The Eastern Company cash flow to debt ratio of 16.46% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

The Eastern Company has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

The Eastern Company's debt to equity ratio is 0.43, which means that the company's assets are healthy financed, signaling financial stability.

The Eastern Company has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

The Eastern Company has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 3.35x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

The Eastern Company's interest coverage ratio of 2.90 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

The Eastern Company's profit margin has increased (-150.23%) in the last year from -3.13% to 1.57%, signaling increasing performance

The Eastern Company's short-term assets of $99.27M exceed its short-term liabilities of $27.62M

The Eastern Company's return on assets of 1.76% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

The Eastern Company's return on equity of 3.06%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

The Eastern Company's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

The Eastern Company had positive net income in 4 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

The Eastern Company has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures

The Eastern Company has a free cash flow yield of 3.28%, which is above the 2.00% threshold, indicating strong cash generation relative to market value

The Eastern Company's yearly earnings has increased -159.98% since last year from $-8.53M to $5.12M, signaling increasing performance

The Eastern Company has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

ROIC 3.03% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

The Eastern Company's 3-year revenue CAGR of -3.76% is negative, indicating declining revenue over the past 3 years

The Eastern Company had revenue growth in 3 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

The Eastern Company has insufficient net-income and equity history to evaluate ROE consistency.

The Eastern Company has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

The Eastern Company has an earnings yield of 2.53%, which is below the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock may be expensive relative to its earnings

The Eastern Company is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 11.66 based on EBITDA multiple model

The Eastern Company has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 14.12x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

The Eastern Company is undervalued relative to its fair value price of 39.10 based on Earnings Fair Value model

The Eastern Company's earnings growth over the measurement period is negative; the PEG ratio is not meaningful and the check fails.

The Eastern Company has a price-to-book ratio of 1.21x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

The Eastern Company has a price-to-sales ratio of 0.62x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue