Eastern Co (EML)
Industrials · Industrial manufacturing and automotive component supply · Nasdaq
Eastern Company manufactures specialized engineered hardware and tooling solutions for automotive OEMs and heavy-duty truck makers, serving assembly and aftermarket applications across North America and Asia.
What Eastern Co does
Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells unique engineered solutions for industrial markets, operating through its Engineered Solutions segment. The company serves commercial transportation and logistics markets with products including turnkey returnable packaging for vehicle assembly, blow mold tools for plastic packaging, access and security hardware, and vision technology for trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. Eastern operates fourteen physical locations across North America and Asia and manages multiple specialized manufacturing businesses including Big 3 Precision, Hallink Moulds, Eberhard Manufacturing, and Velvac.
Themes: ["Commercial transportation and logistics","Automotive OEM supply","Industrial packaging solutions","Access and security hardware","Heavy-duty truck aftermarket components","Custom engineered solutions / manufacturing","Revenue declining 11.56% YoY as of Q1 2026, indicating softness in commercial transportation and logistics end-markets","Net margin compressed at 2.4%, suggesting cost pressures or pricing challenges despite profitability","Significant intangible assets ($68.3M in goodwill, trademarks, and patents) create impairment risk if acquired business units underperform"]
Fundamentals
- Price$25.32 as of 2026-07-10 close
- Market cap$153M as of 2026-07-13
- 1-year return+3.4% as of 2026-07-10 close
- P/E26.20 as of 2026-07-13
- Net margin+2.4% as of 2026-07-13
- Gross margin+27.4% as of 2026-07-13
- ROE+4.7% as of 2026-07-13
- Debt / equity0.29 as of 2026-07-13
- Revenue growth (YoY)-11.6% as of 2026-07-13
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.82 as of 2026-07-13
Dividend: yield +1.7%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
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Competitors & peers
- Adient (ADNT) - automotive seating and interiors supplier
- Aptiv (APTV) - automotive technology and connectivity solutions
- Linamar Corporation - precision metallic components for automotive
- Visteon (VC) - automotive cockpit electronics and connected car solutions
- Oshkosh (OSK) - specialty vehicles including heavy-duty trucks
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-13. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-10.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.