Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Strattec Security Corporation STRT
$65.80 +0.05% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $275.0M
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The company holds net cash of $108.2M (cash above total debt).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $579.4M, up 2.5% from 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.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 50%
- Gross marginBottom 14%
- Operating marginBottom 42%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
- Interest coverTop 11%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 3%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 49%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnBottom 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.2% | 2.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 22.4% | 9.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 15.0% | 16.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 4.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.4% | 6.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.5% | 4.2% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.4% | 22.4% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 15.0% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 4.0% | ↑ | Bottom 42% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.7% | 11.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | — | Bottom 50% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.5% | — | Top 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.25×
- 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.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -22.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.60×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 73.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.67%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +41.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- 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 25, 2026 | +51.5% | +1.8% | -9.7% | -13.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -21.1% | -1.7% | -17.7% | +5.1% | +14.4% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +83.9% | -1.2% | +3.2% | -5.7% | -16.8% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +50.0% | +3.3% | +1.8% | +14.5% | +19.9% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | +92.5% | -7.8% | -19.5% | -16.4% | -17.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | +57.9% | +8.3% | +42.7% | +61.1% | +91.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +132.1% | +5.0% | +36.0% | +24.9% | -3.6% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +64.3% | +1.4% | +10.4% | +16.6% | +2.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $2.06 | $1.36 | +51.5% | $151.8M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.90 | $1.14 | -21.1% | $137.6M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.71 | $0.93 | +83.9% | $137.5M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $2.22 | $1.48 | +50.0% | $152.4M |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $2.06 | $1.07 | +92.5% | $152.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | $1.50 | $0.95 | +57.9% | $144.1M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.65 | $0.28 | +132.1% | $129.9M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.92 | $0.56 | +64.3% | $139.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.2× | 13.0× | 53th | Top 20% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.0× | — | — | Top 2% |
| EV / Sales | 0.29× | — | — | Top 3% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.17% | — | — | Top 14% |
| Earnings yield | 7.60% | — | — | Top 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.8× – 58.5× 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
- -5.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +9.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +9.2%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.2%
- RSI (14)
- 34.8
- Relative volume
- 0.55×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 27th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.14
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -27.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -36.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2021 | May 15, 2023 | -72.9% | 575 days | 532 days (Jul 1, 2025) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | May 8, 2026 | -31.3% | 51 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | -24.9% | 56 days | 33 days (Dec 18, 2025) |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Jan 20, 2021 | -14.5% | 17 days | 7 days (Jan 29, 2021) |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Jul 18, 2025 | -13.8% | 10 days | 15 days (Aug 8, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $275.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $579.4M
- 52-week range
- $57.01 – $93.00
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $452.3M | $492.9M | $537.8M | $565.1M | $579.4M |
| Gross profit | $56.0M | $42.2M | $65.5M | $84.6M | $95.4M |
| Operating income | $8.9M | -$6.1M | $17.8M | $22.8M | $26.5M |
| Net income | $7.0M | -$6.7M | $16.3M | $18.7M | $20.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.80 | -$1.70 | $4.07 | $4.58 | $5.00 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $139.1M | $129.9M | $144.1M | $152.0M | $152.4M | $137.5M | $137.6M | $151.8M |
| Net income | $3.7M | $1.3M | $5.4M | $8.3M | $8.5M | $4.9M | $3.2M | $3.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.92 | $0.32 | $1.32 | $2.01 | $2.07 | $1.20 | $0.78 | $0.95 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $10.4M | $10.1M | $12.3M | $71.7M | $46.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.2M | -$17.4M | -$9.8M | -$7.2M | -$7.3M |
| Free cash flow | -$3.8M | -$7.3M | $2.5M | $64.5M | $39.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $908,000 | $183,000 | $72,000 | $61,000 | -$7.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $108.2M
- Total assets
- $387.5M
- Total liabilities
- $122.0M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$108.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $238.6M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2020 | $0.14 | Mar 27, 2020 |
| Dec 12, 2019 | $0.14 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Sep 12, 2019 | $0.14 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Jun 13, 2019 | $0.14 | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | $0.14 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | $0.14 | Dec 28, 2018 |
| Sep 13, 2018 | $0.14 | Sep 28, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2018 | $0.14 | Jun 29, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 268,379
- Days to cover
- 3.13
- Change vs previous report
- +7.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.