Columbus McKinnon Corporation Common Stock (CMCO)

FairStock Score: 48/100 — MIXED

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for businesses that earn good returns on capital and sell at a sensible price. Columbus McKinnon makes hoists, winches, conveyors, and other motion-control equipment, a real industrial business with 7,300 employees. But the filed numbers show trouble. In fiscal Q1 2027, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $531.5M, yet net income was -$88.7M and diluted EPS -$2.05. For FY2026, ended 2026-03-31, revenue was $1.2B, net income -$229.5M, and diluted EPS -$7.40. That follows FY2024 net income of $46.6M, so this is not steady compounding; it is a sharp reversal. FairStock’s categorization as a turnaround, with a loss in the latest year after earlier profits, fits. At the 2026-10-13 close of $16.01, FairStock calculations show a price-to-book of 0.81, which might tempt a Graham-style investor. But P/B alone is not enough when ROE is -27.75%, ROCE is only 2.57%, debt-to-equity is 1.81, and the Altman Z-Score is 0.34, a level that signals financial strain. Trailing free cash flow is -$122.8M, a -26.6% FCF yield. The Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 offers some accounting comfort, and a 1.78% dividend yield exists, but negative cash flow makes the payout questionable. The negative P/E of -1.71 is meaningless without positive earnings. The business may have specialized products, but the numbers do not show a moat: returns on capital are low and losses are large. Revenue growth in the latest quarter was strong against a weak prior-year quarter, but profit deterioration dominates. I would watch whether losses narrow and cash flow turns positive before calling this cheap rather than distressed.

In plain English: Columbus McKinnon makes hoists, winches, conveyors, and other equipment for lifting and moving materials. The business is weak right now because it lost money in its latest filed quarter and latest fiscal year, and cash flow is negative. The shares at $16.01 on 2026-10-13 look inexpensive compared with the company's accounting value, but weak profits make that cheapness uncertain.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q1 2027 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-12-31) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2026 10-K (period ended 2026-03-31) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-03-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-03-31)

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