Stocks · Technology · Technology Distributors
ScanSource, Inc. SCSC
$61.73 -0.79% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.25B
Strong trendInexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 8.6% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 17.0× 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 108 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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)Bottom 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 39%
- Gross marginBottom 8%
- Operating marginBottom 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 44%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverTop 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 3%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 16%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 33%
- 6-month returnTop 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 45%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 44%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 1%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 2%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.8% | 6.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 18.1% | 22.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 13.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 3.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.4% | 3.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 6.1% | 3.8% | ↑ | Bottom 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.1% | 18.1% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 13.4% | ↑ | Bottom 8% |
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 2.8% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 2.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.5% | 3.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.9% | — | Top 39% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.2% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.56×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.18×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.79%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.79%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.8%
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 20, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $43.00
- Target vs current price
- -30.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 0%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | +28.1% | +9.7% | +9.2% | +12.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +3.3% | +5.8% | +2.6% | +15.9% | +39.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | -20.0% | -18.0% | -21.8% | -15.0% | -7.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +16.5% | -1.6% | -1.0% | -1.1% | +4.9% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | +12.1% | -6.2% | +5.1% | +4.2% | -4.0% |
| May 8, 2025 | +11.7% | +6.3% | +12.6% | +14.7% | +7.2% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | -3.4% | -14.8% | -20.4% | -27.2% | -34.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +7.7% | +0.7% | -2.2% | +2.0% | -21.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $1.46 | $1.14 | +28.1% | $953.1M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.94 | $0.91 | +3.3% | $766.8M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.80 | $1.00 | -20.0% | $760.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.06 | $0.91 | +16.5% | $739.6M |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $1.02 | $0.91 | +12.1% | $812.9M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.77 | +11.7% | $704.2M |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.85 | $0.88 | -3.4% | $747.5M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.84 | $0.78 | +7.7% | $775.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.0× | 12.9× | 90th | Top 12% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.0× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 0.40× | — | — | Top 3% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.07% | — | — | Top 15% |
| Earnings yield | 5.90% | — | — | Top 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.9× – 92.6× 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
- +40.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +22.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +15.7%
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
- 31
- Days above the 200-day average
- 108
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +9.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +34.6%
- RSI (14)
- 65.9
- Relative volume
- 0.99×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.30
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.53
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -44.2% | 79 days | 313 days (Jul 9, 2026) |
| May 17, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -35.8% | 90 days | 346 days (Feb 12, 2024) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -24.4% | 56 days | 76 days (May 17, 2022) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -24.1% | 88 days | 27 days (Aug 25, 2021) |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Oct 31, 2024 | -18.9% | 44 days | 21 days (Dec 2, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.25B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.64
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.23B
- 52-week range
- $33.76 – $66.78
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.53B | $3.79B | $3.26B | $3.04B | $3.23B |
| Gross profit | $426.5M | $449.2M | $399.1M | $408.6M | $437.4M |
| Operating income | $122.2M | $135.9M | $90.3M | $85.2M | $98.6M |
| Net income | $88.8M | $89.8M | $77.1M | $71.5M | $78.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.44 | $3.47 | $3.06 | $3.00 | $3.64 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $775.6M | $747.5M | $704.8M | $812.9M | $739.6M | $766.5M | $766.8M | $953.1M |
| Net income | $17.0M | $17.1M | $17.4M | $20.1M | $19.9M | $16.5M | $16.9M | $25.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.69 | $0.70 | $0.74 | $0.85 | $0.89 | $0.75 | $0.78 | $1.22 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$124.4M | -$35.8M | $371.6M | $112.3M | $123.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.8M | -$10.0M | -$8.6M | -$8.3M | -$9.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$131.2M | -$45.7M | $363.1M | $104.1M | $113.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$18.2M | -$15.7M | -$42.9M | -$106.5M | -$92.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $88.4M
- Total assets
- $1.93B
- Total liabilities
- $1.02B
- Total debt
- $110.9M
- Net debt
- $22.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $910.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 20, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,035,861
- Days to cover
- 3.89
- Change vs previous report
- +15.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 6, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Jan 29, 2003
- 2-for-1