Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
CPI Aerostructures, Inc. CVU
$5.10 -1.35% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $68.3M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +101.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 85.8 percentage points.
- Operating margin widened to 8.2% from 0.5% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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)Bottom 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 9%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 32%
- Gross marginBottom 35%
- Operating marginTop 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 2%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Interest coverTop 46%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 31%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 35%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 3%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 5%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 18%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.0% | 2.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | 22.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 8.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.1% | -3.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.6% | -8.0% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 15.2% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 0.5% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | -1.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.2% | 2.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | — | Top 32% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -6.0% | — | Bottom 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -0.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 7.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +16.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.67×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.18%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.18%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.1%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | -26.3% | +3.3% | +3.5% | -5.8% | — |
| May 15, 2026 | +32.7% | -2.7% | +16.8% | +33.6% | +46.4% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -26.3% | +5.1% | -12.9% | -3.2% | +28.2% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | +32.7% | -2.4% | +25.7% | +49.5% | +80.0% |
| Aug 19, 2025 | — | -5.0% | -13.1% | -10.6% | -22.7% |
| May 15, 2025 | -189.8% | -1.1% | -17.4% | -17.4% | -11.4% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -28.1% | +3.0% | -4.5% | -1.8% | -6.2% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -37.9% | -2.1% | +8.0% | +13.6% | +43.5% |
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 | $0.05 | $0.07 | -26.3% | $17.6M |
| May 15, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +32.7% | $17.4M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.07 | -26.3% | $23.5M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +32.7% | $19.3M |
| Aug 19, 2025 | -$0.10 | — | — | $20.5M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.10 | $0.11 | -189.8% | $22.0M |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.11 | -28.1% | $24.1M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.06 | $0.10 | -37.9% | $20.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.7× | 4.2× | 72th | Top 14% |
| P/E (forward) | 8.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.3× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 1.30× | — | — | Top 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -3.47% | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Earnings yield | 5.66% | — | — | Top 14% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.8× – 26.3× since Jun 30, 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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 125
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +13.9%
- RSI (14)
- 46.9
- Relative volume
- 1.49×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 16th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.90
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.24
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2021 | Sep 15, 2022 | -83.1% | 378 days | 588 days (Jan 21, 2025) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | -63.8% | 203 days | 187 days (Aug 14, 2026) |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 2, 2020 | -20.7% | 4 days | 34 days (Nov 19, 2020) |
| Feb 19, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -15.0% | 9 days | 9 days (Mar 17, 2021) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -14.7% | 22 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $68.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $73.6M
- 52-week range
- $2.02 – $5.98
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $103.4M | $83.3M | $86.5M | $81.1M | $69.3M |
| Gross profit | $15.0M | $16.3M | $17.1M | $17.2M | $10.6M |
| Operating income | $3.2M | $4.9M | $6.3M | $6.7M | -$176,382 |
| Net income | $6.8M | $9.2M | $17.2M | $3.3M | -$843,361 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.56 | $0.74 | $1.38 | $0.26 | -$0.07 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.4M | $21.8M | $15.4M | $15.2M | $19.3M | $19.4M | $17.4M | $17.6M |
| Net income | $749,677 | $971,473 | -$1.3M | -$1.3M | $1.1M | $691,830 | $1.2M | $685,615 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.07 | -$0.10 | -$0.10 | $0.09 | $0.05 | $0.09 | $0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.8M | $944,329 | $3.9M | $3.6M | -$5.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$29,188 | -$40,789 | -$140,450 | -$403,854 | -$65,036 |
| Free cash flow | $2.8M | $903,540 | $3.8M | $3.2M | -$5.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $835,875
- Total assets
- $78.7M
- Total liabilities
- $50.6M
- Total debt
- $28.2M
- Net debt
- $27.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $28.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 77,458
- Days to cover
- 1.69
- Change vs previous report
- +8.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 23, 1999
- 1-for-3