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Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Charlotte, United States | NasdaqGS
18.00 USD -0.39 (-2.121%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 18.00

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:13 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fraught with danger despite the attractive valuation metrics. While the forward P/E of roughly 6.7x looks cheap, it is pricing in a turnaround that hasn't happened yet; the company is currently generating negative free cash flow and posting negative earnings, with a payout ratio exceeding 100%. This indicates the dividend is being funded by burning cash, making it unsustainable if profitability doesn't improve immediately. The price action confirms the distress. After a catastrophic 53% drop last year, the stock has stalled, trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The recent weekly chart shows a steady bleed from highs, failing to find a floor. Options flow reinforces this bearish sentiment. Traders are buying protection deep in-the-money, betting on a crash to the teens, while call buyers are only willing to speculate on a drop to the low 20s, not a recovery. The statistical forecast model also leans slightly negative, though with low confidence. In summary, this is a value trap. The balance sheet is strained with high debt relative to equity, and the business is bleeding cash. Until there is concrete evidence of a return to positive operating cash flow and a sustained earnings recovery, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a quick bounce.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.155484
AutoARIMA0.155511
AutoETS0.155690
AutoTheta0.172220

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 7.72
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.185
Excess Kurtosis -1.34
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-06
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 180.952
Revenue per Share 51.795
Market Cap 519,556,384
Forward P/E 6.81
Beta 1.37
Profit Margins -21.25%
Website https://www.cmco.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:13 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a continued grind lower rather than a rebound. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (20 and 22.5 for August expiry), suggesting bets on a further drop to test support levels. Conversely, put open interest is concentrated deep in-the-money (10 and 12.5 strikes), indicating a hedge against a significant decline or a belief that the stock could fall well below current prices. The lack of significant call buying near the money suggests limited conviction in an immediate bounce.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.35% 1.59% 1.23% 1.04%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-07 0.07 0.346192
2026-05-01 0.07 0.455137
2026-02-13 0.07 0.344319
2025-11-07 0.07 0.447284
2025-08-08 0.07 0.503597
2025-05-02 0.07 0.444162
2025-02-07 0.07 0.204380
2024-11-08 0.07 0.192837
2024-08-09 0.07 0.214198
2024-05-02 0.07 0.166468
2024-02-08 0.07 0.168431
2023-11-09 0.07 0.207654
2023-08-10 0.07 0.183486
2023-05-04 0.07 0.205399
2023-02-09 0.07 0.191676
2022-11-03 0.07 0.252252
2022-08-04 0.07 0.215783
2022-05-05 0.07 0.198020
2022-02-10 0.06 0.135014
2021-11-04 0.06 0.117486
2021-08-05 0.06 0.132861
2021-04-30 0.06 0.121188
2021-02-04 0.06 0.130152
2020-11-05 0.06 0.172563
2020-08-06 0.06 0.174419
2020-05-01 0.06 0.229270
2020-02-06 0.06 0.158856
2019-11-07 0.06 0.147239
2019-08-08 0.06 0.171086
2019-05-02 0.06 0.156087
2019-01-31 0.05 0.138122
2018-11-08 0.05 0.131926
2018-08-09 0.05 0.121684
2018-05-03 0.05 0.141683
2018-02-08 0.04 0.115440
2017-11-09 0.04 0.105960
2017-08-09 0.04 0.125549
2017-05-03 0.04 0.158604
2017-02-08 0.04 0.148754
2016-11-08 0.04 0.194742
2016-08-10 0.04 0.238379
2016-05-04 0.04 0.256739
2016-02-10 0.04 0.293040
2015-11-10 0.04 0.216333
2015-08-12 0.04 0.178492
2015-05-06 0.04 0.160966
2015-02-04 0.04 0.156067
2014-11-05 0.04 0.139179
2014-08-06 0.04 0.166251
2014-05-07 0.04 0.154619
2001-09-18 0.07 0.747863
2001-06-19 0.07 0.745474
2001-03-20 0.07 0.861538
2000-12-19 0.07 0.800000
2000-09-19 0.07 0.500000
2000-06-20 0.07 0.470588
2000-03-21 0.07 0.504505
1999-12-21 0.07 0.666667
1999-09-21 0.07 0.394366
1999-06-15 0.07 0.288660
1999-03-16 0.07 0.341463
1998-12-22 0.07 0.394366
1998-09-15 0.07 0.448000
1998-06-16 0.07 0.250000
1998-03-17 0.07 0.251121
1997-12-16 0.07 0.297872
1997-09-16 0.07 0.294737
1997-06-17 0.07 0.383562
1997-03-18 0.07 0.408759
1996-12-17 0.07 0.478632
1996-09-17 0.07 0.478632
1996-06-18 0.06 0.366412
1996-04-08 0.06 0.380952
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.28
dividendYield 1.52
exDividendDate 2026-08-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.28
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015225667
lastDividendValue 0.07
lastDividendDate 2026-08-07
dividendDate 2026-08-17

