22%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Quality74Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginTop 15%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 25%
- Interest coverTop 17%
Value29Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 50%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 37%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 33%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 15%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 42%
Momentum72Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions91Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 1%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 42%
Stability61Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 25%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.7% | 8.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 34.6% | 41.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 30.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 22.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 9.9% | 11.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.6% | 3.7% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 41.8% | 34.6% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 30.6% | 26.7% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 22.5% | 18.1% | ↑ | Top 15% |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 13.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.6% | 9.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 17.1% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.0% | — | Top 22% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.14×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 18.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.21%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.85%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
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 12, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $550.60
- Target vs current price
- +41.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +4.5% | -5.1% | +7.5% | -8.8% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +5.3% | -5.0% | +3.9% | +7.7% | +41.0% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +5.0% | -6.4% | +0.8% | +19.9% | +28.9% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +14.1% | +22.7% | +32.1% | +32.4% | +35.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +6.8% | -12.1% | -10.5% | -15.9% | +5.9% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +8.0% | +4.5% | +2.6% | +20.7% | +47.3% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +6.4% | -7.4% | -7.8% | -5.1% | -4.8% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +9.5% | -1.5% | +1.8% | +15.3% | +32.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $3.23 | $3.09 | +4.5% | $851.0M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.77 | $2.63 | +5.3% | $811.5M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.33 | $2.22 | +5.0% | $728.0M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $2.43 | $2.13 | +14.1% | $733.7M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $2.21 | $2.07 | +6.8% | $755.6M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.88 | $1.74 | +8.0% | $727.0M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $1.66 | $1.56 | +6.4% | $676.9M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.73 | $1.58 | +9.5% | $717.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.9× | 36.6× | 57th | Top 50% |
| P/E (forward) | 29.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 23.3× | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| EV / Sales | 6.27× | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.88% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| Earnings yield | 2.71% | — | — | Top 50% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.4× – 108.3× since Mar 31, 2023. 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
- +54.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +41.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +44.9%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -12.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -18.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.0%
- RSI (14)
- 28.2
- Relative volume
- 1.17×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.51
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -38.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2021 | Jul 6, 2022 | -48.3% | 278 days | 142 days (Jan 27, 2023) |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 | -38.0% | 62 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -28.8% | 52 days | 17 days (May 2, 2025) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Mar 17, 2023 | -26.2% | 10 days | 28 days (Apr 27, 2023) |
| Mar 11, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -21.8% | 9 days | 45 days (May 27, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $19.30B
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.52
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.12B
- Dividend yield
- 0.21%
- 52-week range
- $233.78 – $625.99
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.84B | $2.55B | $2.76B | $2.88B | $3.12B |
| Gross profit | $149.8M | $337.3M | $584.3M | $768.6M | $955.5M |
| Operating income | -$24.9M | $133.1M | $323.1M | $521.8M | $702.0M |
| Net income | -$49.1M | $56.4M | $186.5M | $376.0M | $529.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.01 | $1.14 | $3.70 | $7.42 | $10.52 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $717.6M | $676.9M | $727.0M | $755.6M | $733.7M | $728.0M | $811.5M | $851.0M |
| Net income | $84.8M | $84.1M | $95.4M | $111.7M | $122.5M | $105.3M | $139.6M | $162.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.67 | $1.66 | $1.88 | $2.21 | $2.43 | $2.09 | $2.77 | $3.23 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.0M | $14.7M | $274.9M | $440.4M | $605.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$91.3M | -$82.3M | -$96.6M | -$154.3M | -$242.7M |
| Free cash flow | -$85.3M | -$67.6M | $178.3M | $286.1M | $362.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$39.2M | -$39.4M | -$40.0M | -$40.3M | -$40.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$3.4M | $1.2M | $40.9M | -$101.9M | -$164.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $393.3M
- Total assets
- $3.84B
- Total liabilities
- $1.61B
- Total debt
- $690.7M
- Net debt
- $297.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.23B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 12, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.20 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $0.20 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $0.20 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $0.20 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.20 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $0.20 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $0.20 | Dec 5, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,771,239
- Days to cover
- 2.91
- Change vs previous report
- +18.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 16, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Sep 18, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Sep 22, 1977
- 2-for-1