TRANSCAT INC (TRNS)
Industrials · Calibration services and industrial instrument distribution · NASDAQ
Transcat delivers accredited calibration, asset management, and compliance services plus equipment distribution to highly regulated life sciences, aerospace, and industrial customers through 33+ service centers and a proprietary CMMS platform.
What TRANSCAT INC does
Transcat is a leading provider of accredited calibration, maintenance, validation, and compliance services, along with a CMMS platform and pipette services, primarily serving highly regulated life sciences, aerospace & defense, and energy/utilities industries. The company operates through two segments: Service, which includes calibration service centers and asset management solutions; and Distribution, which sells and rents over 75,000 test and measurement instruments from approximately 400 brands globally. The Service segment leverages proprietary platforms like CalTrak® and C3® to deliver flexible onsite, mobile, and in-house calibration and related services across 33+ calibration service centers in the US, Canada, Ireland, and Costa Rica.
Themes: Calibration and metrology services, Life sciences / pharmaceutical compliance, Asset management and maintenance optimization, FDA-regulated industries, Quality assurance and compliance, Equipment distribution and rental, Aerospace and defense services
Fundamentals
- Price$92.50 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$866M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+7.5% 2025-08-21 close $86.03 → 2026-08-21 close $92.50
- P/E260.63 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+1.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+32.5% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+1.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.36 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+20.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+12.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.69 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How TRNS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 426 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Industrials 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.
How TRANSCAT INC looks technically
TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) is trading 24.3% 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 98 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 24.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +24.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $90.23 | $90.23 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $74.40 | $74.40 |
| 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 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 98 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 98 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 14, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 13.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 53.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($83.01 to $100.00) — its "stochastic" reading is 56 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 climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 55.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $100.00 | $100.00 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 7.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 84.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +84.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.5% below its highest point of the past year | 7.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $147.12 (set on 2024-07-24) | $147.12 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($52.06 to $97.76), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 12% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $68.06 to $69.52. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 11.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 37.1% below its all-time high | -37.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.5% above a support level at $91.12 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-07-03, most recently on 2025-08-25. Since 2024-08-21 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $3.71 (set on 2007-10-12) | $3.71 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2393.3% above its all-time low | +2,393% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 65th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.22 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 | $4.22 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $82.46 and $99.36 — 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 | $82.46 – $90.91 – $99.36 |
| 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 4.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (24.3% 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 | 4.3 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 | 0.54× |
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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
2
| 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 hammer | today, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | today |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.6% 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 | +0.6% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap down opened on 2026-08-17 has been "filled" 4 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 4 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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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 5.5% 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 27.6 percentage points (the stock gained 30.6% while the market gained 3.1%) | +27.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 7.1 percentage points (the stock gained 18.1% while the market gained 11.1%) | +7.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 13.0 percentage points (the stock gained 7.5% while the market gained 20.5%) | -13.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 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, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 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 thick, spanning 10.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +2.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 16% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $79.96 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +15.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $93.57 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
TRNS last closed at $92.50 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $91.12 | Support | 1.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-03 to 2025-08-25 |
| $94.47 | Resistance | 2.1% above the last close | turned there five times · 2024-11-01 to 2026-07-14 |
| $86.91 | Support | 6.0% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-04-15 to 2026-06-23 |
| $85.56 | Support | 7.5% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-02-18 to 2026-07-07 |
| $100.61 | Resistance | 8.8% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-20 to 2026-08-13 |
| $111.97 | Resistance | 21.1% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-11 to 2025-01-06 |
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 · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · beating the market · Printed a hammer candle after a decline · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$104.33 range $95.00 – $113.00; median $105.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for TRNS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.4475 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Heavy dependence on highly regulated industries (life sciences, aerospace & defense) which face cyclical demand and regulatory changes that could impact customer spending on calibration and compliance services","Significant acquisition strategy with elevated debt levels (long-term debt of $99.9M as of December 2025) to fund inorganic growth, creating refinancing and integration risks","Thin net margins (1.62% as of July 2026) despite revenue growth, indicating operational leverage challenges and sensitivity to cost inflation in labor-intensive calibration services"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of TRNS's 10-Q filed 2026-02-03 against the prior one filed 2025-11-05.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-02-03) reports Third Quarter Ended December 27, 2025 and Nine Months Ended December 27, 2025 periods
- Newer filing includes Statement of Comprehensive Income note: 'Tax effect is calculated using the expected annual tax rate, which was 31.5% and 25.5% for the fiscal year 2026 and 2025 periods, respectively'
- Newer filing Balance Sheet dated December 27, 2025 (vs. September 27, 2025 in older filing)
- Newer filing Cash Flows statement covers Nine Months Ended December 27, 2025 (vs. Six Months Ended September 27, 2025)
- Newer filing reports 'Lease Liabilities' line item in cash flow statement supplemental disclosure
- Newer filing includes 'Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs' of $65 thousand in operating cash flows for nine months ended December 27, 2025
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-05) reported Second Quarter Ended September 27, 2025 and Six Months Ended September 27, 2025 periods
- Older filing Statement of Comprehensive Income note: 'Tax effect is calculated using the expected annual tax rate, which was 31.1% and 25% for the fiscal year 2026 and 2025 periods, respectively'
- Older filing Balance Sheet dated September 27, 2025
- Older filing Cash Flows statement covered Six Months Ended September 27, 2025
- Older filing does not show 'Lease Liabilities' line in supplemental cash flow disclosures
- Reworded:
- Statement of Comprehensive Income tax rate changed from 31.1% to 31.5% for fiscal year 2026 expected annual tax rate
- Cash flow statement presentation changes between six-month and nine-month reporting periods with different line item amounts and structure
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different reporting periods (third quarter vs. second quarter; nine months vs. six months), making direct item-by-item comparison of financial results not directly applicable
- Balance sheet comparison is between December 27, 2025 (newer) and September 27, 2025 (older), reflecting the progression of the fiscal year
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 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days1 buy ($98663) · 1 sell ($47494) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 90 days1 buy ($98663) · 1 sell ($47494) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days1 buy ($98663) · 1 sell ($47494) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: mixed (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-07. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about TRNS'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 TRNS as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 1,010,626
- Reported value $74,230,470
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 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)
TRNS had 517,549 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
TRNS had 5.53% 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 4.88 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 517,549
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.53%
- Prior settlement (shares) 515,073
- Reported change 0.48%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.88
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
- Airgas (AWK – now a Mizuho subsidiary, private)
- FLIR Systems
- Sensormatic Electronics
- Esterline Technologies
- Fortive Corporation (diversified industrial instruments and services)
- Danaher Corporation (calibration and life sciences services)
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Frequently asked questions
What does TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) do?
Transcat is a leading provider of accredited calibration, maintenance, validation, and compliance services, along with a CMMS platform and pipette services, primarily serving highly regulated life sciences, aerospace & defense, and energy/utilities industries. The company operates through two segments: Service, which includes calibration service centers and asset management solutions;
What sector is TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) in?
TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Calibration services and industrial instrument distribution. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are TRANSCAT INC's (TRNS) competitors?
Notable peers of TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) include Airgas (AWK – now a Mizuho subsidiary, private), FLIR Systems, Sensormatic Electronics, Esterline Technologies and Fortive Corporation (diversified industrial instruments and services). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) overbought or oversold right now?
TRANSCAT INC (TRNS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, 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 TRNS 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 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.