Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. MTW
$23.22 +3.66% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $833.8M
Strong trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +128.8%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 113.7 percentage points.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.55, down 56.1% year over year.
- Net debt is 3.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
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 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 28%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 40%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Interest coverBottom 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 47%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 16%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 3%
- 6-month returnTop 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 3%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 2%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 18%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 29%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.1% | 8.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -83.9% | -56.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 18.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 3.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.1% | 3.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 8.9% | 5.1% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -56.1% | -83.9% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 17.4% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 2.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.0% | -1.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | — | Bottom 40% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.3% | — | Bottom 44% |
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.
- -4.8%
- 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.
- -7.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.20×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.8%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -31.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.00
- Target vs current price
- -31.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 17%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +316.3% | -0.3% | +41.5% | +41.9% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -392.1% | +6.4% | +1.3% | -4.4% | +7.6% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | -3.0% | -1.1% | -4.9% | -11.9% | -9.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -47.8% | +2.9% | +10.4% | +18.9% | +33.7% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -60.0% | +0.3% | -21.1% | -19.3% | -17.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | -60.0% | -1.3% | +30.4% | +27.6% | +50.9% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -23.1% | -2.0% | +22.0% | -4.9% | -1.5% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -180.0% | +5.8% | -3.2% | +7.8% | -0.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.11 | +316.3% | $594.9M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.13 | $0.04 | -392.1% | $494.6M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.27 | -3.0% | $677.1M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.27 | -47.8% | $553.4M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.20 | -60.0% | $539.5M |
| May 6, 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.10 | -60.0% | $470.9M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.10 | $0.13 | -23.1% | $596.0M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -$0.08 | $0.10 | -180.0% | $524.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 42.2× | 27.1× | 63th | Bottom 47% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | — | — | Top 16% |
| EV / Sales | 0.54× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.32% | — | — | Top 14% |
| Earnings yield | 2.37% | — | — | Bottom 47% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.8× – 74.4× 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
- +128.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -56.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +309.6%
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
- 60
- Days above the 200-day average
- 60
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +21.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +7.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +19.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +59.0%
- RSI (14)
- 66.3
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 69.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.74
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- +0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -73.4% | 984 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -19.4% | 6 days | 17 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -18.1% | 18 days | 6 days (Nov 6, 2020) |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -16.4% | 4 days | 25 days (Apr 28, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $833.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 42.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.55
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.32B
- 52-week range
- $9.93 – $23.56
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.72B | $2.03B | $2.23B | $2.18B | $2.24B |
| Gross profit | $307.2M | $364.5M | $425.2M | $375.0M | $404.7M |
| Operating income | $46.5M | -$93.0M | $92.4M | $51.8M | $58.7M |
| Net income | $11.0M | -$123.6M | $39.2M | $55.8M | $7.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.31 | -$3.51 | $1.09 | $1.56 | $0.20 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $524.8M | $596.0M | $470.9M | $539.5M | $553.4M | $677.1M | $494.6M | $594.9M |
| Net income | -$7.0M | $56.7M | -$6.3M | $1.5M | $5.0M | $7.0M | -$6.0M | $14.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.20 | $1.59 | -$0.18 | $0.04 | $0.14 | $0.19 | -$0.17 | $0.39 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $76.2M | $76.9M | $63.0M | $49.2M | $22.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$40.4M | -$61.8M | -$77.4M | -$45.7M | -$37.5M |
| Free cash flow | $35.8M | $15.1M | -$14.4M | $3.5M | -$15.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $5.8M | -$3.0M | -$5.5M | -$5.7M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $95.8M
- Total assets
- $1.92B
- Total liabilities
- $1.22B
- Total debt
- $518.4M
- Net debt
- $422.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $701.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2015 | $0.08 | Dec 10, 2015 |
| Nov 25, 2014 | $0.08 | Dec 10, 2014 |
| Nov 26, 2013 | $0.08 | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Nov 28, 2012 | $0.08 | Dec 10, 2012 |
| Nov 30, 2011 | $0.08 | Dec 12, 2011 |
| Dec 1, 2010 | $0.07 | Dec 13, 2010 |
| Nov 27, 2009 | $0.02 | Dec 11, 2009 |
| Aug 28, 2009 | $0.02 | Sep 11, 2009 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,264,306
- Days to cover
- 3.25
- Change vs previous report
- +8.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 20, 2017
- 1-for-4
- Mar 4, 2016
- 27,599-for-6,250
- Sep 11, 2007
- 2-for-1
- Apr 11, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Apr 1, 1999
- 3-for-2