Stocks · Industrials · Trucking
Elite Express Holding Inc. ETS
$1.61 -6.94% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $78.4M
Expensive vs sector
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +80.2%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 65.1 percentage points.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 73 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The stock is 38% below its highest close of the past year.
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 6%
- Gross marginBottom 10%
- Operating marginBottom 4%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 14%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 3%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 34%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
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 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 1%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 9.4% | — | Bottom 10% | |
| Operating margin | -179.0% | — | Bottom 4% | |
| Net margin | -157.1% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -239.4% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | -27.7% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 12.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- 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.
- -2289.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -27.88%
- Shareholder yield
- -27.88%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 3
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | — | +7.5% | +23.5% | +35.0% | — |
| Apr 13, 2026 | — | -1.2% | -5.0% | -14.7% | +21.7% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | — | -6.5% | -8.3% | +37.7% | +10.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | -$0.15 | — | — | $726,829 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | -$0.01 | — | — | $805,298 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | -$0.11 | — | — | $709,690 |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 25.45× | — | — | Bottom 3% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.78% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Earnings yield | -17.18% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
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
- 19
- Days above the 200-day average
- 73
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +34.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +16.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +25.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +109.8%
- RSI (14)
- 52.1
- Relative volume
- 0.04×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 146.7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.74
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.06
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -38.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -87.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025 | Mar 16, 2026 | -87.8% | 141 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $78.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.9M
- 52-week range
- $0.39 – $2.75
| FY 2023 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.4M | $2.7M |
| Gross profit | $171,257 | $18,211 |
| Operating income | -$189,720 | -$2.5M |
| Net income | -$208,390 | -$2.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.01 | -$0.15 |
| Q1 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $634,220 | $589,720 | $692,143 | $630,250 | $633,865 | $709,690 | $805,298 | $726,829 |
| Net income | -$19,283 | -$48,712 | -$204,999 | -$107,604 | -$185,881 | -$1.7M | -$110,104 | -$2.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.00 | -$0.00 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | -$0.11 | -$0.01 | -$0.15 |
| FY 2023 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$8,822 | -$2.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6,010 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | -$14,832 | -$2.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$22 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.2M
- Total assets
- $18.8M
- Total liabilities
- $246,147
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$5.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $18.5M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 14, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 152,037
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- +58.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.