Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
SIFCO Industries, Inc. SIF
$23.62 +4.75% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · AMEX · Market cap $147.7M
Strong growthStrong trend
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +237.4%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 222.4 percentage points.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $99.4M, up 53.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 47.4% a quarter earlier.
- Operating margin widened to 5.2% from -3.9% a year earlier.
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 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 35%
- Gross marginBottom 24%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 46%
- Interest coverBottom 50%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 46%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 47.4% | 53.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 16.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -3.9% | 5.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.6% | 3.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 53.4% | 47.4% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 9.8% | ↑ | Bottom 24% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | -3.9% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | -1.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.3% | 3.6% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.1% | — | Top 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.4% | — | Bottom 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.99×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.0%
- 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.
- -82.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.78×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.1%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | — | -22.4% | -28.8% | -24.0% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | — | +27.7% | +18.6% | +30.7% | +77.8% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | — | +35.7% | +68.7% | +123.5% | +138.5% |
| Dec 22, 2025 | — | -2.3% | -18.8% | -8.1% | +137.1% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | — | +0.0% | +21.5% | +28.8% | +15.8% |
| May 15, 2025 | — | -5.8% | -10.3% | +17.0% | +71.4% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -11.4% | -21.5% | -18.0% |
| Dec 24, 2024 | — | -7.7% | +9.2% | +14.5% | -14.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.01 | — | — | $26.1M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.43 | — | — | $26.4M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.29 | — | — | $24.0M |
| Dec 22, 2025 | -$0.08 | — | — | $22.8M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $0.54 | — | — | $22.1M |
| May 15, 2025 | -$0.22 | — | — | $19.0M |
| Feb 14, 2025 | -$0.40 | — | — | $20.9M |
| Dec 24, 2024 | -$0.33 | — | — | $2.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.7× | — | — | Top 48% |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.0× | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| EV / Sales | 1.66× | — | — | Top 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.20% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Earnings yield | 2.73% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.2× – 33.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
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
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 318
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +10.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +4.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +42.1%
- RSI (14)
- 62.8
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 74.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 75th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.74
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.14
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -16.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2021 | Dec 30, 2022 | -85.6% | 427 days | 801 days (Mar 19, 2026) |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | -31.5% | 5 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | -29.7% | 11 days | 28 days (Mar 12, 2021) |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -22.9% | 7 days | 11 days (Apr 15, 2026) |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -21.4% | 7 days | 7 days (Apr 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $147.7M
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.7
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.64
- Revenue (TTM)
- $99.4M
- 52-week range
- $4.88 – $29.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $99.6M | $83.9M | $66.1M | $79.6M | $84.8M |
| Gross profit | $11.2M | -$1.9M | $3.3M | $6.0M | $10.6M |
| Operating income | -$1.1M | -$14.1M | -$9.0M | -$5.2M | $190,000 |
| Net income | -$743,000 | -$9.6M | -$8.7M | -$5.4M | -$718,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.13 | -$1.65 | -$1.47 | -$0.90 | -$0.12 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.8M | $20.9M | $19.0M | $22.1M | $22.8M | $24.0M | $26.4M | $26.1M |
| Net income | -$443,000 | -$2.3M | -$1.3M | $3.4M | -$429,000 | $1.8M | $2.7M | -$40,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.38 | -$0.23 | $0.56 | -$0.07 | $0.29 | $0.43 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.9M | $298,000 | -$1.4M | -$1.7M | -$70,999 |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.0M | -$3.2M | -$1.1M | -$2.0M | -$484,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$1.1M | -$2.9M | -$2.5M | -$3.7M | -$555,000 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $77,000
- Total assets
- $80.0M
- Total liabilities
- $38.5M
- Total debt
- $17.3M
- Net debt
- $17.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $41.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2014 | $0.20 | Nov 20, 2014 |
| Nov 5, 2013 | $0.20 | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Oct 31, 2012 | $0.20 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Nov 2, 2011 | $0.20 | Nov 18, 2011 |
| Nov 9, 2010 | $0.15 | Nov 26, 2010 |
| Nov 3, 2009 | $0.10 | Nov 19, 2009 |
| Oct 24, 2000 | $0.05 | Nov 9, 2000 |
| Aug 8, 2000 | $0.05 | Aug 24, 2000 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 307,026
- Days to cover
- 4.55
- Change vs previous report
- +3.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 28, 1990
- 3-for-2
- Feb 27, 1989
- 3-for-2
- Mar 19, 1979
- 2-for-1
- May 4, 1978
- 11-for-10