Enerpac Tool Group

EPAC on NYSE. Enerpac Tool Group sells hydraulic tools, services, and rentals to industrial and maintenance customers. Market value $1.8bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to May 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to August 2025.

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Cash yield
past 12 months to May 2026
6.2%high

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.

Price to profit
past 12 months to May 2026
14.1×fair

You pay 14.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.

Return on capital
five annual reports to August 2025
17.1%five-year median

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

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2021202220232024202512 monthsto May '26
Revenue
$529m$571m$598m$590m$617m
Operating margin
9.7%5.4%14.0%20.6%21.6%
Debt to equity
0.420.640.660.500.44
Shares outstanding
0.06bn0.06bn0.05bn0.05bn0.05bn

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.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
August 2024$159m
November 2024$145m
February 2025$146m
May 2025$159m
August 2025$168m
November 2025$144m
February 2026$155m
May 2026$168m
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
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.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

6 investors own more than 5%.

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 L
    Director
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    23 July 2026
    Shares
    2,930
    Price
    $34.35
    Value
    $100,646
  • Ferland E James Jr
    Director
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    23 July 2026
    Shares
    2,930
    Price
    $34.35
    Value
    $100,646
  • Sternlieb Paul
    President and CEO, Director
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    16 October 2025
    Shares
    2,700
    Price
    $44.00
    Value
    $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 happened
    Changes 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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