Stocks · Technology · Information Technology Services
Everforth, Inc. EFOR
$36.14 +5.52% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.40B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.94, down 38.6% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 6.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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 16%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginTop 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverBottom 46%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 8%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 19%
- 6-month returnBottom 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 29%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 46%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 9%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.0% | -1.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -35.6% | -38.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 28.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 4.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.1% | 5.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.0% | -1.0% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -38.6% | -35.6% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 28.8% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 6.5% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.6% | 9.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.4% | — | Top 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.6% | — | Bottom 17% |
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.
- -4.3%
- 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.
- +11.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.45×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.16%
- Shareholder yield
- -1.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -6.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -3.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $32.80
- Target vs current price
- -9.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +11.4% | +0.7% | +32.1% | +35.7% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | -29.6% | -0.3% | -45.5% | -53.6% | -53.8% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | -2.5% | +4.9% | -2.8% | -17.4% | -58.4% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +7.4% | +0.6% | -5.5% | -13.9% | +2.0% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +8.3% | +0.6% | +7.7% | +5.8% | -6.9% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | -3.2% | +0.8% | -12.4% | -2.8% | -16.6% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +5.8% | +1.0% | -8.7% | -24.8% | -41.7% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +5.9% | +0.4% | +2.6% | -8.9% | -1.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.91 | $0.82 | +11.4% | $1.01B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $0.69 | $0.98 | -29.6% | $968.3M |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $1.15 | $1.18 | -2.5% | $980.1M |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $1.31 | $1.22 | +7.4% | $1.01B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.17 | $1.08 | +8.3% | $1.02B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.95 | -3.2% | $968.3M |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $1.28 | $1.21 | +5.8% | $985.0M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $1.43 | $1.35 | +5.9% | $1.03B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.6× | 16.4× | 71th | Top 15% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.0× | — | — | Top 8% |
| EV / Sales | 0.70× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.75% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | 5.37% | — | — | Top 15% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.3× – 24.8× since Jun 30, 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
- -24.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -38.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -10.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 53
- Days above the 200-day average
- 3
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +22.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +14.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +9.3%
- RSI (14)
- 64.0
- Relative volume
- 1.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.90
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.21
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -83.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | Jun 25, 2026 | -87.0% | 1121 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -14.8% | 44 days | 47 days (Aug 25, 2021) |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | -11.2% | 18 days | 10 days (Jan 4, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.40B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.94
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.97B
- 52-week range
- $16.90 – $54.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.01B | $4.58B | $4.45B | $4.10B | $3.98B |
| Gross profit | $1.14B | $1.37B | $1.28B | $1.18B | $1.15B |
| Operating income | $350.9M | $409.5M | $364.1M | $304.4M | $230.3M |
| Net income | $409.9M | $268.1M | $219.3M | $175.2M | $113.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.33 | $5.23 | $4.50 | $3.83 | $2.60 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.03B | $985.0M | $968.3M | $1.02B | $1.01B | $980.1M | $968.3M | $1.01B |
| Net income | $47.5M | $42.4M | $20.9M | $29.3M | $38.1M | $25.2M | $5.5M | $14.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.06 | $0.95 | $0.48 | $0.67 | $0.87 | $0.59 | $0.13 | $0.35 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $193.7M | $307.8M | $456.9M | $400.0M | $327.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.7M | -$37.5M | -$39.9M | -$35.3M | -$39.8M |
| Free cash flow | $159.0M | $270.3M | $417.0M | $364.7M | $288.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$167.0M | -$281.4M | -$273.1M | -$327.2M | -$155.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $52.2M
- Total assets
- $4.02B
- Total liabilities
- $2.22B
- Total debt
- $1.44B
- Net debt
- $1.39B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.81B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,629,677
- Days to cover
- 4.81
- Change vs previous report
- -9.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 4, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Oct 21, 1997
- 2-for-1