CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT)
Materials · engineered materials / plastics manufacturing · NYSE American
Ohio-based molder of lightweight thermoplastic and thermoset structural parts for trucks, power sports, and industrial OEMs via compression, transfer, and injection molding.
What CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC does
Core Molding Technologies manufactures engineered thermoplastic and thermoset structural products using compression molding, resin transfer molding, and injection molding processes. The company produces components for medium and heavy-duty trucks, power sports, building products, and industrial markets from six facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Products include Sheet Molding Compound (SMC), Direct Long Fiber Thermoplastic (DLFT), and fiberglass-reinforced components that compete with traditional metal parts through advantages like lighter weight, corrosion resistance, and design flexibility.
Themes: engineered plastics / composites, structural components, automotive / truck OEM suppliers, lightweighting / weight reduction, thermoset and thermoplastic materials
Fundamentals
- Price$25.09 as of 2026-08-24 close
- Market cap$222M as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+28.9% 2025-08-22 close $19.47 → 2026-08-24 close $25.09
- P/E29.67 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+2.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+18.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+4.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-7.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-10.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.61 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How CMT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 93 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 127 covered Materials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 124 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which CMT reported a dividend payment is FY2018, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2018 ratio would not describe CMT today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2018) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC looks technically
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) is trading 19.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 291 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 19.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +19.0% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $24.34 | $24.34 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $21.97 | $21.97 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 14 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 14 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 291 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 291 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 24.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 60.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($24.06 to $27.37) — its "stochastic" reading is 63 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 63.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 13 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $28.69 | $28.69 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 8.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -8.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 57.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +57.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 8.9% below its highest point of the past year | 8.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $30.09 (set on 2023-10-02) | $30.09 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($17.56 to $28.35), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 20% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $21.34 to $21.68. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 20.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 13.1% below its all-time high | -13.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 3.6% above a support level at $25.22 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-05-29, most recently on 2026-06-16. Since 2024-08-21 it has 17 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -3.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.03 (set on 2020-04-07) | $1.03 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2438.8% above its all-time low | +2,439% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 63rd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.21 between its high and its low — about 4.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.21 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $23.03 and $27.02 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $23.03 – $25.03 – $27.02 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (19.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.53× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 4 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 4 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap up opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 11 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 11 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 3.2 percentage points (the stock gained 5.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | +3.2% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 5.0 percentage points (the stock gained 8.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +5.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 25.1 percentage points (the stock gained 36.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | +25.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 22.1 percentage points (the stock gained 42.6% while the market gained 20.5%) | +22.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 2.5% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.5% of the share price. | +2.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 13% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $23.11 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +13.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $25.65 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.9% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CMT last closed at $26.15 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 17 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25.22 | Support | 3.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-29 to 2026-06-16 |
| $28.66 | Resistance | 9.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-20 to 2026-04-28 |
| $23.14 | Support | 11.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-18 to 2026-07-20 |
| $22.73 | Support | 13.1% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-03 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · beating the market · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 1 analyst
- Mean price target$30.00 range $30.00 – $30.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue declining YoY (-5.16%), indicating softness in end-market demand for truck and industrial components","Exposure to medium and heavy-duty truck market and power sports sectors, which are cyclical and sensitive to economic conditions","Operating leverage compression with flat gross margins and rising SG&A costs reducing profitability despite maintaining positive net income"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CMT's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-04.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- In newer filing (2026-05-07): Risk factor about 'the Company's decision to pursue new products and initiatives to quote and execute manufacturing processes for new business, acquire raw materials, address inflationary pressures, regulatory matters and labor relations'
