How to buy Eastern stock (EML)

Eastern is a tools & accessories business based in the US. Eastern shares (EML) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $30.24 – an increase of 4.38% over the previous week. Eastern employs 1,199 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $284.5 million.

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Eastern stock price (NASDAQ: EML)

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Eastern shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$30.24
52-week range	$20.17 - $35.37
50-day moving average more info button	$30.38
200-day moving average more info button	$29.32
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio more info button	14.485
Dividend yield more info button	$0.44 (1.52%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.00

Is it a good time to buy Eastern stock?

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Eastern price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $28.72 from 2024-12-16

1 week (2024-12-10)	-5.43%
1 month (2024-11-18)	4.44%
3 months (2024-09-17)	-5.40%
6 months (2024-06-17)	13.03%

1 year (2023-12-15)	25.96%
2 years (2022-12-16)	48.20%
3 years (2021-12-17)	22.54%
5 years (2019-12-17)	5.30%

Is Eastern stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Eastern stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Eastern's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Eastern's P/E ratio

Eastern's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Eastern shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Eastern's EBITDA

Eastern's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $27.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Eastern's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Eastern financials

Revenue TTM	$284.5 million
Operating margin TTM	9.53%
Gross profit TTM	$58.6 million
Return on assets TTM	4.95%
Return on equity TTM	10.08%
Profit margin	-2.22%
Book value	$19.29
Market Capitalization more info button	$179.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Eastern share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 22% of net profits

Recently Eastern has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Eastern shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Eastern's case, that would currently equate to about $0.44 per share.

While Eastern's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Eastern is investing more in its future growth.

Eastern's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Eastern's shares ever split?

Eastern's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 17 October 2006 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Eastern shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Eastern shares which in turn could have impacted Eastern's share price.

Eastern share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Eastern's shares have ranged in value from as little as $20.1689 up to $35.3664. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Eastern's is 1.012. This would suggest that Eastern's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Eastern overview

The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and internationally. 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; designs and manufactures blow mold tools and injection blow mold tooling products, and 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 (OEMs) 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. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Eastern is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 7.869% of Eastern shares are held by insiders and 75.186% by institutions. How many people work for Eastern?
Latest data suggests 1,199 work at Eastern. When does the fiscal year end for Eastern?
Eastern's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Eastern based?
Eastern's address is: 3 Enterprise Drive, Shelton, CT, United States, 06484 What is Eastern's ISIN number?
Eastern's international securities identification number is: US2763171046 What is Eastern's CUSIP number?
Eastern's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 276317104