Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Food Distribution
AMCON Distributing Company DIT
$67.56 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $63.6M
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 52.8% in a year.
- Net debt is 8.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive 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 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 21%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 24%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Interest coverBottom 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 1%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 37%
- 6-month returnBottom 15%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 49%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 9%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.6% | 22.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 6.7% | 5.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.6% | 0.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.1% | 19.6% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 6.7% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.5% | ↓ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.1% | 0.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | — | Bottom 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.9% | — | Top 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -23.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.76×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.78%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.81%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +52.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +16.4%
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 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.2% | — |
| Apr 20, 2026 | — | -4.2% | -7.7% | -16.3% | -26.2% |
| Jan 19, 2026 | — | +0.0% | -5.1% | +1.0% | +25.2% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | — | -5.3% | -3.7% | -7.3% | -9.0% |
| Jul 18, 2025 | — | +2.7% | +3.6% | -1.5% | +1.3% |
| Apr 18, 2025 | — | -0.6% | -7.6% | -4.8% | -0.5% |
| Jan 21, 2025 | — | -4.6% | -5.7% | +2.3% | -4.9% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | — | +0.0% | +5.6% | +19.0% | +19.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $2.85 | — | — | $835.3M |
| Apr 20, 2026 | -$2.34 | — | — | $619.5M |
| Jan 19, 2026 | $1.28 | — | — | $730.1M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.80 | — | — | $1.16B |
| Jul 18, 2025 | $1.42 | — | — | $711.3M |
| Apr 18, 2025 | -$1.72 | — | — | $619.5M |
| Jan 21, 2025 | $0.38 | — | — | $711.3M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $2.04 | — | — | $746.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 47.9× | 6.8× | 78th | Bottom 37% |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.5× | — | — | Top 45% |
| EV / Sales | 0.08× | — | — | Top 1% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.29% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 2.09% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.1× – 132.8× 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
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.2%
- RSI (14)
- 52.9
- Relative volume
- 0.44×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.23
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.10
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2022 | Jul 29, 2026 | -61.9% | 1009 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Nov 3, 2021 | -32.4% | 31 days | 23 days (Dec 7, 2021) |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Feb 3, 2022 | -31.4% | 12 days | 114 days (Jul 20, 2022) |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 11, 2021 | -24.2% | 7 days | 9 days (Jan 25, 2021) |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Feb 17, 2021 | -22.3% | 16 days | 45 days (Apr 22, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $63.6M
- P/E (TTM)
- 47.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.44B
- Dividend yield
- 1.30%
- 52-week range
- $59.15 – $95.59
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.67B | $2.01B | $2.54B | $2.71B | $2.82B |
| Gross profit | $100.5M | $127.7M | $170.8M | $182.4M | $188.2M |
| Operating income | $17.8M | $22.6M | $26.0M | $18.0M | $12.6M |
| Net income | $15.5M | $16.7M | $11.6M | $4.3M | $568,739 |
| EPS (diluted) | $27.36 | $28.59 | $19.46 | $7.15 | $0.92 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $746.3M | $711.3M | $619.5M | $739.6M | $1.16B | $730.1M | $715.7M | $835.3M |
| Net income | $1.2M | $348,419 | -$1.6M | $1.3M | $491,733 | $792,964 | -$2.2M | $2.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$5.11 | $0.57 | -$2.58 | $2.13 | $0.80 | $1.28 | -$3.52 | $2.85 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $20.9M | $22.9M | $19.7M | $67.9M | $18.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.5M | -$14.7M | -$11.6M | -$20.4M | -$9.0M |
| Free cash flow | $19.4M | $8.2M | $8.2M | $47.4M | $9.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$3.4M | -$3.4M | -$3.5M | -$630,362 | -$645,462 |
| Net share buybacks | -$5,738 | $0 | -$404,876 | $0 | -$1.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $636,644
- Total assets
- $399.3M
- Total liabilities
- $283.8M
- Total debt
- $201.1M
- Net debt
- $200.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $115.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.12 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.12 | May 29, 2026 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $0.18 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | $0.28 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.18 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.18 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.18 | May 30, 2025 |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $0.18 | Feb 28, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 699
- Days to cover
- 2.86
- Change vs previous report
- -11.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 23, 2026
- 3-for-2
- May 17, 2004
- 1-for-6
- Jan 21, 2000
- 11-for-10