- In newer filing (2026-05-07): Risk factor about 'ability to accurately quote and execute manufacturing processes for new business' appears separately as distinct item
- In newer filing (2026-05-07): Business Outlook states 'the Company expects revenues for the calendar year 2026 to increase by approximately 0 to 5 percent as compared to 2025 and the second half of 2026 to be greater than the first half of 2026'
- In newer filing (2026-05-07): Business Outlook mentions 'consistent mix in 2026 as compared to 2025 between product revenues and tooling revenues'
- In newer filing (2026-05-07): Business Outlook states 'In 2026, the Company expects to incur incremental one-time costs of' (text appears truncated)
- Removed:
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Risk factor about 'efforts of Core Molding Technologies to expand its customer base; the ability to develop new and innovative products and to diversify markets, materials and processes and increase operational enhancements'
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Risk factor phrasing 'the ability of Core Molding Technologies to successfully identify, evaluate and manage potential acquisitions and to benefit from and properly integrate any completed acquisitions' (reworded in newer version)
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Risk factor about 'management's decision to pursue new products or businesses which involve additional costs, risks or capital expenditures'
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Business Outlook statement 'the Company expects revenues for 2025 to decrease by approximately 10 to 12 percent as compared to 2024'
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Business Outlook statement about 'change in mix in 2025' and references to 'tariffs' and 'heavy-duty and medium-duty truck pre-buy volumes'
- In older filing (2025-11-04): Reference to 'Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K' (differs in newer)
- Reworded:
- Older: 'general economic, social, regulatory (including foreign trade policy) and political environments in the countries in which Core Molding Technologies operates' changed to 'general economic, social, regulatory (including foreign trade policy) and political environments, including uncertainties surrounding volatility in financial markets' (newer)
- Older: 'costs and other resources related to Core Molding Technologies' efforts to expand its customer base and grow its business, and provide on-time delivery to customers' does not appear in newer filing with this phrasing
- Older: 'and to benefit from and properly integrate any completed acquisitions' changed to 'and to benefit from and properly integrate and completed acquisitions' (newer)
- Older Business Outlook references '2024' and '2025' whereas newer references '2025' and '2026' with different directional guidance
- Notes:
- Older filing text appears truncated at end of Business Outlook section ('The Company's raw material supply chains rem')
- Newer filing text also appears truncated at end of Business Outlook ('In 2026, the Company expects to incur incremental one-time costs of')
- Risk factors have been substantially reorganized and reworded between filings, making some comparisons interpretive
- Comparison affected by different reporting periods (Q3 2025 vs Q1 2026) and different forecast years
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-07) reports Q1 2026 financial data: Net sales $58,583K, Net income $605K, Basic EPS $0.07
- Newer filing shows March 31, 2026 balance sheet with Cash $23,507K, Total Assets $242,350K, Total Stockholders' Equity $158,221K
- Newer filing includes Q1 2026 cash flow statement showing operating cash outflow of $9,229K
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-04) reported Q3 2025 financial data: Net sales $58,435K, Net income $1,877K, Basic EPS $0.22
- Older filing reported nine months ended September 30, 2025 data with Net sales $199,121K, Net income $8,112K
- Older filing showed September 30, 2025 balance sheet with Cash $42,397K, Total Assets $219,692K, Total Stockholders' Equity $155,428K
- Older filing included nine months ended September 30, 2025 cash flow statement
- Reworded:
- Balance sheet comparison periods changed from September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 (older) to March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (newer)
- Statements of Operations changed from reporting three months and nine months ended September 30 (older) to three months ended March 31 (newer)
- Right of use asset increased from $4,113K (Sept 30, 2025) to $15,152K (March 31, 2026)
- Contract liability increased from $3,946K (Sept 30, 2025) to $15,593K (March 31, 2026)
- Post-retirement benefits liability decreased from $3,228K (Sept 30, 2025) to $3,145K (March 31, 2026)
- Notes:
- The two filings represent different interim periods (Q1 2026 vs. Q3 2025) making direct operational comparisons less relevant
- The newer filing is truncated and does not include complete Risk Factors section text for detailed comparison
- The older filing is similarly truncated at the cash flow statement, preventing full document comparison
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 9 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days1 buy ($6487) · 9 sells ($242314) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days1 buy ($6487) · 9 sells ($242314) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-06-29. As of 2026-08-25.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about CMT's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding CMT as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 1,146,654
- Reported value $25,685,059
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 1 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CMT had 212,665 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CMT had 2.40% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.89 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 212,665
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.40%
- Prior settlement (shares) 220,142
- Reported change -3.4%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.89
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Hexcel Corporation (HXL)
- Composite Technology Development (private)
- Haysite Reinforced Plastics (private)
- Eastman Chemical
- Toray Industries (private)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) do?
Core Molding Technologies manufactures engineered thermoplastic and thermoset structural products using compression molding, resin transfer molding, and injection molding processes. The company produces components for medium and heavy-duty trucks, power sports, building products, and industrial markets from six facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What sector is CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) in?
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is engineered materials / plastics manufacturing. It trades on NYSE American.
Who are CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC's (CMT) competitors?
Notable peers of CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) include Hexcel Corporation, Composite Technology Development (private), Haysite Reinforced Plastics (private), Eastman Chemical and Toray Industries (private). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) overbought or oversold right now?
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC (CMT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 60, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CMT come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-24.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.