Enerpac Tool Group
EPAC on NYSE. Enerpac Tool Group sells hydraulic tools, services, and rentals to industrial and maintenance customers. Market value $1.8bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to May 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to August 2025.
Should I look at this?
Worth a closer look
Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
Nothing stood out in the numbers we check.
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $6.15 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 14.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 17 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 97 of 100. Price score: 91 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$35.70 a share, 10% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $32.35 to $45.00.
Dividend: 0.1% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $529m | $571m | $598m | $590m | $617m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 5.4% | 14.0% | 20.6% | 21.6% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.42 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.50 | 0.44 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.06bn | 0.06bn | 0.05bn | 0.05bn | 0.05bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)5 of 8 checks we could run
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.44× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 4.6% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 12% fewer since 2021
The quarter to May 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $168 million last quarter, up 6% on a year ago.
- Profit: $30 million, up 35% on a year ago.
- It keeps 21 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 20 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $112 million, up from $78 million.
- 5% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $69 million more than cash, up from $51 million a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 3 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| August 2024 | $159m |
| November 2024 | $145m |
| February 2025 | $146m |
| May 2025 | $159m |
| August 2025 | $168m |
| November 2025 | $144m |
| February 2026 | $155m |
| May 2026 | $168m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| August 2024 | $24m |
| November 2024 | $22m |
| February 2025 | $21m |
| May 2025 | $22m |
| August 2025 | $28m |
| November 2025 | $19m |
| February 2026 | $16m |
| May 2026 | $30m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 17 October 2025
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 8 October 2026
Who owns it
6 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 5 last quarter. 277 funds in all.
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke & BielerCooke & Bieler partners | $46m | 0.5% | Cut |
| Barrow HanleyBarrow Hanley team | $32m | <0.1% | Cut |
| SouthernSun Asset ManagementMichael Cook | $30m | 4.1% | Added |
| GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli | $7m | <0.1% | Cut |
| Heartland AdvisorsBill Nasgovitz | $3m | 0.1% | Cut |
| Royce & AssociatesChuck Royce | $474,320 | <0.1% | New |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$298mAdded
- Neuberger Berman Group$167mAdded
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management$109mCut
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$108m
- Capital International Investors$91mCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$83mCut
- State Street$82mAdded
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP$47m
- Geode Capital Management$47mAdded
- Cooke & Bieler$46mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
6 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor14.3%Since 30 September 2025
- Neuberger Berman Group LLCPassive investorat least 6.1%(filed with 1 related holder)Since 31 March 2025
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLCPassive investor5.9%−1.6 ptsSince 30 June 2026
- Vanguard Portfolio ManagementPassive investor5.9%Since 31 March 2026
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.4%Since 31 March 2026
- Virtus Investment Advisers, LLCPassive investorat least 4.8%(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 June 2025
- Capital International InvestorsPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 14.3% | 30 September 2025 | |
Neuberger Berman Group LLC Passive investor | at least 6.1% (filed with 1 related holder) | 31 March 2025 | |
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC Passive investor | 5.9%−1.6 pts | 30 June 2026 | |
Vanguard Portfolio Management Passive investor | 5.9% | 31 March 2026 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.4% | 31 March 2026 | |
Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC Passive investor | at least 4.8% (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 June 2025 | |
Capital International Investors Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 3 sold $320,091, $320,091 of it under preset trading plans.
- Cunningham Danny LDirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 23 July 2026
- Shares
- 2,930
- Price
- $34.35
- Value
- $100,646
- Ferland E James JrDirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 23 July 2026
- Shares
- 2,930
- Price
- $34.35
- Value
- $100,646
- Sternlieb PaulPresident and CEO, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 16 October 2025
- Shares
- 2,700
- Price
- $44.00
- Value
- $118,800
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2026 | Cunningham Danny L Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 2,930 | $34.35 | $100,646 |
| 23 July 2026 | Ferland E James Jr Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 2,930 | $34.35 | $100,646 |
| 16 October 2025 | Sternlieb Paul President and CEO, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 2,700 | $44.00 | $118,800 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 17 Oct 2025, plus the 10-Q filed 9 Jul 2026 and 7 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
What changed in the risks this year
Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.
Uncertainty over global tariffs, or the financial impact of tariffs, may negatively affect our results.
Already happenedChanges in U.S. domestic and global tariff frameworks have increased our costs of producing goods and resulted in additional risks to our supply chain. We have developed and implemented strategies to mitigate previously implemented and, in some cases, proposed tariff increases, but there is no assurance we will be able to continue to mitigate prolonged tariffs. In the past year, the U.S. government has imposed significant tariffs impacting a wide variety of goods across multiple countries and indicated that additional tariffs may be imposed in the near future. In response, some countries have announced or imposed tariffs on goods made in the U.S, along with other trade restrictions, such as export restrictions on certain goods, including critical minerals, produced in their countries. These actions could depress demand for our products or increase the cost to manufacture our products, which may affect the competitiveness of our products relative to manufacturers not affected by such actions. Moreover, protracted trade disputes and uncertainty with respect to tariffs and trade agreements can adversely affect general economic conditions. All of these outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.
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The deep dive
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