Methode Electronics
MEI
15.41
+0.30
+1.99%
Methode Electronics
US · MEI
#3701 by market cap
15.41
+0.30
+1.99%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 266s ago
· 2026-10-08 09:59
After-hours
14.80
-2.05%
- Market cap
- 549.29M
- P/E (TTM)i
- -14.82
- P/Bi
- 0.83
- EPSi
- -1.01
- Div yieldi
- 1.30%
- 52W posi
- 68%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Fair
- Altman Z-Score is 2.16, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -2.76% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 19.84%
- Operating margin
- 0.86%
- Net margin
- -3.50%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 743.59M
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 2.16
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.00B | 1.02B | 1.09B | 1.16B | 1.18B | 1.11B | 1.05B | 1.02B |
| Gross profit | 265.80M | 282.90M | 274.10M | 264.90M | 264.10M | 178.80M | 163.40M | 202.20M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 142.90M | 116.80M | 126.90M | 134.10M | 154.90M | 160.90M | 163.90M | 170.30M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 106.80M | 147.10M | 127.90M | 111.70M | 90.40M | -6.10M | -23.90M | 8.80M |
| Pretax profit | 103.60M | 148.70M | 134.90M | 118.50M | 90.10M | -128.10M | -50.10M | -10.70M |
| Tax | 12.00M | 25.30M | 12.60M | 16.30M | 13.00M | -4.80M | 12.50M | 25.00M |
| Net profit | 91.60M | 123.40M | 122.30M | 102.20M | 77.10M | -123.30M | -62.60M | -35.70M |
| Basic EPS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -3 | -2 | -1 |
| Diluted EPS | 2.43 | 3.26 | 3.19 | 2.70 | 2.10 | -3.48 | -1.77 | -1.01 |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-10 | 2026-01 | 2026-05 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 257.10M | 240.50M | 246.90M | 233.70M | 298.10M | 265.40M |
| Gross profit | 19.60M | 43.50M | 47.70M | 38.80M | 72.20M | 47.70M |
| Selling & admin expenses | 37.40M | 35.70M | 39.00M | 39.10M | 55.60M | 45.30M |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | -23.60M | 2.00M | 2.90M | -6.10M | 10.90M | -3.30M |
| Pretax profit | -30.40M | -6.10M | -4.20M | -13.10M | 12.70M | -7.30M |
| Tax | -2.10M | 4.20M | 5.70M | 2.80M | 12.30M | 4.10M |
| Net profit | -28.30M | -10.30M | -9.90M | -15.90M | 400.00K | -11.40M |
| Basic EPS | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diluted EPS | -0.80 | -0.29 | -0.28 | -0.45 | 0.01 | -0.32 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 453.50M | 565.60M | 674.00M | 629.00M | 664.40M | 637.70M | 559.90M | 600.00M |
| Cash & ST investments | 83.20M | 217.30M | 233.20M | 172.00M | 157.00M | 161.50M | 103.60M | 139.60M |
| Inventory | 116.70M | 131.00M | 124.20M | 158.50M | 159.70M | 186.20M | 194.10M | 178.70M |
| Total assets | 1.23B | 1.37B | 1.47B | 1.39B | 1.58B | 1.40B | 1.31B | 1.31B |
| Total current liabilities | 180.90M | 143.80M | 222.70M | 188.60M | 228.00M | 231.40M | 233.20M | 253.50M |
| Short-term debt | 15.70M | 20.80M | 21.00M | 19.00M | 10.00M | 6.90M | 7.60M | 9.10M |
| Long-term debt | 276.90M | 336.80M | 225.20M | 197.50M | 303.60M | 330.70M | 317.40M | 324.80M |
| Total liabilities | 542,000,000.00 | 587,200,000.00 | 549,000,000.00 | 475,300,000.00 | 626,200,000.00 | 637,500,000.00 | 612,500,000.00 | 628,600,000.00 |
| Total equity | 689.70M | 783.40M | 918.00M | 913.80M | 952.90M | 766.00M | 693.30M | 677.50M |
| Retained earnings | 545.20M | 651.90M | 746.00M | 763.90M | 772.70M | 612.30M | 524.20M | 479.30M |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-10 | 2026-01 | 2026-05 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 559.90M | 549.20M | 555.30M | 585.30M | 600.00M | 584.40M |
| Cash & ST investments | 103.60M | 121.10M | 118.50M | 133.70M | 139.60M | 116.20M |
| Inventory | 194.10M | 190.90M | 190.20M | 209.80M | 178.70M | 184.60M |
| Total assets | 1.31B | 1.29B | 1.29B | 1.31B | 1.31B | 1.26B |
| Total current liabilities | 233.20M | 219.60M | 217.60M | 242.80M | 253.50M | 242.30M |
| Short-term debt | 7.60M | 7.60M | 7.80M | 8.20M | 9.10M | 9.10M |
