EML

The Eastern Company

Industrials · $145M market cap

Verdict

Share price

$24.61

close of Oct 3, 2026

Fair value

$9.84

Sticker Price

Payback Price

$3.94

buy price

Overpriced

EML is Overpriced: at $24.61 it trades 150% above its fair value of $9.84. Its buy price (Payback Price) is $3.94, 84% below today's price. Business quality is limited: none of the 5 key numbers clears the 10% bar.

How we valued it

Free Cash Flow Growth. Free cash flow is growing faster than reported earnings, so we project free cash flow 10 years ahead instead.

Business quality

0 of 5 clear the 10% bar. What are the Big Five?

Earnings per share growth1.8% a year✗
Equity per share growth4.2% a year✗
Sales growth4.5% a year✗
Free cash flow growth5.2% a year✗
Return on invested capital6.1%✗

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Insider activity

Since Jun 15, 2026: 5 open-market purchases worth $130K and 1 other filing (stock awards, tax withholding and similar). Why purchases matter

Purchases

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About The Eastern Company

The 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…

Manufacturing - Tools & Accessories

Fair value and Payback Price are estimates from the company's reported financials, not investment advice. Prices as of the close of Oct 3, 2026. How the Payback Price works