Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
Limbach Holdings, Inc. LMB
$49.10 -1.19% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $585.3M
Strong growthWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 57% below its highest close of the past year.
- 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 -45.1%, behind the S&P 500 by 60.2 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials 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 17%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 21%
- Gross marginBottom 47%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
- Interest coverTop 31%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 39%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 5%
- 6-month returnBottom 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 11%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 20%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 30%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 32%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 22.5% | 23.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -1.4% | -14.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 28.3% | 23.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 5.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.3% | 7.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 23.7% | 22.5% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.7% | -1.4% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 28.3% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 7.7% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 6.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.4% | 4.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 12.1% | — | Top 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.2% | — | Top 20% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.73×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -29.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.5%
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 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +26.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $77.00
- Target vs current price
- +56.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -30.9% | +5.3% | -36.8% | -43.7% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +128.6% | +11.6% | -25.8% | -21.6% | -31.7% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | +12.9% | -2.5% | -10.2% | -11.6% | -18.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -3.7% | -2.8% | -16.4% | -26.4% | -8.0% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +14.8% | -0.5% | -18.0% | -17.7% | -27.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | +273.3% | +0.1% | +18.6% | +29.0% | +33.6% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | +36.9% | -5.2% | +5.3% | -4.7% | +85.7% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +17.0% | +5.7% | +28.2% | +39.7% | +22.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.93 | -30.9% | $173.5M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.64 | $0.28 | +128.6% | $138.9M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $1.40 | $1.24 | +12.9% | $186.9M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $1.05 | $1.09 | -3.7% | $184.6M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.93 | $0.81 | +14.8% | $142.2M |
| May 5, 2025 | $1.12 | $0.30 | +273.3% | $133.1M |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $1.15 | $0.84 | +36.9% | $143.7M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.62 | $0.53 | +17.0% | $133.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.6× | 26.7× | 33th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | — | — | Top 28% |
| EV / Sales | 0.92× | — | — | Top 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.65% | — | — | Top 15% |
| Earnings yield | 5.09% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.8× – 53.8× 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
- -45.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -14.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -32.6%
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -17.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -34.3%
- RSI (14)
- 46.3
- Relative volume
- 0.69×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 102.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 98th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.96
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -57.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2025 | Aug 31, 2026 | -72.4% | 285 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jun 28, 2022 | -67.6% | 360 days | 177 days (Mar 13, 2023) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | -34.6% | 31 days | 40 days (May 6, 2025) |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 | -24.7% | 29 days | 26 days (May 21, 2024) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 5, 2023 | -23.5% | 23 days | 28 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $585.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.50
- Revenue (TTM)
- $683.8M
- 52-week range
- $40.74 – $114.95
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $490.4M | $496.8M | $516.4M | $518.8M | $646.8M |
| Gross profit | $85.9M | $93.7M | $119.3M | $144.3M | $169.3M |
| Operating income | $14.0M | $12.0M | $29.3M | $38.6M | $49.5M |
| Net income | $6.7M | $6.8M | $20.8M | $30.9M | $48.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.66 | $0.64 | $1.76 | $2.57 | $4.02 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $133.9M | $143.7M | $133.1M | $142.2M | $184.6M | $186.9M | $138.9M | $173.5M |
| Net income | $7.5M | $9.8M | $10.2M | $7.8M | $8.8M | $12.3M | $4.4M | $4.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.62 | $0.82 | $0.85 | $0.64 | $0.73 | $1.02 | $0.36 | $0.39 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$24.2M | $35.4M | $57.4M | $36.8M | $45.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$791,000 | -$993,000 | -$2.3M | -$7.5M | -$3.8M |
| Free cash flow | -$25.0M | $34.4M | $55.1M | $29.3M | $41.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $22.8M | -$2.0M | $0 | $440,000 | $653,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $17.5M
- Total assets
- $404.0M
- Total liabilities
- $200.9M
- Total debt
- $59.6M
- Net debt
- $42.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $203.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 963,979
- Days to cover
- 1.92
- Change vs previous report
- -0.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.