Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Ducommun Incorporated DCO
$175.39 +2.01% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.65B
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.84, down 169.7% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +83.8%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 68.7 percentage points.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +12.6%).
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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 48%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginTop 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverTop 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 32%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 8%
- 6-month returnTop 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 7%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 5%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.5% | 8.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -199.6% | -169.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 27.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 10.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.1% | -2.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.6% | 6.5% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -169.7% | -199.6% | ↑ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 25.7% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 7.6% | ↑ | Top 36% |
| Net margin | -2.9% | 5.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.8% | 5.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | — | Top 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.0% | — | Top 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 50.40×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.58%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.58%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $192.00
- Target vs current price
- +9.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 20
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +20.2% | +5.1% | +5.0% | -13.6% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +10.6% | +3.1% | +3.3% | +11.1% | +43.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +15.4% | -3.4% | +10.0% | -0.0% | +12.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +4.2% | -3.0% | +4.5% | -2.0% | +32.2% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +10.0% | +0.5% | +1.1% | +0.0% | +0.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | +40.7% | +3.9% | +13.6% | +22.0% | +55.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -7.9% | -6.4% | -6.0% | -2.6% | +9.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +33.8% | +3.2% | +3.4% | +2.8% | +4.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.18 | $0.98 | +20.2% | $224.5M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.75 | $0.68 | +10.6% | $209.0M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $1.05 | $0.91 | +15.4% | $215.8M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.99 | $0.95 | +4.2% | $212.6M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.80 | +10.0% | $202.3M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.59 | +40.7% | $194.1M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.81 | -7.9% | $197.3M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.99 | $0.74 | +33.8% | $201.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 40.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 500.8× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| EV / Sales | 3.41× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.92% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | -1.05% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.3× – 47.5× since Jul 3, 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
- +83.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -169.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -13.1%
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
- 354
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +19.6%
- RSI (14)
- 53.1
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 90th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.86
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.38
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -23.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -38.4% | 377 days | 468 days (Aug 13, 2024) |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -23.5% | 54 days | 36 days (May 30, 2025) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | -20.5% | 20 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -16.0% | 18 days | 7 days (Apr 9, 2026) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -14.9% | 7 days | 8 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.65B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.84
- Revenue (TTM)
- $863.2M
- 52-week range
- $84.76 – $210.39
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $645.4M | $712.5M | $757.0M | $786.6M | $824.8M |
| Gross profit | $142.5M | $144.3M | $163.2M | $197.3M | $221.6M |
| Operating income | $48.9M | $39.8M | $28.9M | $52.2M | $73.8M |
| Net income | $135.5M | $28.8M | $15.9M | $31.5M | -$37.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.06 | $2.33 | $1.14 | $2.10 | -$2.50 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $201.4M | $197.3M | $194.1M | $202.3M | $212.6M | $217.1M | $209.0M | $224.5M |
| Net income | $10.1M | $6.8M | $10.5M | $12.6M | -$64.4M | $9.3M | $9.9M | $20.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.67 | $0.45 | $0.69 | $0.83 | -$4.30 | $0.51 | $0.64 | $1.31 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$565,000 | $32.7M | $31.1M | $34.2M | -$33.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$16.9M | -$19.7M | -$19.5M | -$14.1M | -$15.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$17.4M | $13.0M | $11.5M | $20.1M | -$48.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $85.1M | -$2.9M | -$3.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $39.8M
- Total assets
- $1.22B
- Total liabilities
- $534.1M
- Total debt
- $335.9M
- Net debt
- $296.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $690.4M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2011 | $0.08 | Mar 4, 2011 |
| Nov 17, 2010 | $0.08 | Dec 3, 2010 |
| Aug 18, 2010 | $0.08 | Sep 3, 2010 |
| May 19, 2010 | $0.08 | Jun 4, 2010 |
| Feb 17, 2010 | $0.08 | Mar 5, 2010 |
| Nov 18, 2009 | $0.08 | Dec 4, 2009 |
| Aug 19, 2009 | $0.08 | Sep 4, 2009 |
| May 20, 2009 | $0.08 | Jun 5, 2009 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 855,544
- Days to cover
- 3.89
- Change vs previous report
- +13.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 11, 1998
- 3-for-2
- Mar 25, 1988
- 2,597-for-1,000
- Feb 6, 1981
- 6-for-5