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inTEST Corporation INTT
$12.30 +2.76% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $154.5M
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 97.1× trailing earnings, higher than 88% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Over the past year the stock returned +58.3%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 43.2 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 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginBottom 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
- Interest coverTop 38%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 17%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
- 6-month returnBottom 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 46%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.0% | 5.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 42.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -1.0% | 1.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.5% | 2.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.4% | -5.0% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 42.4% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | 1.7% | -1.0% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.7% | 8.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.7% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.9% | — | Bottom 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.26×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -2.27%
- Shareholder yield
- -2.27%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +3.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.5%
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
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $15.00
- Target vs current price
- +22.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +92.8% | -6.0% | -0.6% | -20.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +100.0% | -11.9% | -5.3% | -7.3% | -33.4% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | +0.0% | +16.6% | +32.3% | +42.7% | +87.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -150.0% | -3.5% | -6.6% | -10.3% | +8.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +175.0% | +0.0% | +2.5% | +4.9% | +23.8% |
| May 2, 2025 | -37.5% | -4.2% | +3.1% | -2.7% | +15.4% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | +64.3% | -4.1% | -3.1% | -23.0% | -22.3% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | +42.9% | +2.6% | +10.9% | +5.7% | +24.4% |
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 | $0.09 | $0.05 | +92.8% | $35.3M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.08 | +100.0% | $33.9M |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.16 | +0.0% | $32.8M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.04 | -150.0% | $26.2M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.03 | -$0.04 | +175.0% | $28.1M |
| May 2, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.08 | -37.5% | $26.6M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.14 | +64.3% | $36.6M |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.10 | $0.07 | +42.9% | $30.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 97.1× | 20.2× | 88th | Bottom 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 25.4× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 1.15× | — | — | Top 17% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.25% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | 1.03% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.0× – 385.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -11.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.9%
- RSI (14)
- 58.7
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 60.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 67th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.09
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -62.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2023 | May 5, 2025 | -78.8% | 465 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 6, 2022 | -64.9% | 256 days | 178 days (Mar 21, 2023) |
| Apr 5, 2021 | Apr 20, 2021 | -23.2% | 11 days | 2 days (Apr 22, 2021) |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Apr 27, 2023 | -18.3% | 7 days | 26 days (Jun 5, 2023) |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -13.9% | 19 days | 3 days (Nov 2, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $154.5M
- P/E (TTM)
- 97.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $128.3M
- 52-week range
- $7.07 – $20.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $84.9M | $116.8M | $123.3M | $130.7M | $113.8M |
| Gross profit | $41.2M | $53.4M | $57.0M | $55.4M | $48.9M |
| Operating income | $8.5M | $10.7M | $10.4M | $3.4M | -$3.7M |
| Net income | $7.3M | $8.5M | $9.3M | $2.9M | -$2.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.68 | $0.78 | $0.79 | $0.24 | -$0.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $30.3M | $36.6M | $26.6M | $28.1M | $26.2M | $32.8M | $33.9M | $35.3M |
| Net income | $495,000 | $1.5M | -$2.3M | -$503,000 | -$938,000 | $1.2M | $789,000 | $474,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | $0.12 | -$0.19 | -$0.04 | -$0.08 | $0.10 | $0.06 | $0.04 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $10.8M | -$1.4M | $16.2M | $3.8M | $7.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$994,000 | -$1.4M | -$1.3M | -$1.3M | -$1.6M |
| Free cash flow | $9.8M | -$2.8M | $14.9M | $2.5M | $5.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.6M | $225,000 | $19.2M | -$759,000 | $129,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $22.1M
- Total assets
- $149.1M
- Total liabilities
- $41.4M
- Total debt
- $14.8M
- Net debt
- -$7.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $107.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2012 | $0.08 | Dec 17, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 453,251
- Days to cover
- 4.22
- Change vs previous report
- +6.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.