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Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Charlotte, United States | NasdaqGS
14.64 USD -0.37 (-2.465%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 14.64

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★⯪☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fraught with contradictions that point to significant distress rather than opportunity. Fundamentally, the company is bleeding cash with negative free cash flow and operating cash flow, while posting a massive 125% revenue growth figure that likely masks severe margin compression given the negative profit margins and a payout ratio exceeding 130%. This suggests the dividend is being funded by burning capital reserves, making it unsustainable despite the consistent quarterly payments. Technically, the stock is in a clear downtrend, trading well below its 50-day and 200-day averages, with a trailing run of two consecutive negative annual returns. While the forward P/E looks attractive at 6x, it is pricing in a turnaround that hasn't materialized yet, as evidenced by the negative trailing EPS. Options flow confirms the pessimism, with traders buying significant put protection at strikes above the current price, betting against a recovery. The statistical forecast model offers no directional guidance, reinforcing the view that the asset is currently in a state of uncertainty. Until the company demonstrates positive operating cash flow and a return to profitability, the 'value' appears to be a value trap.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.106510
AutoARIMA0.109761
AutoETS0.110050
AutoTheta0.126661

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 0.08
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.799
Excess Kurtosis -0.43
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 422,572,544
Forward P/E 5.54
Beta 1.43
Profit Margins -21.25%
Website https://www.cmco.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:14 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 20.0 and 22.5) expiring in December 2026, suggesting a fear of further downside or a lack of confidence in a rebound. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in the 17.5 strike, indicating a modest bullish bias for a move back toward parity, but the overall volume is thin and skewed towards downside protection.


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 1.88
exDividendDate 2026-08-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.28
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.018654231
lastDividendValue 0.07
lastDividendDate 2026-08-07
dividendDate 2026-08-17

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.009240925
Address1 13,320 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Address2 Suite D
All Time High 57.06
All Time Low 1.3
Ask 18.75
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 327,560
Average Daily Volume3 Month 520,880
Average Volume 520,880
Average Volume10Days 327,560
Beta 1.431
Bid 10.91
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 14.64
Current Ratio 1.998
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 15.3
Day Low 14.595
Debt To Equity 180.952
Display Name Columbus McKinnon
Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Dividend Rate 0.28
Dividend Yield 1.88
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 14.51
Enterprise To Revenue 2.413
Enterprise Value 3,593,520,128
Eps Current Year 2.01308
Eps Forward 2.64332
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -9.38
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,060,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 17.2962
Fifty Day Average Change -2.6561995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.15357128
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -0.92409253
Fifty Two Week High 24.4
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.759999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.39999998
Fifty Two Week Low 11.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.6500006
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.22101757
Fifty Two Week Range 11.99 - 24.4
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 825,085,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.89
Float Shares 27,679,727
Forward Eps 2.64332
Forward P E 5.5384893
Free Cashflow -257,221,632
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 7,300
Fullday Change -0.3699999
Fullday Change Percent -2.4650226
Fullday Price 14.64
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.35138
Gross Profits 523,200,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02861
Held Percent Institutions 0.94567
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 422,572,544
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 475,971,383
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 14.98
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 14.64
Post Market Time 1,792,185,686
Previous Close 15.01
Price Eps Current Year 7.272439
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.7413033
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.28379774
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 -0.37
Regular Market Change Percent -2.46502
Regular Market Day High 15.3
Regular Market Day Low 14.595
Regular Market Day Range 14.595 - 15.3
Regular Market Open 14.98
Regular Market Previous Close 15.01
Regular Market Price 14.64
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,801
Regular Market Volume 248,919
Return On Assets 0.02567
Return On Equity -0.27747
Revenue Growth 1.253
Revenue Per Share 51.795
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 28,864,244
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.077
Shares Short 2,222,251
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,294,291
Short Name Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.3259
Short Ratio 5.17
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 0.018654231
Trailing Eps -9.38
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.759
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.1190004
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.12643954
Type Disp Equity
Volume 248,919
Website https://www.cmco.com
Zip 28,277