Stocks · Industrials · Conglomerates
RCM Technologies, Inc. RCMT
$42.01 -0.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $297.8M
Strong growthStrong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 18.8× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 86 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.24, up 27.3% year over year.
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 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 46%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 43%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 3%
- Gross marginBottom 45%
- Operating marginTop 48%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 43%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
- Interest coverTop 28%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 16%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 19%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 13%
- 6-month returnTop 2%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 13%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 3%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.3% | 11.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 21.4% | 27.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 26.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 7.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.1% | 6.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.2% | 9.3% | ↑ | Top 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 27.3% | 21.4% | ↑ | Top 31% |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 27.6% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 8.0% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.8% | 0.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 23.0% | — | Top 3% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.9% | — | Bottom 46% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.39×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -14.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.09×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.09%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.09%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 67%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | +32.3% | +1.4% | +40.8% | +37.2% | — |
| May 14, 2026 | -1.4% | -0.2% | -22.5% | -13.6% | -0.3% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | +32.8% | +0.4% | +45.6% | +64.1% | +47.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -6.7% | +1.3% | -15.0% | -12.5% | -9.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +13.1% | +1.3% | +2.4% | +13.8% | -3.9% |
| May 7, 2025 | +12.5% | +4.1% | +28.5% | +31.6% | +36.4% |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -33.8% | +2.2% | -8.2% | -12.1% | +30.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -7.9% | +1.0% | +3.9% | +7.1% | -12.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.62 | +32.3% | $93.8M |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.69 | $0.70 | -1.4% | $83.0M |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.77 | $0.58 | +32.8% | $86.5M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.45 | -6.7% | $70.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.61 | +13.1% | $78.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.56 | +12.5% | $84.5M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.74 | -33.8% | $76.9M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.35 | $0.38 | -7.9% | $60.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.8× | 11.8× | 90th | Top 16% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.6× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 0.90× | — | — | Top 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.67% | — | — | Top 16% |
| Earnings yield | 5.33% | — | — | Top 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.5× – 228.9× since Jul 3, 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
- +61.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +27.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.0%
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
- 73
- Days above the 200-day average
- 86
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +15.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +13.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +56.6%
- RSI (14)
- 63.9
- Relative volume
- 0.71×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 54.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 58th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -53.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2022 | Mar 24, 2023 | -63.1% | 202 days | 185 days (Dec 18, 2023) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Mar 19, 2025 | -53.1% | 299 days | 353 days (Aug 14, 2026) |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Mar 29, 2021 | -46.6% | 31 days | 116 days (Sep 13, 2021) |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Jan 24, 2022 | -33.4% | 30 days | 44 days (Mar 28, 2022) |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -32.1% | 18 days | 39 days (Dec 28, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $297.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $333.6M
- 52-week range
- $17.26 – $43.09
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $203.9M | $284.7M | $263.2M | $278.4M | $319.4M |
| Gross profit | $53.1M | $82.9M | $76.7M | $79.8M | $86.0M |
| Operating income | $14.1M | $28.8M | $23.7M | $22.3M | $25.1M |
| Net income | $11.0M | $20.9M | $16.8M | $13.3M | $16.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.95 | $2.00 | $1.96 | $1.68 | $2.15 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $60.4M | $76.9M | $84.5M | $78.2M | $70.3M | $86.5M | $83.0M | $93.8M |
| Net income | $2.7M | $2.9M | $4.2M | $3.8M | $2.3M | $6.1M | $3.8M | $4.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.35 | $0.37 | $0.54 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.80 | $0.50 | $0.64 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $914,999 | $28.4M | $12.5M | $6.2M | $19.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$567,999 | -$889,000 | -$2.9M | -$2.6M | -$1.6M |
| Free cash flow | $347,000 | $27.6M | $9.6M | $3.6M | $17.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$8.9M | -$17.6M | -$25.8M | -$8.4M | -$6.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.6M
- Total assets
- $134.0M
- Total liabilities
- $85.2M
- Total debt
- $9.0M
- Net debt
- $2.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $48.8M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2017 | $1.00 | Dec 28, 2017 |
| Dec 18, 2015 | $1.00 | Dec 30, 2015 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | $2.00 | — |
| Dec 23, 2014 | $2.00 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Dec 18, 2012 | $1.00 | Dec 27, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 205,924
- Days to cover
- 2.91
- Change vs previous report
- +4.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 8, 1996
- 1-for-5