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Tennant Company TNC
$67.12 +0.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.14B
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.00, down 68.8% year over year.
- The shares trade at 67.0× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The diluted share count fell 8.1% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
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.
Growth12Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 43%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Quality24Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 36%
- Gross marginTop 26%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Interest coverBottom 46%
Value36Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 28%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 6%
Momentum27Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 27%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 27%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions79Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 22%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 11%
Stability51Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -4.3% | -2.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -54.2% | -68.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 38.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 3.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | -0.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.9% | -4.3% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -68.8% | -54.2% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 41.8% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 7.1% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 4.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.2% | 5.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.0% | — | Bottom 36% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.3% | — | Bottom 43% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.91×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.22×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.90%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 9.88%
- Shareholder yield
- 11.78%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.8%
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 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +21.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $140.00
- Target vs current price
- +108.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -37.6% | -2.2% | -25.7% | -22.4% | — |
| May 4, 2026 | +141.7% | -1.0% | +5.2% | +3.5% | +1.9% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | -17.3% | -1.3% | -26.8% | -21.8% | -2.2% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | -2.0% | -0.5% | -6.8% | -9.4% | -4.2% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -8.6% | -1.1% | -0.6% | -4.2% | -2.9% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -18.8% | -1.0% | -3.2% | +0.8% | +13.5% |
| Feb 17, 2025 | +13.4% | -1.7% | -0.2% | -4.4% | -12.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -3.5% | -2.9% | +3.1% | -2.1% | -4.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.83 | $1.33 | -37.6% | $324.0M |
| May 4, 2026 | $0.58 | $0.24 | +141.7% | $297.9M |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $1.39 | $1.68 | -17.3% | $291.6M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $1.46 | $1.49 | -2.0% | $303.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $1.49 | $1.63 | -8.6% | $318.6M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.12 | $1.38 | -18.8% | $290.0M |
| Feb 17, 2025 | $1.52 | $1.34 | +13.4% | $328.9M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.39 | $1.44 | -3.5% | $315.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 67.0× | 21.7× | 95th | Bottom 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.0× | — | — | Top 43% |
| EV / Sales | 1.20× | — | — | Top 28% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.25% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| Earnings yield | 1.49% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.6× – 76.8× 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
- -17.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -68.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +209.3%
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)
- -9.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -12.7%
- RSI (14)
- 42.5
- Relative volume
- 0.70×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.80
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -50.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 2, 2026 | -50.4% | 480 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 6, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | -35.4% | 281 days | 285 days (Aug 7, 2023) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -15.8% | 56 days | 17 days (Nov 17, 2023) |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -10.1% | 5 days | 10 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.14B
- P/E (TTM)
- 67.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.22B
- Dividend yield
- 1.85%
- 52-week range
- $60.18 – $91.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.09B | $1.09B | $1.24B | $1.29B | $1.20B |
| Gross profit | $438.0M | $420.9M | $527.8M | $550.0M | $484.3M |
| Operating income | $93.7M | $87.2M | $138.6M | $114.3M | $68.3M |
| Net income | $64.9M | $66.3M | $109.5M | $83.7M | $43.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.44 | $3.55 | $5.83 | $4.38 | $2.36 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $315.8M | $328.9M | $290.0M | $318.6M | $303.3M | $291.6M | $297.9M | $324.0M |
| Net income | $20.8M | $6.6M | $13.1M | $20.2M | $14.9M | -$4.4M | $200,000 | $7.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $0.35 | $0.69 | $1.08 | $0.80 | -$0.25 | $0.01 | $0.44 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $69.4M | -$25.1M | $188.4M | $89.7M | $65.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$23.1M | -$29.3M | -$24.0M | -$21.4M | -$21.7M |
| Free cash flow | $46.3M | -$54.4M | $164.4M | $68.3M | $43.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$17.5M | -$18.9M | -$20.1M | -$21.4M | -$21.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$15.0M | -$5.0M | -$21.7M | -$19.6M | -$88.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $76.9M
- Total assets
- $1.27B
- Total liabilities
- $735.6M
- Total debt
- $390.8M
- Net debt
- $313.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $533.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.31 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.31 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.31 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.31 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.30 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.30 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.30 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.30 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,317,091
- Days to cover
- 6.98
- Change vs previous report
- -3.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 26, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Apr 27, 1995
- 2-for-1
- Mar 16, 1981
- 2-for-1