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Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

Industrials | Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery | Charlotte, United States | NasdaqGS
12.99 USD -0.25 (-1.888%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:47 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Columbus McKinnon is currently broken by deteriorating fundamentals and a hostile market environment. The company is generating negative free cash flow and reporting negative returns on equity, which is unsustainable for a mature industrial machinery firm. While the forward P/E looks cheap, it is pricing in a turnaround that hasn't materialized yet, as the stock has lost over half its value in the last year. The dividend is dangerously thin relative to the payout ratio, which exceeds 100%, indicating the company is paying out more than it earns. On the short end, the options market is screaming caution with massive put buying at higher strikes, confirming that smart money sees significant downside risk ahead. This is a speculative recovery play at best, not a core holding.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.080651
AutoETS0.092170
AutoARIMA0.092244
MSTL0.131486
MSTL_900.147598
MSTL_1260.192867
MSTL_90_1260.226001

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 9.33
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.086
Excess Kurtosis -0.12
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-04-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 172.016
Revenue per Share 41.563
Market Cap 374,532,864
Forward P/E 5.18
Beta 1.39
Profit Margins -19.23%
Website https://www.cmco.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:47 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for downside protection, evidenced by heavy put volume and open interest at strikes significantly above the current price (e.g., $20, $22.50, $30). Call activity is sparse and concentrated at lower strikes, while implied volatility remains flat or low, suggesting a lack of bullish conviction and a market pricing in continued weakness.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.46% 1.75% 1.18% 1.00%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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 2.15
exDividendDate 2026-05-01
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.28
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.021148037
lastDividendValue 0.07
lastDividendDate 2026-05-01
dividendDate 2026-05-11

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.14986908
Address1 13,320 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Address2 Suite D
All Time High 57.06
All Time Low 1.3
Ask 16.74
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 547,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 509,190
Average Volume 509,190
Average Volume10Days 547,330
Beta 1.388
Bid 9.42
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 1
Book Value 23.18
City Charlotte
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,798,675,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 12.99
Current Ratio 2.021
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 13.31
Day Low 12.95
Debt To Equity 172.016
Display Name Columbus McKinnon
Dividend Date 1,778,457,600
Dividend Rate 0.28
Dividend Yield 2.15
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,780,581,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,780,581,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,780,576,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,846,600
Ebitda 156,410,000
Ebitda Margins 0.13106
Enterprise To Ebitda 22.727
Enterprise To Revenue 2.979
Enterprise Value 3,554,736,384
Eps Current Year 1.76169
Eps Forward 2.50718
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -7.4
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,777,593,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 14.513
Fifty Day Average Change -1.5229998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.104940385
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -14.986908
Fifty Two Week High 24.4
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.41
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.46762297
Fifty Two Week Low 11.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.083402835
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 27,698,080
Forward Eps 2.50718
Forward P E 5.18112
Free Cashflow -398,380,992
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 7,300
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.33339
Gross Profits 397,886,016
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.02049
Held Percent Institutions 0.99961996
Implied Shares Outstanding 28,832,399
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 1,777,593,600
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 374,532,864
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_346334
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -212,484,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,806,451,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 374,821,187
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 13.08
Operating Cashflow -146,211,008
Operating Margins 0.057340004
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 1.3333
Peg Ratio 0.46
Phone 716 689 5400
Previous Close 13.24
Price Eps Current Year 7.3736014
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.56039685
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.3138234
Profit Margins -0.19233
Quick Ratio 0.852
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.25
Regular Market Change Percent -1.88822
Regular Market Day High 13.31
Regular Market Day Low 12.95
Regular Market Day Range 12.95 - 13.31
Regular Market Open 13.08
Regular Market Previous Close 13.24
Regular Market Price 12.99
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 543,551
Return On Assets 0.015759999
Return On Equity -0.19688
Revenue Growth 0.773
Revenue Per Share 41.563
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 28,832,399
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0618
Shares Short 1,782,205
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,510,110
Short Name Columbus McKinnon Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.2626
Short Ratio 2.24
Source Interval 15
State NC
Symbol CMCO
Target High Price 30.0
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 24.75
Target Median Price 26.0
Total Cash 97,158,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.409
Total Debt 2,491,877,888
Total Revenue 1,193,451,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.28
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.021148037
Trailing Eps -7.4
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.3373
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.3472996
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.20488696
Type Disp Equity
Volume 543,551
Website https://www.cmco.com
Zip 28,277