| Long-term debt | 317.40M | 323.20M | 332.30M | 340.70M | 324.80M | 310.30M |
| Total liabilities | 612,500,000.00 | 603,200,000.00 | 608,100,000.00 | 631,300,000.00 | 628,600,000.00 | 600,600,000.00 |
| Total equity | 693.30M | 688.10M | 679.30M | 675.00M | 677.50M | 663.10M |
| Retained earnings | 524.20M | 511.00M | 498.90M | 481.00M | 479.30M | 465.40M |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 102.00M | 140.60M | 179.80M | 98.80M | 132.80M | 47.50M | 26.40M | 38.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 43.30M | 48.30M | 51.50M | 52.60M | 49.50M | 57.90M | 58.50M | 58.80M |
| Free cash flow | 52.20M | 95.50M | 154.90M | 60.80M | 90.80M | -2.70M | -15.20M | 15.60M |
| Dividends paid | -16.30M | -16.30M | -17.40M | -20.40M | -19.80M | -19.90M | -20.40M | -8.30M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -- | 0 | -6.70M | -64.50M | -48.10M | -13.70M | -1.60M | 0 |
| Ending cash balance | 83.20M | 217.30M | 233.20M | 172.00M | 157.00M | 161.50M | 103.60M | 139.60M |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-10 | 2026-01 | 2026-05 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 35.40M | 25.10M | -7.40M | 15.40M | 4.90M | -7.80M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 16.00M | 14.90M | 15.00M | 14.60M | 14.30M | 14.10M |
| Free cash flow | 26.30M | 18.00M | -11.60M | 10.10M | -900.00K | -10.90M |
| Dividends paid | -5.10M | -2.80M | -1.90M | -1.80M | -1.80M | -1.80M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Ending cash balance | 103.60M | 121.10M | 118.50M | 133.70M | 139.60M | 116.20M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 13.88 | 16.75 | 14.38 | 11.16 | 8.31 | -14.44 | -8.58 | -5.21 |
| ROA %i | 8.53 | 9.48 | 8.62 | 7.16 | 5.20 | -8.27 | -4.62 | -2.73 |
| ROIC %i | 10.97 | 12.29 | 10.84 | 9.04 | 6.56 | -8.93 | -4.28 | -2.11 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 16.80 | 15.40 | 14.63 | 13.19 | 12.90 | 7.23 | 2.17 | -1.75 |
| EBIT margin %i | 10.68 | 15.51 | 12.88 | 10.48 | 7.87 | -10.00 | -2.68 | 1.24 |
| FCF / sales %i | 5.22 | 9.33 | 14.24 | 5.23 | 7.70 | -- | -- | 1.53 |
| Current ratioi | 2.51 | 3.93 | 3.03 | 3.34 | 2.91 | 2.76 | 2.40 | 2.37 |
| Quick ratioi | 1.75 | 2.91 | 2.37 | 2.41 | 2.12 | 1.85 | 1.50 | 1.58 |
| Debt / assetsi | 23.76 | 27.58 | 17.98 | 16.65 | 21.24 | 25.52 | 26.28 | 26.70 |
| LT debt / equityi | 40.15 | 45.60 | 26.44 | 23.23 | 34.55 | 45.86 | 48.41 | 50.13 |
| Interest coveragei | -- | 15.72 | 26.94 | 34.86 | 34.37 | -6.67 | -1.28 | 0.54 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | 7.33 | 7.84 | 6.20 | 5.17 | 4.83 | 0.81 | -3.42 | -4.76 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | 2.69 | 9.93 | 28.83 | 3.72 | -14.51 | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -15.82 | -8.04 | 30.69 | 5.22 | -1.67 | -- | -- | -44.41 |
| Line item | 2025-05 | 2025-08 | 2025-10 | 2026-01 | 2026-05 | 2026-07 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | -8.58 | -7.62 | -8.87 | -9.34 | -5.21 | -5.45 |
| ROA %i | -4.62 | -4.09 | -4.72 | -4.93 | -2.73 | -2.88 |
| ROIC %i | -4.28 | -3.56 | -4.30 | -4.85 | -2.11 | -2.29 |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | -2.68 | -1.94 | -2.67 | -3.20 | 1.24 | 1.02 |
| FCF / sales %i | -- | 0.53 | 5.31 | 4.38 | 1.53 | -- |
| Current ratioi | 2.40 | 2.50 | 2.55 | 2.41 | 2.37 | 2.41 |
| Quick ratioi | 1.50 | 1.56 | 1.61 | 1.45 | 1.58 | 1.55 |
| Debt / assetsi | 26.28 | 26.92 | 27.61 | 27.87 | 26.70 | 26.37 |
| LT debt / equityi | 48.41 | 49.41 | 51.17 | 52.73 | 50.13 | 48.88 |
| Interest coveragei | -1.28 | -0.87 | -1.16 | -1.39 | 0.54 | 0.47 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed
Lead segment, long tail
- industrial is the largest reported line at 68.91% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
- Automotive follows at 41.52%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
industrial68.91%
Automotive41.52%
Interface1.09%
Quote time 2026-10-08 09:59:57 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.