Eastern (EML)

Industrials · Tools & Accessories
$24.59 -2.19% on the day Market cap $142M 52-week range $17.61 to $29.91 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
10% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $142M, Eastern's free cash flow of $5M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 10% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Eastern's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-7.2% a year
Revenue, same period6.8% a year
Price to free cash flow29.0x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from EML's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability4
Growth4
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Eastern's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$247M$279M$259M$273M$249M
Net income$9M$12M$9M-$9M$7M
Free cash flow-$11M$4M$20M$10M$5M
EPS (diluted)$2.58$1.97$1.37-$1.37$1.17
Operating margin7.1%5.1%6.6%7.4%4.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2019. Every breakdown, year by year.

Industrial Hardware$165M65%
Security Products$58M23%
Metal Products$29M11%

Superinvestors who own EML

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held EML in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Eastern's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you. Every purchase since records began.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Sep 16, 2026 Chan Galbato
Director
1,217$25.25$30,729
Sep 16, 2026 James A Mitarotonda
Director
1,423$25.25$35,931
Sep 16, 2026 John Everets
Director
1,037$25.25$26,184
Sep 16, 2026 Peggy Scott
Director
996$25.25$25,149
Mar 18, 2026 James A Mitarotonda
2,000$20.11$40,220
Mar 16, 2026 Chan Galbato
962$20.93$20,135
Mar 16, 2026 Charles W Henry
989$20.93$20,700
Mar 16, 2026 Michael J Mardy
1,099$20.93$23,002
Mar 16, 2026 James A Mitarotonda
1,717$20.93$35,937
Mar 16, 2026 John Everets
1,339$20.93$28,025

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Eastern's stock price imply?

At a market value of $142M, Eastern would need its free cash flow to grow about 10% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -7% a year.

Are Eastern insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of EML in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.