Stocks · Industrials · Conglomerates
Tejon Ranch Co. TRC
$16.38 -0.67% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $442.3M
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -0.9% from -21.8% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 5.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $56.8M, up 25.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 19.2% a quarter 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 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 16%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 26%
- Gross marginBottom 22%
- Operating marginBottom 22%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 18%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 7%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 42%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 45%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 19.2% | 25.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 9.9% | 16.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -21.8% | -0.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -56.0% | -45.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.4% | 19.2% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 9.9% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| Operating margin | -0.9% | -21.8% | ↑ | Bottom 22% |
| Net margin | 10.6% | -1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -45.3% | -56.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.1% | — | Bottom 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -14.5% | — | Bottom 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.07×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +24.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.17×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
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
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +400.0% | +0.1% | -0.7% | -2.1% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +150.0% | +3.9% | -2.2% | -3.2% | -14.5% |
| Mar 19, 2026 | +20.0% | +2.4% | +3.9% | +7.2% | +5.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +500.0% | -1.4% | +1.8% | +0.4% | +1.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -200.0% | -7.6% | -5.1% | -8.0% | -13.8% |
| May 8, 2025 | -600.0% | -0.5% | -5.2% | -6.9% | +5.8% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | +466.7% | +4.6% | +5.8% | +3.9% | +8.9% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -600.0% | -5.7% | -7.8% | -9.8% | -6.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.02 | +400.0% | $14.3M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.01 | -$0.02 | +150.0% | $9.5M |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.05 | +20.0% | $21.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.01 | +500.0% | $12.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.02 | -200.0% | $8.3M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.05 | $0.01 | -600.0% | $8.2M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.03 | +466.7% | $17.9M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.07 | -$0.01 | -600.0% | $10.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 72.4× | 133.2× | 32th | Bottom 40% |
| P/E (forward) | 91.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 30.0× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| EV / Sales | 9.40× | — | — | Bottom 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -5.82% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
| Earnings yield | 1.38% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 26.7× – 356.2× 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
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -7.5%
- RSI (14)
- 50.8
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 16.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.32
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -24.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -32.4% | 222 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 8, 2021 | May 25, 2021 | -16.8% | 74 days | 44 days (Jul 28, 2021) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | -14.5% | 19 days | 49 days (Jan 20, 2021) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Sep 23, 2021 | -10.9% | 23 days | 29 days (Nov 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $442.3M
- P/E (TTM)
- 72.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.23
- Revenue (TTM)
- $56.8M
- 52-week range
- $15.31 – $21.31
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $55.6M | $79.2M | $44.7M | $41.9M | $49.6M |
| Gross profit | $9.6M | $23.4M | $6.2M | $1.9M | $6.1M |
| Operating income | -$260,000 | $13.7M | -$3.7M | -$9.2M | -$8.0M |
| Net income | $5.3M | $15.8M | $3.3M | $2.7M | $75,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.20 | $0.59 | $0.12 | $0.10 | $0.00 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.9M | $17.9M | $8.2M | $8.3M | $12.0M | $21.1M | $9.5M | $14.3M |
| Net income | -$1.8M | $4.5M | -$1.5M | -$1.7M | $1.7M | $1.6M | $151,000 | $2.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | $0.17 | -$0.05 | -$0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.01 | $0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.8M | $8.5M | $13.7M | $14.3M | $6.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$23.3M | -$23.6M | -$27.4M | -$66.1M | -$71.2M |
| Free cash flow | -$20.5M | -$15.1M | -$13.7M | -$51.8M | -$65.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$2.7M | $0 | -$206,000 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $15.1M
- Total assets
- $639.5M
- Total liabilities
- $146.6M
- Total debt
- $95.9M
- Net debt
- $92.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $477.6M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1999 | $0.03 | Dec 10, 1999 |
| May 12, 1999 | $0.03 | Jun 18, 1999 |
| Nov 18, 1998 | $0.03 | Dec 4, 1998 |
| May 13, 1998 | $0.03 | Jun 19, 1998 |
| Nov 19, 1997 | $0.03 | Dec 5, 1997 |
| May 12, 1997 | $0.03 | Jun 16, 1997 |
| Nov 20, 1996 | $0.03 | Dec 6, 1996 |
| May 13, 1996 | $0.03 | Jun 17, 1996 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,658,238
- Days to cover
- 11.56
- Change vs previous report
- +13.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Oct 2, 2017
- 103-for-100
- Aug 29, 2013
- 1,031-for-1,000
- May 19, 2010
- 511-for-500
- Dec 15, 2000
- 127-for-125
- Mar 11, 1986
- 10-for-1