Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Elmet Group Co. ELMT
$22.13 +8.75% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $663.5M
Expensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 5.2% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The company holds net cash of $43.3M (cash above total debt).
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.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 17%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverBottom 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 35%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 22.1% | — | Bottom 34% | |
| Operating margin | -5.4% | — | Bottom 16% | |
| Net margin | -3.9% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -5.3% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | -5.5% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- 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.
- 4.9%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -4.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- -0.77%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -18.89%
- Shareholder yield
- -19.66%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 2
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 2
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.75
- Target vs current price
- -1.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +217.6% | +1.3% | +1.5% | -6.0% | — |
| May 29, 2026 | +227.8% | -5.7% | +19.1% | +17.0% | +9.0% |
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 | $0.18 | $0.06 | +217.6% | $66.4M |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.23 | -$0.18 | +227.8% | $56.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 37.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 2.71× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -1.82% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| Earnings yield | -0.41% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 16
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +25.3%
- RSI (14)
- 62.2
- Relative volume
- 0.58×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 102.8%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -42.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -42.3% | 39 days | 36 days (Sep 18, 2026) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | -24.5% | 18 days | 8 days (Jun 1, 2026) |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 28, 2026 | -18.9% | 6 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $663.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $228.5M
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $190.4M | $201.6M |
| Gross profit | $40.3M | $39.7M |
| Operating income | $14.2M | $12.1M |
| Net income | $11.8M | $4.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.40 | $0.15 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $46.9M | $46.4M | $51.1M | $55.0M | $56.0M | $66.4M |
| Net income | $5.5M | $1.2M | $2.4M | -$6.6M | -$338,000 | -$4.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.00 | $0.04 | $0.08 | $0.00 | -$0.01 | -$0.16 |
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $22.3M | $10.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$10.4M |
| Free cash flow | $16.2M | $305,000 |
| Dividends paid | -$3.7M | -$1.7M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $71.0M
- Total assets
- $284.2M
- Total liabilities
- $96.7M
- Total debt
- $22.8M
- Net debt
- -$43.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $187.5M
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,657,457
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +22.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.