Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Northern Technologies International Corporation NTIC
$7.70 -0.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $73.1M
Next earnings report: Nov 17, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.13, down 142.2% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $91.8M, up 7.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from 5.5% a quarter earlier.
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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 33%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginBottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Interest coverBottom 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 40%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 4%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 5.5% | 7.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -122.0% | -142.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 35.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -2.3% | -4.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -2.5% | -4.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.7% | 5.5% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -142.2% | -122.0% | ↓ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 39.2% | ↓ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | -4.1% | -2.3% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| Net margin | -1.3% | 3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -4.1% | -2.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.2% | — | Bottom 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.3% | — | Top 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +3.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.87×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -4.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.39%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.40%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -98.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $20.00
- Target vs current price
- +159.7%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | -150.0% | -3.7% | -4.4% | -1.2% | -10.1% |
| Apr 9, 2026 | -50.0% | +0.1% | +1.0% | +0.0% | +10.7% |
| Jan 8, 2026 | -20.0% | -0.6% | +9.4% | +1.0% | -7.3% |
| Nov 18, 2025 | -175.0% | -5.9% | -5.9% | -1.8% | +13.6% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | -50.0% | +9.1% | -1.0% | -4.3% | -5.8% |
| Apr 10, 2025 | -150.0% | -20.8% | -27.9% | -25.1% | -19.8% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | -41.7% | +3.7% | +0.7% | -9.0% | -22.9% |
| Nov 19, 2024 | +5.3% | +5.8% | +2.5% | +8.2% | -12.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | -$0.02 | $0.04 | -150.0% | $24.2M |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.02 | -50.0% | $22.0M |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.05 | -20.0% | $23.3M |
| Nov 18, 2025 | -$0.06 | $0.08 | -175.0% | $22.3M |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.04 | -50.0% | $21.5M |
| Apr 10, 2025 | -$0.03 | $0.06 | -150.0% | $19.1M |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.12 | -41.7% | $21.3M |
| Nov 19, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.19 | +5.3% | $23.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 77.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.9× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| EV / Sales | 0.89× | — | — | Top 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -5.10% | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Earnings yield | -1.67% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.8× – 65.3× since May 31, 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
- +0.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -142.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -24.0%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.0%
- RSI (14)
- 42.8
- Relative volume
- 0.37×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 16th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.03
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2021 | Apr 21, 2025 | -67.1% | 948 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 | -16.3% | 38 days | 28 days (Jun 3, 2021) |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Jan 28, 2021 | -12.1% | 2 days | 11 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Nov 17, 2020 | -10.9% | 4 days | 12 days (Dec 4, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $73.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.13
- Revenue (TTM)
- $91.8M
- Dividend yield
- 0.26%
- 52-week range
- $7.35 – $10.03
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $56.5M | $74.2M | $79.9M | $85.1M | $84.2M |
| Gross profit | $19.6M | $23.1M | $27.8M | $33.8M | $31.7M |
| Operating income | $8.3M | -$5.3M | -$5.6M | -$1.6M | -$6.0M |
| Net income | $6.3M | $6.3M | $2.9M | $5.4M | $17,619 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $0.66 | $0.30 | $0.55 | $0.00 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.3M | $21.3M | $19.1M | $21.5M | $22.3M | $23.3M | $22.0M | $24.2M |
| Net income | $1.8M | $561,091 | $434,319 | $121,775 | -$1.1M | $237,819 | -$35,323 | -$263,291 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.19 | $0.06 | $0.04 | $0.01 | -$0.12 | $0.03 | -$0.00 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.9M | $1.1M | $5.5M | $5.9M | $2.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.6M | -$1.7M | -$3.4M | -$3.4M | -$4.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$2.8M | -$557,745 | $2.2M | $2.5M | -$1.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$1.8M | -$2.6M | -$2.6M | -$2.6M | -$1.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $658,747 | $0 | $713,734 | $0 | $81,496 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.1M
- Total assets
- $107.1M
- Total liabilities
- $29.8M
- Total debt
- $15.8M
- Net debt
- $8.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $72.8M
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 | $0.01 | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.01 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.01 | Aug 13, 2025 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.01 | May 14, 2025 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $0.07 | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.07 | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | $0.07 | Aug 14, 2024 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | $0.07 | May 15, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 8,318
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -11.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2-for-1