Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Packaging & Containers
TriMas Corporation TRS
$39.12 +1.43% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.40B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $24.04, up 2536.5% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 11.5% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The shares trade at 1.6× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
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.
Growth38Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 3%
Quality19Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 27%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 5%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
- Interest coverBottom 35%
Value98Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 1%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 20%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 2%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 17%
Momentum71Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
- 6-month returnTop 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 39%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 20%
Revisions28Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 7%
Stability98Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.4% | -4.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 3020.0% | 2536.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 21.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 5.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 21.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.8% | 12.4% | ↓ | Bottom 17% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 2536.5% | 3020.0% | ↓ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 20.8% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 4.9% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 117.9% | 4.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 21.4% | 3.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.1% | — | Bottom 27% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -9.9% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.22×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 31.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -19.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -5.36×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.45%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 12.47%
- Shareholder yield
- 12.91%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -11.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $38.00
- Target vs current price
- -2.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +5.4% | -3.2% | +4.0% | +2.1% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +33.3% | +2.6% | +15.3% | +14.8% | +12.4% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -2.4% | +3.1% | +7.2% | +0.9% | +6.1% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +8.2% | -3.0% | -7.6% | -15.9% | -11.7% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +22.0% | +10.8% | +11.3% | +21.5% | +21.5% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +7.0% | +12.3% | +17.4% | +26.6% | +50.2% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -10.4% | -6.2% | +4.6% | +9.5% | +19.3% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -24.6% | -8.1% | +1.0% | -1.7% | -10.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.52 | $0.49 | +5.4% | $174.6M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.18 | +33.3% | $168.3M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.41 | -2.4% | $155.5M |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.56 | +8.2% | $269.3M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.50 | +22.0% | $274.8M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.43 | +7.0% | $241.7M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.43 | $0.48 | -10.4% | $228.1M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.43 | $0.57 | -24.6% | $229.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 1.6× | 23.1× | 5th | Top 1% |
| P/E (forward) | 23.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.0× | — | — | Top 2% |
| EV / Sales | 0.78× | — | — | Top 30% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 11.72% | — | — | Top 20% |
| Earnings yield | 61.45% | — | — | Top 1% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.5× – 38.8× since Sep 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
- +3.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +2536.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -95.7%
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
- 9
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +2.1%
- RSI (14)
- 51.3
- Relative volume
- 0.59×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 21.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 7th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.84
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -29.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -48.3% | 852 days | 96 days (Aug 26, 2025) |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Nov 13, 2025 | -22.3% | 40 days | 117 days (May 5, 2026) |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -21.9% | 101 days | 78 days (Nov 5, 2021) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 21, 2026 | -15.9% | 57 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 8, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | -12.2% | 7 days | 21 days (Jun 18, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.40B
- P/E (TTM)
- 1.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $24.04
- Revenue (TTM)
- $767.6M
- Dividend yield
- 0.41%
- 52-week range
- $30.43 – $45.43
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $857.1M | $883.8M | $893.5M | $630.8M | $645.7M |
| Gross profit | $202.4M | $194.3M | $194.9M | $123.2M | $131.2M |
| Operating income | $104.9M | $81.9M | $77.0M | $20.8M | $14.1M |
| Net income | $57.3M | $66.2M | $40.4M | $24.3M | $120.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.32 | $1.56 | $0.97 | $0.60 | $2.95 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $229.4M | $149.7M | $152.5M | $274.8M | $269.3M | $155.5M | $168.3M | $174.6M |
| Net income | $2.5M | $5.6M | $12.4M | $16.7M | $9.3M | $81.7M | $800.8M | $13.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.06 | $0.14 | $0.30 | $0.41 | $0.23 | $2.04 | $21.40 | $0.37 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $134.2M | $72.6M | $88.2M | $63.8M | $117.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$45.1M | -$46.0M | -$54.2M | -$51.0M | -$48.4M |
| Free cash flow | $89.2M | $26.6M | $34.0M | $12.8M | $69.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$1.7M | -$6.9M | -$6.7M | -$6.6M | -$6.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$24.3M | -$39.3M | -$21.5M | -$21.0M | -$105.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.24B
- Total assets
- $2.25B
- Total liabilities
- $803.0M
- Total debt
- $437.8M
- Net debt
- -$804.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.44B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.04 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.04 | May 14, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.04 | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.04 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.04 | Aug 12, 2025 |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.04 | May 13, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.04 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.04 | Nov 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,542,174
- Days to cover
- 12.72
- Change vs previous report
- +4.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2015
- 251-for-200