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Eastern Co key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Eastern Co had return on equity of 5.8%, an operating margin of 4.3%, debt equal to 27.2% of equity and a current ratio of 3.59. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Jan 20102010Jan 20112011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Jan 20152015Jan 20162016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Jan 20212021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Jan 2026
Gross margin18.3%20.5%19.1%21.2%21.2%23.1%23.7%26.4%24.4%25.1%24.6%24.3%23.0%21.0%23.9%24.7%22.9%
Operating margin3.2%6.5%6.1%8.6%7.3%8.3%5.6%8.1%5.9%7.6%6.9%6.8%7.1%5.1%6.6%7.4%4.3%
Net margin0.9%4.3%3.9%5.5%4.8%5.4%4.0%5.7%2.5%6.2%5.3%2.7%3.8%4.4%3.3%−3.1%2.9%
Free-cash-flow margin9.9%3.7%−1.4%6.0%4.1%4.1%4.6%6.9%4.1%4.0%7.0%6.2%−4.7%1.5%7.7%3.5%2.0%
Return on equity1.6%8.1%7.9%12.3%9.0%9.8%7.4%9.6%6.0%15.8%13.1%5.2%8.5%10.2%6.6%−6.7%5.8%
Return on assets—5.4%5.3%7.8%6.0%6.5%4.7%6.3%3.4%8.1%5.7%1.9%3.5%4.7%3.3%−3.5%3.2%
Asset turnover—1.271.371.421.241.201.191.121.361.311.090.710.911.061.011.121.10
Current ratio—4.904.014.825.215.304.966.043.203.363.322.752.502.672.632.583.59
Debt to equity—6.4%9.8%10.5%7.4%5.7%4.0%2.2%40.5%29.6%93.7%85.0%62.2%50.7%33.2%35.0%27.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)2.1x32.0x37.6x36.7x32.2x46.0x43.3x91.7x12.4x14.9x9.4x6.6x10.0x6.2x6.1x7.4x4.0x
Effective tax rate—32.8%35.3%34.8%31.8%33.5%28.6%30.6%56.0%17.5%18.1%11.8%−11.0%−23.3%21.9%22.6%20.3%
R&D as % of revenue—0.6%0.6%0.5%0.7%0.8%0.8%1.1%2.8%3.0%2.4%1.4%1.7%1.5%2.2%1.8%1.6%
SG&A as % of revenue15.1%14.0%13.0%12.6%13.9%14.7%16.4%16.5%15.7%14.5%14.2%15.3%14.3%14.1%15.1%15.5%17.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.0%3.6%2.4%2.7%3.9%2.6%1.8%2.1%1.4%1.5%2.2%1.2%1.5%1.2%2.1%3.6%1.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%86.0%−35.4%109.3%83.9%74.6%115.2%122.7%166.8%64.0%132.0%226.2%−122.8%33.3%233.0%—68.6%
Dividends ÷ net income207.9%57.4%40.4%36.0%37.9%39.0%49.1%35.3%54.6%19.0%20.7%51.0%29.5%22.3%32.2%—37.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow19.4%82.0%—33.0%45.1%52.3%42.6%28.8%32.7%41.2%15.7%25.5%—107.0%17.5%59.8%130.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

4 of 5 checks passed · July 4, 2026
What it owns · $245m
Short-term assets $125mLonger-term assets $120m
What it owes, and who funded it · $245m
Short-term liabilities $45mLonger-term liabilities $71mShareholders' equity $130m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $125m of assets due within a year against $45m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $125m short-term assets against $71m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $15m of cash against $42m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 32% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 56% to 32% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Eastern Co's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

55 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Eastern's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 13 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 10.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 24.1%, moving by 1.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 9 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 6.5%; its worst year was 3.7%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 5.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 3.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (60 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Eastern Co's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Eastern Co.