Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
Myers Industries, Inc. MYE
$31.63 +1.09% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.19B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.39, up 434.6% year over year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +85.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 70.4 percentage points.
- Operating margin widened to 12.5% from 5.6% a year earlier.
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.
Growth39Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 18%
Quality68Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 30%
- Gross marginBottom 45%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
- Interest coverBottom 44%
Value51Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 49%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 36%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 46%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Momentum93Exceptional
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 6%
- 6-month returnTop 10%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 6%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Revisions61Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 3%
Stability63Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 27%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.3% | -8.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 300.0% | 434.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 33.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 12.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.9% | 12.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -8.7% | -6.3% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 434.6% | 300.0% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 33.3% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 5.6% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.2% | 6.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | — | Top 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.8% | — | Bottom 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.07×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.6%
- 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.
- +5.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.31×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.15%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.04%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- 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 Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +35.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $26.00
- Target vs current price
- -17.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +47.2% | +0.2% | +7.5% | +1.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +57.1% | +8.1% | +9.8% | +14.7% | +77.3% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | +34.8% | +4.6% | -2.3% | -1.9% | +4.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +4.0% | -3.0% | +2.5% | +3.8% | +18.7% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -3.1% | +0.1% | +7.7% | +15.7% | +16.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | +15.8% | +5.3% | +10.4% | +22.5% | +43.5% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | +90.0% | +28.1% | +31.4% | +29.7% | +30.3% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -13.8% | -0.3% | +3.0% | +2.4% | +2.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.36 | +47.2% | $179.2M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.44 | $0.28 | +57.1% | $164.6M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.31 | $0.23 | +34.8% | $204.0M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.25 | +4.0% | $205.4M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.32 | -3.1% | $209.6M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.19 | +15.8% | $206.8M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.10 | +90.0% | $203.9M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.25 | $0.29 | -13.8% | $205.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.8× | 18.8× | 57th | Top 49% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.7× | — | — | Top 46% |
| EV / Sales | 1.97× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.72% | — | — | Top 36% |
| Earnings yield | 4.39% | — | — | Top 49% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.2× – 64.2× 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
- +85.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +434.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -57.9%
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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 341
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +24.8%
- RSI (14)
- 51.7
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 32.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 48th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.79
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2023 | Apr 21, 2025 | -64.7% | 537 days | 285 days (Jun 9, 2026) |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Oct 7, 2022 | -35.7% | 85 days | 96 days (Feb 27, 2023) |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Mar 1, 2022 | -33.7% | 246 days | 53 days (May 16, 2022) |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | -19.0% | 29 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | -14.4% | 4 days | 19 days (Aug 3, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.19B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.39
- Revenue (TTM)
- $753.2M
- Dividend yield
- 1.71%
- 52-week range
- $15.54 – $37.45
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $761.4M | $899.5M | $813.1M | $836.3M | $825.7M |
| Gross profit | $212.3M | $284.1M | $259.1M | $270.8M | $276.1M |
| Operating income | $49.3M | $83.9M | $72.4M | $44.5M | $75.2M |
| Net income | $33.5M | $60.3M | $48.9M | $7.2M | $34.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.92 | $1.64 | $1.32 | $0.19 | $0.93 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $205.1M | $203.9M | $206.8M | $209.6M | $205.4M | $204.0M | $164.6M | $179.2M |
| Net income | -$10.9M | $4.3M | $6.8M | $9.7M | $7.1M | $11.3M | $13.8M | $20.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.29 | $0.11 | $0.18 | $0.26 | $0.19 | $0.30 | $0.37 | $0.53 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $44.9M | $72.6M | $86.2M | $79.3M | $86.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$17.9M | -$24.3M | -$22.9M | -$24.4M | -$19.6M |
| Free cash flow | $27.0M | $48.3M | $63.3M | $54.9M | $67.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$19.6M | -$19.8M | -$20.2M | -$20.4M | -$20.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $3.8M | $2.3M | $2.3M | $3.3M | -$1.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $47.6M
- Total assets
- $845.0M
- Total liabilities
- $538.7M
- Total debt
- $338.9M
- Net debt
- $291.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $306.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $0.14 | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $0.14 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.14 | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $0.14 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.14 | Oct 2, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | $0.14 | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.14 | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.14 | Jan 3, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,208,724
- Days to cover
- 3.78
- Change vs previous report
- -0.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 11, 2004
- 11-for-10
- Sep 3, 2002
- 5-for-4
- Aug 8, 2001
- 11-for-10
- Aug 8, 2000
- 11-for-10
- Aug 11, 1999
- 11-for-10