Stocks · Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Energy Services of America Corporation ESOA
$11.01 +0.46% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $205.4M
Strong growthInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.60, up 273.4% year over year.
- The diluted share count rose 12.0% in a year.
- 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 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 21%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 9%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 50%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginBottom 36%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
- Interest coverTop 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 15%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 38%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 46%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 50%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.9% | 21.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -50.8% | 273.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 11.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 3.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.4% | 3.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.2% | 19.9% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 273.4% | -50.8% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 10.3% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.3% | 0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 27.7% | — | Top 9% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.98×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -17.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.17×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.76%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -9.92%
- Shareholder yield
- -9.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +12.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.0%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +38.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $22.50
- Target vs current price
- +104.4%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +5.9% | -1.2% | -18.0% | -24.7% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +106.3% | +1.9% | +6.5% | -10.7% | -11.4% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | +77.8% | +0.8% | +50.8% | +50.8% | +87.2% |
| Dec 15, 2025 | -34.2% | +1.1% | -6.6% | -5.1% | +46.8% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.0% | -3.5% | +3.5% | +18.0% |
| May 12, 2025 | -510.0% | +5.1% | -10.8% | +22.5% | +7.7% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | -50.0% | -1.3% | -7.4% | -13.8% | -14.4% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | +233.3% | +17.6% | +0.1% | -21.2% | -40.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.17 | +5.9% | $130.0M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.01 | -$0.16 | +106.3% | $93.2M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.09 | +77.8% | $114.1M |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.25 | $0.38 | -34.2% | $130.1M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.12 | +0.0% | $103.6M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$0.41 | $0.10 | -510.0% | $76.7M |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.05 | $0.10 | -50.0% | $100.6M |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.40 | $0.12 | +233.3% | $104.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.3× | 10.8× | 71th | Top 15% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 0.51× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.47% | — | — | Top 17% |
| Earnings yield | 5.47% | — | — | Top 15% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.8× – 79.2× 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
- +6.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +273.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +185.5%
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -16.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.6%
- RSI (14)
- 38.6
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.58
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.13
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -43.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2024 | Dec 22, 2025 | -57.8% | 254 days | 96 days (May 12, 2026) |
| Mar 24, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | -50.9% | 297 days | 55 days (Aug 18, 2023) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | -44.3% | 56 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Dec 7, 2021 | -41.6% | 229 days | 4 days (Dec 13, 2021) |
| Apr 8, 2024 | May 13, 2024 | -31.9% | 25 days | 63 days (Aug 13, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $205.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.60
- Revenue (TTM)
- $467.4M
- Dividend yield
- 1.54%
- 52-week range
- $7.84 – $19.94
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $122.5M | $197.6M | $304.1M | $351.9M | $411.0M |
| Gross profit | $12.9M | $22.4M | $36.8M | $50.0M | $38.8M |
| Operating income | -$1.1M | $6.5M | $13.0M | $19.8M | $4.2M |
| Net income | -$887,518 | $3.8M | $7.4M | $25.1M | $379,708 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.09 | $0.23 | $0.44 | $1.51 | $0.02 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $104.7M | $100.6M | $76.7M | $103.6M | $130.1M | $114.1M | $93.2M | $130.0M |
| Net income | $6.7M | $853,733 | -$6.8M | $2.1M | $4.2M | $2.7M | $215,548 | $3.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.40 | $0.05 | -$0.41 | $0.12 | $0.25 | $0.16 | $0.01 | $0.18 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $798,939 | $8.3M | $21.1M | $18.7M | $4.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.0M | -$5.3M | -$10.8M | -$8.8M | -$6.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$5.2M | $3.0M | $10.2M | $9.9M | -$2.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | -$833,360 | -$994,031 | -$1.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$1.2M | -$219,615 | -$41,380 | -$844,230 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $14.7M
- Total assets
- $219.5M
- Total liabilities
- $135.4M
- Total debt
- $48.7M
- Net debt
- $34.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $84.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.04 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.04 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.03 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.03 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | $0.03 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | $0.03 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.03 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.03 | Jan 2, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 535,995
- Days to cover
- 4.88
- Change vs previous report
- +5.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.