Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Graham Corporation GHM
$91.49 +5.28% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.07B
Strong growthExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $261.1M, up 21.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 16.9% a quarter earlier.
- The shares trade at 88.8× trailing earnings, higher than 80% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned +62.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 47.6 percentage points.
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)Bottom 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 29%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 11%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 16.9% | 21.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 0.9% | -18.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 23.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 5.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -4.5% | -2.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.2% | 16.9% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -18.3% | 0.9% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 25.6% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 7.9% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 6.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -2.3% | -4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.0% | — | Top 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.47×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 1.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -55.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.88×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.34%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.34%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.0%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +28.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $132.50
- Target vs current price
- +44.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +25.9% | +0.5% | +8.3% | -20.3% | — |
| Jun 8, 2026 | +10.0% | -11.0% | -3.0% | -0.9% | -22.0% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | +82.4% | +12.9% | +13.7% | +10.7% | +27.0% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -6.1% | +0.4% | -6.4% | -6.8% | +17.8% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +80.0% | -18.2% | -15.6% | -16.5% | +5.2% |
| Jun 9, 2025 | +65.4% | +6.3% | +10.1% | +25.1% | +12.8% |
| Feb 7, 2025 | +12.5% | -16.1% | -20.2% | -31.9% | -30.4% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +121.4% | +17.0% | +21.6% | +29.6% | +41.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.27 | +25.9% | $71.3M |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.30 | +10.0% | $67.1M |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.17 | +82.4% | $56.7M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.33 | -6.1% | $66.0M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.25 | +80.0% | $55.5M |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.26 | +65.4% | $67.1M |
| Feb 7, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.16 | +12.5% | $56.7M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.31 | $0.14 | +121.4% | $66.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 88.8× | 62.8× | 80th | Bottom 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 59.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 45.6× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| EV / Sales | 4.02× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.57% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | 1.13% | — | — | Bottom 38% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 37.3× – 379.0× 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
- +62.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -18.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +173.3%
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 55.0
- Relative volume
- 1.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.71
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.47
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -46.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2021 | Jul 28, 2022 | -61.5% | 382 days | 262 days (Aug 14, 2023) |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -46.5% | 43 days | 54 days (Jun 26, 2025) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | -32.8% | 45 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Jun 4, 2024 | -22.9% | 43 days | 109 days (Nov 7, 2024) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Aug 5, 2025 | -18.2% | 1 days | 43 days (Oct 6, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.07B
- P/E (TTM)
- 88.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $261.1M
- 52-week range
- $52.57 – $125.82
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $122.8M | $157.1M | $185.5M | $209.9M | $245.3M |
| Gross profit | $9.1M | $25.4M | $40.6M | $52.9M | $57.8M |
| Operating income | -$11.3M | $1.3M | $6.9M | $15.2M | $14.4M |
| Net income | -$8.8M | $367,000 | $4.6M | $12.2M | $12.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.83 | $0.03 | $0.42 | $1.11 | $1.12 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $53.6M | $47.0M | $59.3M | $55.5M | $66.0M | $56.7M | $67.1M | $71.3M |
| Net income | $3.3M | $1.6M | $4.4M | $4.6M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2.0M | $3.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.30 | $0.14 | $0.40 | $0.42 | $0.28 | $0.25 | $0.17 | $0.33 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$2.2M | $13.9M | $28.1M | $24.3M | $15.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.3M | -$3.7M | -$9.2M | -$19.0M | -$16.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$4.5M | $10.2M | $18.9M | $5.4M | -$121,000 |
| Dividends paid | -$3.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$41,000 | -$21,000 | $418,000 | -$201,000 | -$709,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $27.0M
- Total assets
- $364.0M
- Total liabilities
- $171.8M
- Total debt
- $6.8M
- Net debt
- -$20.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $192.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2021 | $0.11 | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Aug 10, 2021 | $0.11 | Aug 25, 2021 |
| Jun 8, 2021 | $0.11 | Jun 23, 2021 |
| Feb 9, 2021 | $0.11 | Feb 24, 2021 |
| Nov 9, 2020 | $0.11 | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Aug 20, 2020 | $0.11 | Aug 31, 2020 |
| Jun 18, 2020 | $0.11 | Jun 29, 2020 |
| Feb 10, 2020 | $0.11 | Feb 25, 2020 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 902,114
- Days to cover
- 6.10
- Change vs previous report
- +8.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 7, 2008
- 2-for-1
- Jan 3, 2008
- 5-for-4
- Oct 4, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Aug 26, 1996
- 3-for-2
- May 18, 1976
- 3-for-2