Stocks · Basic Materials · Industrial Materials
Materion Corporation MTRN
$312.16 +9.48% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $6.49B
Strong growthStrong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.29, up 436.2% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +154.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 139.5 percentage points.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 297 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
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.
Growth88Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 10%
Quality33Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 41%
- Gross marginBottom 27%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Interest coverTop 49%
Value23Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 32%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 26%
Momentum100Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 6%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 2%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 1%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 4%
Revisions39Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 10%
Stability20Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.4% | 21.6% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 632.0% | 436.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 15.6% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 6.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 1.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.6% | 11.4% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 436.3% | 632.0% | ↓ | Top 4% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 18.9% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Operating margin | 6.2% | 3.4% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 0.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.6% | 4.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6% | — | Top 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.6% | — | Top 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.20×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.48×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.18%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
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 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $314.00
- Target vs current price
- +0.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +25.0% | +30.8% | +23.6% | +3.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +2.4% | -2.7% | +11.1% | +25.2% | +36.0% |
| Feb 12, 2026 | +1.3% | +1.2% | -4.0% | -11.9% | +26.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +0.0% | -13.3% | -16.7% | -9.8% | +1.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +16.1% | +10.4% | +17.9% | +20.5% | +40.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | +0.9% | +1.5% | -12.5% | -5.8% | +13.1% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | +8.4% | +4.0% | -7.7% | -12.0% | -22.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +0.0% | -1.2% | +1.8% | +8.2% | -3.9% |
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 | $1.90 | $1.52 | +25.0% | $613.9M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.27 | $1.24 | +2.4% | $549.8M |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.51 | +1.3% | $489.8M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.41 | $1.41 | +0.0% | $438.4M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.37 | $1.18 | +16.1% | $431.7M |
| May 1, 2025 | $1.13 | $1.12 | +0.9% | $420.3M |
| Feb 19, 2025 | $1.55 | $1.43 | +8.4% | $436.9M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.41 | $1.41 | +0.0% | $436.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 72.8× | 29.7× | 81th | Bottom 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 44.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 35.2× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 3.33× | — | — | Bottom 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.53% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Earnings yield | 1.37% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.2× – 357.7× since Jul 2, 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
- +154.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +436.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -45.5%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 13
- Days above the 200-day average
- 297
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +24.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +56.5%
- RSI (14)
- 77.4
- Relative volume
- 1.63×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 86.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 98th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- +0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -48.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -48.1% | 258 days | 191 days (Jan 12, 2026) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -36.3% | 20 days | 46 days (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Nov 2, 2022 | -31.1% | 57 days | 72 days (Feb 16, 2023) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Jun 23, 2022 | -26.2% | 157 days | 34 days (Aug 11, 2022) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Oct 23, 2023 | -23.4% | 71 days | 37 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $6.49B
- P/E (TTM)
- 72.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.10B
- Dividend yield
- 0.18%
- 52-week range
- $109.61 – $314.24
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.51B | $1.76B | $1.67B | $1.68B | $1.79B |
| Gross profit | $283.8M | $343.9M | $349.0M | $326.0M | $297.7M |
| Operating income | $77.1M | $119.8M | $136.4M | $47.2M | $115.9M |
| Net income | $72.5M | $86.0M | $95.7M | $5.9M | $74.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.50 | $4.14 | $4.58 | $0.28 | $3.58 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $436.7M | $436.9M | $420.3M | $431.6M | $444.8M | $489.8M | $549.8M | $613.9M |
| Net income | $22.3M | -$48.9M | $17.7M | $25.1M | $25.4M | $6.6M | $19.4M | $38.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.07 | -$2.33 | $0.85 | $1.21 | $1.22 | $0.31 | $0.92 | $1.84 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $90.2M | $116.0M | $144.4M | $87.8M | $103.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$102.9M | -$77.6M | -$119.9M | -$80.8M | -$53.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$12.7M | $38.4M | $24.5M | $7.0M | $50.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$9.7M | -$10.2M | -$10.6M | -$11.1M | -$11.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | -$5.2M | -$7.6M | -$10.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $20.0M
- Total assets
- $1.87B
- Total liabilities
- $875.8M
- Total debt
- $511.5M
- Net debt
- $491.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $994.9M
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.15 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| May 28, 2026 | $0.15 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.14 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.14 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | $0.14 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 29, 2025 | $0.14 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.14 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.14 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 594,712
- Days to cover
- 2.21
- Change vs previous report
- -4.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 25, 1984
- 2-for-1
- Jan 21, 1983
- 3-for-2
- Oct 1, 1979
- 2-for-1
- Mar 29, 1977
- 5-for-4