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.21375585
Address1 13,320 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Address2 Suite D
All Time High 57.06
All Time Low 1.3
Ask 23.1
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 368,880
Average Daily Volume3 Month 684,090
Average Volume 684,090
Average Volume10Days 368,880
Beta 1.37
Bid 13.25
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 19.749
City Charlotte
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 18.0
Current Ratio 1.998
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 18.61
Day Low 17.835
Debt To Equity 180.952
Display Name Columbus McKinnon
Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Dividend Rate 0.28
Dividend Yield 1.52
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,420,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,420,000
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 247,664,000
Ebitda Margins 0.16633
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.897
Enterprise To Revenue 2.478
Enterprise Value 3,689,416,192
Eps Current Year 2.01308
Eps Forward 2.64332
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -9.18
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 16.4894
Fifty Day Average Change 1.5105991
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.09161031
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 21.375584
Fifty Two Week High 24.4
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.3999996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.26229507
Fifty Two Week Low 11.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.01
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.50125104
Fifty Two Week Range 11.99 - 24.4
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 825,085,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.99
Float Shares 27,679,727
Forward Eps 2.64332
Forward P E 6.809618
Free Cashflow -257,221,632
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 7,300
Fullday Change -0.389999
Fullday Change Percent -2.12071
Fullday Price 18.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.35138
Gross Profits 523,200,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02861
Held Percent Institutions 0.90805
Implied Shares Outstanding 28,864,244
Industry Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Disp Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry Key farm-heavy-construction-machinery
Ir Website http://www.cmworks.com/investors/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Last Dividend Value 0.07
Last Fiscal Year End 1,774,915,200
Long Business Summary Columbus McKinnon Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets motion solutions for moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials. It offers powered chain hoists, electric wire rope hoists, hand-operated hoists, winches, lever tools, and air-powered hoists, as well as explosion-protected and custom engineered hoists, such as wire rope and manual hoists; precision conveyer products which includes low profile, flexible chain, large scale, sanitary, and vertical elevation conveyor systems, as well as pallet system conveyors and accumulation systems; and power control and delivery systems and solutions. The company also provides AC and DC digital motion control systems for underground coal mining equipment; alloy and carbon steel chain; load chain; hooks, shackles, Hammerloks, and master links; and carbon steel forged and stamped products, such as load binders, logging tools, and other securing devices. In addition, it designs and manufactures industrial components comprising mechanical and electromechanical actuators and rotary unions; manufactures and markets aluminum light rail workstations; and crane components and kits. Further, the company designs, builds, sells, and supports elevator application-specific drive products; and engineered and technology-enabled products. It serves EV production and aerospace, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, supply chain, and warehousing markets. The company offers its products to end users; industrial distributors, including rigging shops and independent crane builders; material handling specialists and integrators, and entertainment equipment distributors; service-after-sale distributors; original equipment manufacturers; government agencies; and engineering procurement and construction firms. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Long Name Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 519,556,384
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_346334
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -269,521,984
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 531,102,089
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 18.39
Operating Cashflow -102,434,000
Operating Margins 0.10429
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 1.3333
Peg Ratio 0.46
Phone 716 689 5400
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 18.0
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 18.39
Price Eps Current Year 8.941523
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.9114385
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.3489316
Profit Margins -0.21247
Quick Ratio 0.882
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.389999
Regular Market Change Percent -2.12071
Regular Market Day High 18.61
Regular Market Day Low 17.835
Regular Market Day Range 17.835 - 18.61
Regular Market Open 18.39
Regular Market Previous Close 18.39
Regular Market Price 18.0
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 387,784
Return On Assets 0.02567
Return On Equity -0.27747
Revenue Growth 1.253
Revenue Per Share 51.795
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 28,864,244
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0721
Shares Short 2,080,689
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 1,906,227
Short Name Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.3051
Short Ratio 2.76
Source Interval 15
State NC
Symbol CMCO
Target High Price 30.0
Target Low Price 18.0
Target Mean Price 26.0
Target Median Price 28.0
Total Cash 100,895,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.535
Total Debt 2,472,975,872
Total Revenue 1,488,992,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.28
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015225667
Trailing Eps -9.18
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.7496
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2504005
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.07465257
Type Disp Equity
Volume 387,784
Website https://www.cmco.com
Zip 28,277