Stocks · Industrials · Electrical Equipment & Parts
LSI Industries Inc. LYTS
$20.84 -1.93% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $780.1M
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 31.0× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 7.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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 6, 2026.
Growth68Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 26%
Quality37Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 41%
- Gross marginBottom 42%
- Operating marginBottom 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Interest coverTop 35%
Value48Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 31%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Momentum40Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 25%
- 6-month returnTop 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 41%
Revisions63Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 38%
Stability32Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 50%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 25.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 5.6% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.0% | 5.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.2% | — | Top 22% | |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -15.0% | — | Bottom 31% | |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 24.7% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 6.2% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 4.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.7% | 6.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | — | Bottom 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 11.5% | — | Top 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.96×
- 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.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +30.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.82×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.83%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -12.75%
- Shareholder yield
- -11.92%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +8.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +4.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -4.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $29.50
- Target vs current price
- +41.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- 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 20, 2026 | +8.6% | -14.3% | -15.8% | -15.6% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | -50.0% | +9.5% | +10.7% | +9.9% | +12.9% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | +17.6% | +14.1% | +5.6% | +8.3% | +0.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +4.5% | -10.2% | -16.9% | -18.6% | -3.5% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | +52.9% | +5.7% | +17.2% | +21.5% | -4.4% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +0.0% | -7.0% | -4.6% | -0.1% | +10.6% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | -10.0% | +25.0% | +7.7% | +1.8% | -20.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +13.0% | +5.3% | +12.9% | +11.2% | +17.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.38 | $0.35 | +8.6% | $234.6M |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.12 | -50.0% | $150.5M |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.17 | +17.6% | $147.0M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.22 | +4.5% | $157.2M |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.17 | +52.9% | $155.1M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.13 | +0.0% | $132.5M |
| Jan 23, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.20 | -10.0% | $147.7M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.26 | $0.23 | +13.0% | $138.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 31.0× | 20.9× | 90th | Top 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 28.7× | — | — | Bottom 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.56× | — | — | Top 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.00% | — | — | Top 31% |
| Earnings yield | 3.22% | — | — | Top 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.9× – 37.1× 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
- -11.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -15.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +33.9%
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)
- -7.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.8%
- RSI (14)
- 49.2
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 54th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.52
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2021 | Jun 21, 2022 | -48.7% | 354 days | 107 days (Nov 21, 2022) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Apr 28, 2025 | -40.7% | 65 days | 271 days (May 27, 2026) |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Nov 9, 2023 | -27.2% | 21 days | 180 days (Jul 31, 2024) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | -27.0% | 55 days | 57 days (Aug 18, 2023) |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Sep 8, 2026 | -27.0% | 51 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $780.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.67
- Revenue (TTM)
- $689.4M
- Dividend yield
- 0.96%
- 52-week range
- $17.20 – $27.36
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $455.1M | $497.0M | $469.6M | $573.4M | $689.4M |
| Gross profit | $109.2M | $136.9M | $133.2M | $141.8M | $173.4M |
| Operating income | $21.2M | $37.0M | $35.5M | $35.8M | $38.4M |
| Net income | $15.0M | $25.8M | $25.0M | $24.4M | $22.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.54 | $0.88 | $0.83 | $0.79 | $0.67 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $138.1M | $147.7M | $132.5M | $155.1M | $157.2M | $147.0M | $150.5M | $234.6M |
| Net income | $6.7M | $5.6M | $3.9M | $8.2M | $7.3M | $6.3M | $2.1M | $6.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | $0.18 | $0.13 | $0.26 | $0.23 | $0.20 | $0.06 | $0.18 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$3.9M | $49.6M | $43.4M | $38.1M | $44.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.1M | -$3.2M | -$5.4M | -$3.5M | -$5.1M |
| Free cash flow | -$6.0M | $46.4M | $38.0M | $34.7M | $39.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$5.3M | -$5.4M | -$5.7M | -$6.0M | -$6.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $26,000 | $3.9M | $1.8M | $1.1M | $102.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $14.2M
- Total assets
- $829.9M
- Total liabilities
- $469.2M
- Total debt
- $306.7M
- Net debt
- $292.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $360.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.05 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.05 | May 12, 2026 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.05 | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $0.05 | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.05 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.05 | May 13, 2025 |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.05 | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $0.05 | Nov 29, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,850,000
- Days to cover
- 7.07
- Change vs previous report
- +8.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 17, 2003
- 5-for-4
- Dec 7, 2001
- 3-for-2
- Aug 16, 1995
- 3-for-2
- Sep 6, 1994
- 21-for-20
- Jun 6, 1989
- 3-for-2