Designs and manufactures turnkey returnable packaging solutions. Produces blow mold tools and injection blow mold tooling products. Now — the numbers.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The gap is $46.4M. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.
The market pays 28.9× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 89% of them.
No analyst target is on record for this company.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit indicators sit around the sector average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.
Clearly below the class average.
The stock has been running stronger than the market lately.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
The stock trades 29% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 59 buys and 0 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $0.44 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 0% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 29/100.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, EML sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: EML is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.