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Smith-Midland Corporation

SMID
52
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Price
$27.69
-0.17 (-0.61%)
Market Cap
$146.9M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed

Share count rising — dilution

+1.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 5.2M (2021) → 5.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Smith-Midland Corporation makes precast concrete products used in construction and road safety. Its main products include highway barriers, utility vaults, wall panels, and other concrete structures sold to government agencies, contractors, and infrastructure projects. The company is best known for its J-J Hooks highway barrier system, a patented interlocking concrete barrier widely used across the United States.

Smith-Midland earns money by manufacturing and selling precast concrete products, and it also licenses its J-J Hooks technology to other precast producers, creating a small but steady royalty income stream. The company operates primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a small-cap business with a market cap around $100 million. Its patented barrier design gives it a licensing moat that larger competitors cannot easily replicate. The key growth driver is increased government spending on roads and infrastructure, though its small size and regional focus leave it exposed to slowdowns in local construction activity.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
23.2%
Thin — 23.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.5%
Modest — 8.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.7%
Strong — 17.7% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-1.6%
Shrinking sales (-1.6% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-36.1%
Earnings shrinking (-36.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
188%
Turns 188% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.7%
Thin free cash flow (4.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
48.88x
Comfortably covers interest (48.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
19.1x
Fair value — P/E 19.1

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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