Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Monro Inc. MNRO
$14.18 +1.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $443.3M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 64.5× trailing earnings, higher than 94% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Net debt is 6.9× 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 Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth4Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 18%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 20%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 22%
Quality24Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 28%
- Gross marginBottom 48%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Interest coverBottom 34%
Value42Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 11%
Momentum32Weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 16%
- 6-month returnBottom 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 30%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions2Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 5%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 26%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Stability16Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 19%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -3.2% | -5.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 34.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 3.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.6% | 3.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.0% | -3.2% | ↓ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 34.9% | 34.5% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 1.5% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -1.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.7% | 6.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.2% | — | Bottom 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.4% | — | Bottom 20% |
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.
- -2.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.90×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 7.66%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.66%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -4.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.50
- Target vs current price
- +16.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -325.0% | -22.9% | -23.8% | -18.8% | — |
| May 27, 2026 | -300.0% | -2.1% | -4.8% | -5.1% | -27.8% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +33.3% | +0.1% | -5.8% | +10.9% | -13.8% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +16.7% | -16.6% | -15.5% | +7.3% | +11.9% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +29.4% | -19.9% | -5.5% | +2.9% | +12.1% |
| May 28, 2025 | -200.0% | +31.2% | +26.5% | +7.4% | +23.0% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -38.7% | -7.7% | -14.3% | -16.2% | -33.8% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -34.6% | +3.5% | +3.1% | +3.5% | -17.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -$0.09 | $0.04 | -325.0% | $287.1M |
| May 27, 2026 | -$0.16 | -$0.04 | -300.0% | $273.8M |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.12 | +33.3% | $293.4M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.18 | +16.7% | $288.9M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.17 | +29.4% | $301.0M |
| May 28, 2025 | -$0.09 | $0.09 | -200.0% | $295.0M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.31 | -38.7% | $305.8M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.26 | -34.6% | $301.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 64.5× | 33.0× | 94th | Bottom 32% |
| P/E (forward) | 132.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.8× | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| EV / Sales | 0.84× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.44% | — | — | Top 28% |
| Earnings yield | 1.55% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.6× – 60.3× since Jun 26, 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
- 9
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -10.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +9.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.4%
- RSI (14)
- 59.5
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 80.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 96th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.14
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2021 | Aug 13, 2026 | -84.2% | 1328 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -13.5% | 8 days | 25 days (Apr 29, 2021) |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -10.9% | 3 days | 19 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $443.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 64.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.22
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.14B
- Dividend yield
- 7.90%
- 52-week range
- $11.06 – $23.91
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.36B | $1.33B | $1.28B | $1.20B | $1.16B |
| Gross profit | $481.8M | $456.2M | $452.1M | $417.6M | $405.3M |
| Operating income | $107.3M | $79.8M | $71.4M | $40.3M | $15.5M |
| Net income | $61.6M | $39.0M | $37.6M | -$5.2M | $2.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.80 | $1.18 | $1.14 | -$0.22 | $0.03 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $301.4M | $305.8M | $295.0M | $301.0M | $288.9M | $293.4M | $273.8M | $287.1M |
| Net income | $5.6M | $4.6M | -$21.3M | -$8.1M | $5.7M | $11.1M | -$6.6M | -$2.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.17 | $0.14 | -$0.72 | -$0.28 | $0.18 | $0.35 | -$0.23 | -$0.08 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $173.8M | $215.0M | $125.2M | $131.9M | $70.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$27.8M | -$39.0M | -$25.5M | -$26.4M | -$31.7M |
| Free cash flow | $145.9M | $176.0M | $99.7M | $105.5M | $38.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$34.7M | -$36.4M | -$35.5M | -$34.9M | -$35.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$96.9M | -$44.0M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.5M
- Total assets
- $1.56B
- Total liabilities
- $974.0M
- Total debt
- $527.8M
- Net debt
- $518.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $582.5M
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.28 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $0.28 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.28 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | $0.28 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | $0.28 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $0.28 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.28 | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.28 | Dec 17, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,518,268
- Days to cover
- 9.96
- Change vs previous report
- +6.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 27, 2010
- 3-for-2
- Oct 2, 2007
- 3-for-2
- Nov 3, 2003
- 3-for-2
- Jun 4, 1998
- 21-for-20
- Jun 18, 1997
- 21-for-20