TriMas Corporation Common Stock (TRS)

FairStock Score: 49/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

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

I look for businesses that earn high returns on capital and can be bought at a discount to intrinsic value. TriMas is not obviously that. Its packaging and specialty products are respectable, but the numbers show a business with little pricing power: return on equity was 7.74% and return on capital employed just 1.03%. Revenue growth was 1.65%, while profit growth was -20.04%. Trailing free cash flow was negative $11.4 million, for a -0.8% free cash flow yield. That is not the profile of a compounding machine. The balance sheet offers some comfort. Debt-to-equity is 0.30, beta is 0.59, and the stock trades at 0.95 times book, which is why FairStock labels it an ASSET PLAY. At $38.40 on 2026-10-13, the P/E is 18.37, EV/EBITDA is 7.44, and the Graham Number is $43.49, an 11.7% margin of safety. That margin is real but thin. A Piotroski F-Score of 4/9 and Altman Z-Score of 2.37 suggest average financial momentum and some balance-sheet caution. The filed results are lumpy. In fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $174.6 million, net income $13.4 million, and diluted EPS $0.37. In fiscal Q1 2026, the quarter ended 2026-03-31, net income was $800.8 million and diluted EPS $21.40, which I would not treat as recurring without understanding the one-time items. In fiscal year 2025, the year ended 2025-12-31, revenue was $645.7 million versus $630.8 million in fiscal year 2024, the year ended 2024-12-31, and net income was $120.1 million versus $24.3 million. I need consistent cash generation, not one-off swings. The asset value may protect downside, but a cheap multiple on weak returns is not enough. I would require evidence that capital returns and free cash flow are improving.

In plain English: TriMas makes pumps, caps, closures and other packaging and industrial products. The business looks middling: sales are barely growing, it used more cash than it generated over the past year, and the returns on the money it invests are low, though debt is modest. At $38.40, the price is close to its accounting book value and slightly below an old-school fair-value estimate, so it looks roughly fair to slightly cheap rather than clearly expensive or a screaming bargain.

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

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q4 2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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