Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery
Taylor Devices, Inc. TAYD
$54.97 -10.05% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $177.0M
High quality
Next earnings report: Dec 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to 13.2% from 22.5% a year earlier.
- The shares trade at 25.3× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 18%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 42%
- Gross marginTop 22%
- Operating marginTop 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 21%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 33%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 14%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.0% | -2.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -5.6% | -20.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 51.1% | 41.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 22.5% | 13.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 22.6% | 31.1% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.3% | 0.0% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -20.2% | -5.6% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Gross margin | 41.2% | 51.1% | ↓ | Top 22% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 22.5% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Net margin | 17.5% | 22.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.1% | 22.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2% | — | Top 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.2% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.10×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -35.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.45×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.37%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 31, 2026 (filed Oct 2, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 6
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -21.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -6.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 7
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | -84.8% | -10.0% | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | -24.4% | +4.7% | +5.5% | +13.5% | — |
| Mar 31, 2026 | +2.6% | -20.9% | -31.0% | -21.8% | -19.2% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | +20.8% | -7.2% | +7.0% | +14.4% | +18.8% |
| Oct 1, 2025 | +1.4% | -5.1% | -11.4% | -10.8% | +25.8% |
| Aug 15, 2025 | +166.7% | -0.8% | +4.8% | +10.2% | +8.3% |
| Mar 28, 2025 | — | +4.2% | +0.3% | +0.3% | +30.3% |
| Jan 3, 2025 | — | -14.7% | -18.8% | -19.1% | -21.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.92 | -84.8% | $7.3M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.59 | $0.78 | -24.4% | $9.0M |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.77 | +2.6% | $11.2M |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.64 | $0.53 | +20.8% | $11.6M |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.70 | $0.69 | +1.4% | $9.9M |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $1.20 | $0.45 | +166.7% | $15.6M |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.64 | — | — | $10.6M |
| Jan 3, 2025 | $0.57 | — | — | $3.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 25.3× | 17.1× | 86th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.7× | — | — | Bottom 38% |
| EV / Sales | 4.44× | — | — | Bottom 23% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.86% | — | — | Top 20% |
| Earnings yield | 3.95% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.5× – 43.8× since Aug 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
- +18.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -20.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +48.0%
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)
- +3.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.0%
- RSI (14)
- 35.1
- Relative volume
- 3.56×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 27th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -38.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2025 | -52.6% | 143 days | 179 days (Jan 2, 2026) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | May 18, 2026 | -45.1% | 60 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 10, 2021 | Aug 11, 2022 | -33.8% | 317 days | 56 days (Oct 31, 2022) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | -33.0% | 55 days | 57 days (Sep 16, 2024) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Aug 14, 2023 | -29.3% | 29 days | 103 days (Jan 10, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $177.0M
- P/E (TTM)
- 25.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.17
- Revenue (TTM)
- $39.0M
- 52-week range
- $40.50 – $90.37
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $30.9M | $40.2M | $44.6M | $46.3M | $41.6M |
| Gross profit | $9.6M | $16.1M | $20.8M | $21.5M | $18.3M |
| Operating income | $2.5M | $6.8M | $9.5M | $9.6M | $7.3M |
| Net income | $2.2M | $6.3M | $9.0M | $9.4M | $8.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $1.77 | $2.58 | $2.87 | $2.72 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.9M | $10.6M | $15.6M | $9.9M | $11.6M | $11.2M | $9.0M | $7.3M |
| Net income | $1.1M | $2.0M | $3.7M | $2.2M | $2.0M | $2.5M | $1.9M | $456,933 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.34 | $0.64 | $1.04 | $0.70 | $0.64 | $0.79 | $0.59 | $0.15 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.3M | $7.7M | $13.2M | $7.5M | $7.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.4M | -$3.4M | -$1.4M | -$2.6M | -$2.1M |
| Free cash flow | $1.9M | $4.3M | $11.8M | $4.9M | $4.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $16,245 | $132,965 | -$8.9M | $162,046 | $606,708 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $49.1M
- Total assets
- $79.3M
- Total liabilities
- $6.0M
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$3.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $73.4M
As of Aug 31, 2026 (filed Oct 2, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 1989 | $0.02 | Dec 30, 1989 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 141,943
- Days to cover
- 3.49
- Change vs previous report
- -6.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 12, 1988
- 21-for-20
- Sep 30, 1986
- 21-for-20
- Oct 26, 1983
- 21-for-20
- Dec 20, 1982
- 21-for-20