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The Eastern Company

EML
40
Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories · Industrials
Price
$25.10
-0.08 (-0.32%)
Market Cap
$151.4M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
40
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 4, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Weak
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Share count falling — buybacks

−2.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 6.3M (2022) → 6.1M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and internationally.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
20.6%
Thin — 20.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
2.7%
Thin — 2.7% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.3%
Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-13.7%
Shrinking sales (-13.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
236%
Turns 236% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
6.5%
Modest free cash flow (6.5%)

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
0.32
Conservative — low debt load (0.32)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.31x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
18.8x
Fair value — P/E 18.8

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
+9.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.8 → 9.8)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.75%
Small dividend — 1.75% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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