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Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. ESP
$63.23 +1.56% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $189.4M
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 8 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +19.0%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 214 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Operating margin widened to 25.1% from 18.5% a year earlier.
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)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 34%
- Operating marginTop 5%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 14%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 14%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.1% | 4.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 41.9% | 31.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 35.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 18.5% | 25.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 37.8% | 5.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.9% | -8.1% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.1% | 41.9% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 28.9% | ↑ | Top 34% |
| Operating margin | 25.1% | 18.5% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Net margin | 24.2% | 18.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.6% | 37.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.1% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.0% | — | Top 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.51×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 5.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.44×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.55%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -1.10%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 8
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +19.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 7
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | +19.8% | -2.3% | +0.5% | — | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +12.5% | +2.0% | -15.0% | -20.7% | -12.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | +30.3% | +3.1% | -2.7% | -2.8% | +17.4% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +13.4% | -0.3% | +2.0% | +13.5% | +58.8% |
| Sep 16, 2025 | +56.7% | -1.4% | -16.9% | -29.9% | -20.0% |
| May 12, 2025 | +12.5% | +1.1% | +16.6% | +27.9% | +46.2% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +54.3% | -1.3% | +5.0% | -0.9% | +16.1% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | — | +0.2% | -3.1% | -5.9% | -12.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $1.15 | $0.96 | +19.8% | $13.5M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.88 | +12.5% | $11.4M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.76 | +30.3% | $12.1M |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.76 | $0.67 | +13.4% | $9.1M |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $1.05 | $0.67 | +56.7% | $9.6M |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.56 | +12.5% | $10.3M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.46 | +54.3% | $13.6M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $0.61 | — | — | $10.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 16.1× | 14.9× | 58th | Top 10% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.6× | — | — | Top 30% |
| EV / Sales | 3.69× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.36% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Earnings yield | 6.20% | — | — | Top 10% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.2× – 195.1× since Dec 31, 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
- +59.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +31.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -7.3%
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
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 214
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +6.8%
- RSI (14)
- 49.6
- Relative volume
- 1.38×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 16th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.95
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -30.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2020 | May 16, 2022 | -41.5% | 362 days | 230 days (Apr 17, 2023) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Oct 16, 2023 | -34.6% | 124 days | 79 days (Feb 8, 2024) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Oct 17, 2025 | -30.7% | 25 days | 62 days (Jan 16, 2026) |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -23.8% | 105 days | 24 days (May 13, 2025) |
| May 12, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | -23.5% | 17 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $189.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 16.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.92
- Revenue (TTM)
- $46.1M
- Dividend yield
- 2.77%
- 52-week range
- $36.00 – $74.77
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.1M | $35.6M | $38.7M | $44.0M | $46.1M |
| Gross profit | $5.5M | $8.1M | $10.7M | $12.7M | $16.3M |
| Operating income | $1.5M | $4.3M | $6.5M | $8.1M | $11.6M |
| Net income | $1.3M | $3.7M | $5.8M | $8.1M | $11.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.52 | $1.49 | $2.29 | $3.02 | $3.89 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.4M | $13.6M | $10.3M | $9.6M | $9.1M | $12.1M | $11.4M | $13.5M |
| Net income | $1.6M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $2.9M | $2.2M | $2.8M | $2.9M | $3.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.61 | $0.70 | $0.63 | $1.05 | $0.76 | $0.99 | $0.99 | $1.18 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.2M | $3.9M | $10.6M | $21.0M | $5.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$303,561 | -$512,016 | -$5.2M | -$4.4M | -$3.1M |
| Free cash flow | $1.9M | $3.4M | $5.4M | $16.6M | $2.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$489,268 | -$1.7M | -$2.6M | -$4.8M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $45.4M
- Total assets
- $97.2M
- Total liabilities
- $36.6M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$19.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $60.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $1.00 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.25 | Jun 22, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $0.25 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $0.25 | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | $1.00 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 61,847
- Days to cover
- 2.84
- Change vs previous report
- +14.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 3, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Jan 3, 1984
- 3-for-1