← BackCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens)CRS
Low riskNext report: Around Jan 28, 2027 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with steady sales.
Going well
- Profitable
- Brings in more cash than it spends
- High return on equity: 20%
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions cut 1.2% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (538 bought, 300 sold)
- Held by George Soros (Soros Fund), Dan Loeb (Third Point), Ray Dalio (Bridgewater) and 1 more famous investor
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$289.12+1.6% that day
- Company value
- $14.3B
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 25.5x
- You pay about $25 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 5.0x
- Company value is 5.0 times a year of sales
- Dividend yield
- 0.3%
- Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
- Cash vs value
- 1%
- Cash as a share of company value
- Debt vs value
- 5%
- Debt as a share of company value
From CRS's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Profit, Sep '26$162.5M+33% vs a year earlier
Dec '23Tap a barSep '26
Last 12 months: $569.8M, up 38% from the 12 months before.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.20.3%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.35x equity
- PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.13.1%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.8 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$440.4M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+4.5% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.26.7%
- Revenue
- $2.9B
- +4.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +5.7%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- $690.1M
- 0.35x equity
- Current ratio
- 4.25x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Reported Oct 22After close4:12 pm ET - EPS
- $3.25
- vs $2.43
- Free cash flow
- -$24.9M
- Share count
- -0.8%
- vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
50/ 100
- This week
- 3
- Normal week
- 3.0
- vs normal
- 1.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-1.2%Institutions cut 1.2% from their holdings. 538 bought, 300 sold. 2 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions46.7M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+0.2%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.3x · $691.0M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
50MNext reportAround Jan 28, 2027 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedOct 22
- Results filedJul 30
- Results filedApr 29
- Results filedJan 29
- Results filedOct 23, 2025
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.