Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Miller Industries, Inc. MLR
$54.39 +2.26% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $619.8M
High qualityStrong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.24, down 66.1% year over year.
- At 43.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 169 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 2%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 37%
- Gross marginBottom 10%
- Operating marginBottom 29%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 6%
- Interest coverTop 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 8%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
- 6-month returnTop 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 17%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 9%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 22%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 6%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -34.3% | -21.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -71.5% | -66.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 2.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.5% | 14.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -21.0% | -34.3% | ↑ | Bottom 3% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -66.1% | -71.5% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 14.8% | ↓ | Bottom 10% |
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 5.7% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 4.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.6% | 3.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.5% | — | Bottom 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.3% | — | Bottom 29% |
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.
- -19.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.53×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 28.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.51%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.30%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.81%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.0%
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 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $64.00
- Target vs current price
- +17.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +72.6% | +0.0% | +7.4% | +7.2% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -77.3% | -1.7% | -6.0% | -3.5% | +1.2% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +866.7% | +3.9% | +3.2% | +5.2% | +12.8% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +1250.0% | +2.6% | -2.8% | -2.1% | +6.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +32.7% | +0.4% | +1.7% | -2.0% | -2.9% |
| May 7, 2025 | +15.0% | +0.4% | +12.4% | +6.9% | -4.5% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -16.5% | +0.5% | -15.3% | -21.4% | -16.6% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +0.0% | -0.3% | -12.4% | -5.9% | -15.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.63 | $0.37 | +72.6% | $240.0M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.22 | -77.3% | $180.9M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.03 | +866.7% | $171.2M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.02 | +1250.0% | $178.7M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.73 | $0.55 | +32.7% | $214.0M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.60 | +15.0% | $225.7M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.91 | $1.09 | -16.5% | $221.9M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $1.33 | $1.33 | +0.0% | $314.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 43.9× | 15.2× | 100th | Bottom 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 27.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.1× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| EV / Sales | 0.74× | — | — | Top 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 18.19% | — | — | Top 8% |
| Earnings yield | 2.28% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.4× – 41.0× 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
- +35.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -66.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +261.1%
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
- 169
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +14.4%
- RSI (14)
- 50.8
- Relative volume
- 0.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 24.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 19th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -5.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -53.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -54.9% | 377 days | 359 days (Mar 7, 2024) |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Nov 17, 2025 | -53.5% | 254 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 13, 2024 | -17.0% | 10 days | 59 days (Nov 5, 2024) |
| May 31, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -12.3% | 23 days | 7 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $619.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 43.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $770.7M
- Dividend yield
- 1.53%
- 52-week range
- $35.72 – $59.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $717.5M | $848.5M | $1.15B | $1.26B | $790.3M |
| Gross profit | $69.9M | $82.4M | $151.9M | $170.8M | $120.4M |
| Operating income | $23.6M | $29.6M | $78.8M | $84.5M | $31.4M |
| Net income | $16.3M | $20.3M | $58.3M | $63.5M | $23.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.42 | $1.78 | $5.07 | $5.47 | $1.98 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $314.3M | $221.9M | $225.7M | $214.0M | $178.7M | $171.2M | $180.9M | $240.0M |
| Net income | $15.4M | $10.5M | $8.1M | $8.5M | $3.1M | $3.4M | $555,000 | $7.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.33 | $0.91 | $0.69 | $0.73 | $0.27 | $0.29 | $0.05 | $0.63 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $15.3M | -$19.2M | $11.0M | $16.9M | $98.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.2M | -$28.9M | -$12.1M | -$15.4M | -$13.7M |
| Free cash flow | $6.1M | -$48.1M | -$1.1M | $1.5M | $85.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$8.2M | -$8.2M | -$8.2M | -$8.7M | -$9.2M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$2.9M | -$6.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $55.6M
- Total assets
- $609.1M
- Total liabilities
- $189.0M
- Total debt
- $4.7M
- Net debt
- -$50.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $420.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | $0.21 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.21 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.21 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | $0.20 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | $0.20 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.20 | Jun 9, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 24, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.19 | Dec 9, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 412,613
- Days to cover
- 4.07
- Change vs previous report
- -6.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 1, 2001
- 1-for-5
- Dec 31, 1996
- 3-for-2
- Oct 1, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Apr 15, 1996
- 3-for-2