Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
Johnson Outdoors Inc. JOUT
$44.50 -0.91% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $470.4M
Low risk
Next earnings report: Dec 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 2.7% from -9.0% a year earlier.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $660.9M, up 17.5% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 12%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 13%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 17%
- Gross marginTop 41%
- Operating marginBottom 28%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
- Interest coverTop 10%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 6%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 15%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 34%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 27%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 12%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.6% | 17.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 39.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -9.0% | 2.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.1% | 4.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.5% | 17.6% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| Gross margin | 39.7% | 32.7% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | -9.0% | ↑ | Bottom 28% |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -7.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.5% | 6.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.0% | — | Bottom 17% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.3% | — | Bottom 13% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -24.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.13×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 81.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.90%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.90%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -44.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- 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 7, 2026 | +108.8% | +1.4% | +2.6% | -4.4% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +2.3% | -3.9% | -25.7% | -16.2% | -9.8% |
| Feb 6, 2026 | +26.7% | -3.1% | -0.6% | -5.4% | +3.8% |
| Dec 12, 2025 | -316.2% | -2.2% | +4.3% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | +212.5% | +8.1% | +11.3% | +22.2% | +32.2% |
| May 2, 2025 | +4.8% | +3.9% | +7.1% | +14.6% | +40.9% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | -14.6% | -9.0% | -10.6% | -19.9% | -27.3% |
| Dec 10, 2024 | -241.8% | +1.2% | +7.6% | -0.6% | -23.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $1.42 | $0.68 | +108.8% | $189.7M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.87 | +2.3% | $194.5M |
| Feb 6, 2026 | -$0.33 | -$0.45 | +26.7% | $140.9M |
| Dec 12, 2025 | -$2.83 | -$0.68 | -316.2% | $135.8M |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.75 | $0.24 | +212.5% | $180.7M |
| May 2, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.21 | +4.8% | $168.3M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | -$1.49 | -$1.30 | -14.6% | $107.6M |
| Dec 10, 2024 | -$3.35 | -$0.98 | -241.8% | $105.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 34.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.0× | — | — | Top 6% |
| EV / Sales | 0.52× | — | — | Top 15% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.35% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | -1.84% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.5× – 80.5× since Jul 2, 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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.2%
- RSI (14)
- 47.4
- Relative volume
- 1.18×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 22.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 5th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.61
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 2021 | Apr 16, 2025 | -85.9% | 1009 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $470.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $660.9M
- Dividend yield
- 3.71%
- 52-week range
- $35.65 – $53.54
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $751.7M | $743.4M | $663.8M | $592.8M | $592.4M |
| Gross profit | $334.1M | $271.3M | $244.1M | $201.0M | $208.1M |
| Operating income | $111.3M | $66.3M | $11.7M | -$43.5M | -$16.2M |
| Net income | $83.4M | $44.5M | $19.5M | -$26.5M | -$34.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.24 | $4.37 | $1.90 | -$2.60 | -$3.35 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $105.9M | $107.6M | $168.3M | $180.7M | $135.8M | $140.9M | $194.5M | $189.7M |
| Net income | -$34.3M | -$15.3M | $2.3M | $7.7M | -$29.1M | -$3.3M | $9.4M | $14.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.76 | -$1.49 | $0.22 | $0.76 | -$2.83 | -$0.32 | $0.91 | $1.42 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $58.3M | -$62.1M | $41.7M | $41.0M | $56.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$21.4M | -$31.7M | -$22.7M | -$22.0M | -$16.0M |
| Free cash flow | $36.9M | -$93.8M | $19.0M | $19.0M | $40.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$8.4M | -$12.1M | -$12.6M | -$13.4M | -$13.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$495,000 | -$177,000 | -$178,000 | -$264,000 | -$1,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $175.2M
- Total assets
- $648.4M
- Total liabilities
- $217.7M
- Total debt
- $51.6M
- Net debt
- -$123.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $430.6M
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.33 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $0.33 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | $0.33 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $0.33 | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.33 | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.33 | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | $0.33 | Apr 24, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.33 | Jan 23, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 460,067
- Days to cover
- 11.93
- Change vs previous report
- +0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.