
The Eastern Company
EMLNASDAQIndustrialsManufacturing - Tools & Accessories
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$25.10
−$0.08 · -0.32%
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Valuation
74
Undervalued
Momentum
63
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Sentiment
66
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Risk resilience
50
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Company profile
Company websiteThe Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and North America. The company offers turnkey returnable packaging solutions, which are used in the assembly processes of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods, as well as in production processes of plastic packaging products, packaged consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals; injection blow mold tooling products; design, develops, and manufactures 2-step stretch blow molds, and related components for the stretch blow molding industry; and supplies blow molds and change parts to the food, beverage, healthcare, and chemical industries. It also provides rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles; and development and program management services for custom electromechanical and mechanical systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and customer applications. In addition, the company designs and manufactures proprietary vision technology for OEMs and aftermarket applications, as well as offers aftermarket components to the heavy- and medium-duty truck, motorhome, and bus markets. The Eastern Company was founded in 1858 and is based in Shelton, Connecticut.
- Industry
- Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories
- Sector
- Industrials
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- Ryan Schroeder
- Listed since
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 1,239
Market position
Day range
Current $25.10
52-week range
Current $25.10
- Open
- $24.91
- Previous close
- $25.18
- Volume
- 12.13K
- 0.45× average
- Average volume
- 26.92K
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 151.37M USD
- Beta
- 0.85
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $24.8002
- +1.21% above average
- 200-day average
- $21.1941
- +18.43% above average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 165.7M USD
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.96×
- Earnings yield
- 4.29%
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.11%
Profitability & efficiency
- Return on equity
- 4.10%
- Return on assets
- 2.36%
- Return on invested capital
- 4.16%
Financial health
- Current ratio
- 3.59×
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 248.97M USD | 272.75M USD | 258.86M USD | 279.27M USD | 246.52M USD |
| Cost of goods sold | 192.58M USD | 205.48M USD | 197.09M USD | 220.65M USD | 189.76M USD |
| Gross profit | 56.39M USD | 67.27M USD | 61.77M USD | 58.62M USD | 56.77M USD |
| Research and development | 4.06M USD | 4.89M USD | 5.59M USD | 4.24M USD | 4.1M USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 42.22M USD | 42.23M USD | 39.15M USD | 39.51M USD | 35.22M USD |
| Operating expenses | 46.29M USD | 47.12M USD | 44.74M USD | 44.45M USD | 39.32M USD |
| Interest expense | 2.68M USD | 2.72M USD | 2.81M USD | 2.28M USD | 1.75M USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 3.69M USD | 5.89M USD | 5.37M USD | 7.24M USD | 7.24M USD |
| Operating income | 10.1M USD | 20.15M USD | 17.03M USD | 14.17M USD | 17.45M USD |
| Net income | 5.12M USD | −8.53M USD | 8.59M USD | 12.3M USD | 9.35M USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Corporate actions
Annual dividends per share
Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.
$0.44
2025 complete year0.0% since 2021
2026 partial: $0.33
$0.44
2,021
$0.44
2,022
$0.44
2,023
$0.44
2,024
$0.44
2,025
$0.33
2,026*
* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.
Corporate action history
| Action | Ex-dividend date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend | Aug 14, 2026 | $0.11Quarterly | Aug 14, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 |
Dividend | May 15, 2026 | $0.11Quarterly | May 15, 2026 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Dividend | Feb 13, 2026 | $0.11Quarterly | Feb 13, 2026 | Mar 13, 2026 |
Dividend | Nov 14, 2025 | $0.11Quarterly | Nov 14, 2025 | Dec 15, 2025 |
Dividend | Aug 15, 2025 | $0.11Quarterly | Aug 15, 2025 | Sep 15, 2025 |
Dividend | May 15, 2025 | $0.11Quarterly | May 15, 2025 | Jun 16, 2025 |
Ex-dividend Aug 14, 2026
$0.11
Quarterly
Record Aug 14, 2026 · Payment Sep 15, 2026
Ex-dividend May 15, 2026
$0.11
Quarterly
Record May 15, 2026 · Payment Jun 15, 2026
Ex-dividend Feb 13, 2026
$0.11
Quarterly
Record Feb 13, 2026 · Payment Mar 13, 2026
Ex-dividend Nov 14, 2025
$0.11
Quarterly
Record Nov 14, 2025 · Payment Dec 15, 2025
Ex-dividend Aug 15, 2025
$0.11
Quarterly
Record Aug 15, 2025 · Payment Sep 15, 2025
Ex-dividend May 15, 2025
$0.11
Quarterly
Record May 15, 2025 · Payment Jun 16, 2025
EML peers
ETFs holding EML
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI3.78M0.00%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF1.56M0.00%93.7B USD0.05%$245.53+0.82%
U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio ETFDFMC1.14M0.01%8.06B USD0.43%$60.95+0.73%
Dimensional - US Targeted Value ETFDFAT970.49K0.01%14.66B USD0.28%$71.67+0.67%
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETFBSVO880K0.04%1.71B USD0.47%$29.62+0.85%
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend FundDES667.9K0.03%2.24B USD0.38%$40.83+0.39%
Dimensional - US Small Cap Value ETFDFSV583.58K0.01%8.42B USD0.30%$40.29+0.72%
iShares Micro-Cap ETFIWC505.77K0.03%1.53B USD0.60%$198.39+1.10%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 3.78M
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF- Market value
- 1.56M
- Weight
- 0.00%
- AUM
- 93.7B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Price / 1D
- $245.53+0.82%
U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio ETFDFMC- Market value
- 1.14M
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 8.06B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.43%
- Price / 1D
- $60.95+0.73%
Dimensional - US Targeted Value ETFDFAT- Market value
- 970.49K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 14.66B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Price / 1D
- $71.67+0.67%
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETFBSVO- Market value
- 880K
- Weight
- 0.04%
- AUM
- 1.71B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Price / 1D
- $29.62+0.85%
WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend FundDES- Market value
- 667.9K
- Weight
- 0.03%
- AUM
- 2.24B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.38%
- Price / 1D
- $40.83+0.39%
Dimensional - US Small Cap Value ETFDFSV- Market value
- 583.58K
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 8.42B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.30%
- Price / 1D
- $40.29+0.72%
iShares Micro-Cap ETFIWC- Market value
- 505.77K
- Weight
- 0.03%
- AUM
- 1.53B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.60%
- Price / 1D
- $198.39+1.10%
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