Stocks · Technology · Communication Equipment
Frequency Electronics, Inc. FEIM
$86.03 +0.07% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $849.1M
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.25, down 89.1% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 2.5% from 14.2% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +151.2%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 136.1 percentage points.
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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginBottom 24%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 2%
- Interest coverTop 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 14%
- 6-month returnTop 18%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 7%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 1%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -9.4% | 6.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -103.8% | -89.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 41.5% | 33.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 2.5% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.2% | 6.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.3% | -9.4% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -89.1% | -103.8% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Gross margin | 33.0% | 41.5% | ↓ | Bottom 24% |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 14.2% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 31.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.9% | -0.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.0% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.7% | — | Top 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.96×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -26.93×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 43.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -6.73%
- Shareholder yield
- -6.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +5.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -51.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $43.67
- Target vs current price
- -49.2%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | +173.3% | -2.5% | +32.9% | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2026 | -288.7% | +0.6% | +35.5% | +28.8% | — |
| Mar 11, 2026 | -47.5% | +2.2% | -14.7% | +3.9% | +33.7% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | -41.0% | +3.4% | +23.4% | +68.7% | +55.3% |
| Sep 11, 2025 | -83.7% | +5.2% | -16.3% | +19.4% | -8.4% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | +25.9% | -0.4% | -13.4% | +31.5% | +56.9% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | — | -0.9% | +11.6% | +18.0% | +34.7% |
| Dec 10, 2024 | — | -1.2% | +40.9% | +36.6% | +9.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | $0.41 | $0.15 | +173.3% | $23.5M |
| Jul 15, 2026 | -$0.50 | $0.27 | -288.7% | $15.4M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.31 | -47.5% | $16.9M |
| Dec 11, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.31 | -41.0% | $17.1M |
| Sep 11, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.43 | -83.7% | $13.8M |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.27 | +25.9% | $20.0M |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $1.60 | — | — | $18.9M |
| Dec 10, 2024 | $0.28 | — | — | $15.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 344.1× | 22.1× | 100th | Bottom 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 69.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 393.0× | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| EV / Sales | 10.91× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.59% | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Earnings yield | 0.29% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.5× – 342.0× since Oct 31, 2023. 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
- +151.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -89.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +3835.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 16
- Days above the 200-day average
- 553
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +10.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +18.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +41.7%
- RSI (14)
- 60.7
- Relative volume
- 0.46×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 115.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 99th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.38
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.25
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2021 | Oct 19, 2022 | -60.1% | 399 days | 440 days (Jul 23, 2024) |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -33.0% | 46 days | 34 days (May 8, 2026) |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -31.9% | 20 days | 15 days (Dec 12, 2025) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 | -29.4% | 20 days | 6 days (Jul 21, 2026) |
| Dec 24, 2024 | Mar 11, 2025 | -29.1% | 50 days | 53 days (May 27, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $849.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 344.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.25
- Revenue (TTM)
- $72.9M
- 52-week range
- $26.05 – $89.76
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $48.3M | $40.8M | $55.3M | $69.8M | $63.2M |
| Gross profit | $8.6M | $7.8M | $18.6M | $30.1M | $18.4M |
| Operating income | -$8.0M | -$4.7M | $5.0M | $11.7M | -$3.0M |
| Net income | -$8.7M | -$5.5M | $5.6M | $23.8M | -$903,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.93 | -$0.59 | $0.59 | $2.46 | -$0.09 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.8M | $18.9M | $20.0M | $13.8M | $17.1M | $16.9M | $15.4M | $23.5M |
| Net income | $2.7M | $15.4M | $3.2M | $634,000 | $1.8M | $1.6M | -$4.9M | $4.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.28 | $1.60 | $0.34 | $0.07 | $0.18 | $0.16 | -$0.50 | $0.41 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.0M | $1.2M | $8.7M | -$1.4M | $1.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.9M | -$918,000 | -$1.5M | -$1.8M | -$2.9M |
| Free cash flow | $2.2M | $257,000 | $7.2M | -$3.2M | -$1.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$9.4M | $0 | -$9.6M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$377,000 | -$1.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $61.4M
- Total assets
- $153.6M
- Total liabilities
- $33.7M
- Total debt
- $7.0M
- Net debt
- -$54.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $119.8M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 14, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2024 | $1.00 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Jan 5, 2023 | $1.00 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Dec 20, 2012 | $0.20 | Dec 31, 2012 |
| Oct 29, 2007 | $0.10 | Dec 1, 2007 |
| May 25, 2007 | $0.10 | Jun 1, 2007 |
| Oct 27, 2006 | $0.10 | Dec 1, 2006 |
| Apr 26, 2006 | $0.10 | Jun 1, 2006 |
| Oct 27, 2005 | $0.10 | Dec 1, 2005 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 979,890
- Days to cover
- 2.54
- Change vs previous report
- -0.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 2, 1997
- 3-for-2
- May 27, 1986
- 3-for-2
- Apr 14, 1981
- 2-for-1
- Sep 29, 1980
- 3-for-2