ART'S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO(NASDAQ:ARTW) stock Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental Rating

ARTW gets a fundamental rating of 3 out of 10. The analysis compared the fundamentals against 128 industry peers in the Machinery industry. While ARTW seems to be doing ok healthwise, there are quite some concerns on its profitability. ARTW is valued expensive and it does not seem to be growing.

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1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

In the past year ARTW was profitable.

ARTW had a positive operating cash flow in the past year.

ARTW had positive earnings in 4 of the past 5 years.

In multiple years ARTW reported negative operating cash flow during the last 5 years.

1.2 Ratios

The Return On Assets of ARTW (1.20%) is worse than 64.06% of its industry peers.

ARTW has a worse Return On Equity (2.08%) than 64.06% of its industry peers.

ARTW's Return On Invested Capital of 1.94% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. ARTW is outperformed by 70.31% of its industry peers.

The Average Return On Invested Capital over the past 3 years for ARTW is significantly below the industry average of 10.69%.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	1.2%
ROE	2.08%
ROIC	1.94%

ROA(3y)0.99%

ROA(5y)-1.44%

ROE(3y)1.91%

ROE(5y)-2.69%

ROIC(3y)2.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

1.3 Margins

ARTW has a Profit Margin of 0.85%. This is in the lower half of the industry: ARTW underperforms 65.63% of its industry peers.

In the last couple of years the Profit Margin of ARTW has grown nicely.

ARTW's Operating Margin of 1.56% is on the low side compared to the rest of the industry. ARTW is outperformed by 71.09% of its industry peers.

ARTW's Operating Margin has declined in the last couple of years.

ARTW has a Gross Margin of 29.71%. This is comparable to the rest of the industry: ARTW outperforms 46.88% of its industry peers.

In the last couple of years the Gross Margin of ARTW has grown nicely.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
OM	1.56%
PM (TTM)	0.85%
GM	29.71%

OM growth 3Y-3.34%

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3Y14.27%

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y4.12%

GM growth 5Y11.69%

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

ARTW has a Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), which is below the Cost of Capital (WACC), which means it is destroying value.

The number of shares outstanding for ARTW has been increased compared to 1 year ago.

Compared to 5 years ago, ARTW has more shares outstanding

The debt/assets ratio for ARTW has been reduced compared to a year ago.

2.2 Solvency

ARTW has an Altman-Z score of 2.88. This is not the best score and indicates that ARTW is in the grey zone with still only limited risk for bankruptcy at the moment.

With a Altman-Z score value of 2.88, ARTW perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 46.09% of the companies in the same industry.

The Debt to FCF ratio of ARTW is 2.37, which is a good value as it means it would take ARTW, 2.37 years of fcf income to pay off all of its debts.

ARTW has a better Debt to FCF ratio (2.37) than 73.44% of its industry peers.

ARTW has a Debt/Equity ratio of 0.38. This is a healthy value indicating a solid balance between debt and equity.

With a Debt to Equity ratio value of 0.38, ARTW perfoms like the industry average, outperforming 54.69% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.38
Debt/FCF	2.37
Altman-Z	2.88

ROIC/WACC0.19

WACC10.23%

2.3 Liquidity

A Current Ratio of 2.00 indicates that ARTW has no problem at all paying its short term obligations.

Looking at the Current ratio, with a value of 2.00, ARTW is in line with its industry, outperforming 47.66% of the companies in the same industry.

ARTW has a Quick Ratio of 2.00. This is a bad value and indicates that ARTW is not financially healthy enough and could expect problems in meeting its short term obligations.

With a Quick ratio value of 0.28, ARTW is not doing good in the industry: 94.53% of the companies in the same industry are doing better.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Current Ratio	2
Quick Ratio	0.28

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

The Earnings Per Share has grown by an impressive 176.57% over the past year.

The Earnings Per Share has been growing slightly by 6.27% on average over the past years.

The Revenue has been growing slightly by 5.42% in the past year.

Measured over the past years, ARTW shows a small growth in Revenue. The Revenue has been growing by 1.37% on average per year.

EPS 1Y (TTM)176.57%

EPS 3Y6.27%

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%86.98%

Revenue 1Y (TTM)5.42%

Revenue growth 3Y-0.63%

Revenue growth 5Y1.37%

Sales Q2Q%-10.18%

3.2 Future

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

3.3 Evolution

No EPS estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future EPS growth and evolution.

No Revenue estimates are available, so we could not analyze the future revenue growth and evolution.

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

A Price/Earnings ratio of 26.17 indicates a quite expensive valuation of ARTW.

Based on the Price/Earnings ratio, ARTW is valued a bit more expensive than 64.84% of the companies in the same industry.

The average S&P500 Price/Earnings ratio is at 28.79. ARTW is around the same levels.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	26.17
Fwd PE	N/A

4.2 Price Multiples

Based on the Enterprise Value to EBITDA ratio, ARTW is valued a bit cheaper than 79.69% of the companies in the same industry.

ARTW's Price/Free Cash Flow ratio is rather cheap when compared to the industry. ARTW is cheaper than 96.88% of the companies in the same industry.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
P/FCF	3.81
EV/EBITDA	8.08

4.3 Compensation for Growth

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

ARTW does not give a dividend.

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

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ART'S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO

NASDAQ:ARTW (4/25/2025, 8:00:00 PM)

1.57

+0.02 (+1.29%)

Chartmill FA Rating

GICS SectorIndustrials

GICS IndustryGroupCapital Goods

GICS IndustryMachinery

Earnings (Last)04-02 2025-04-02

Earnings (Next)07-01 2025-07-01

Inst Owners3.79%

Inst Owner Change-52.46%

Ins Owners11.4%

Ins Owner Change7.02%

Market Cap7.99M

Analysts100

Price TargetN/A

Short Float %1.29%

Short Ratio1.24

Dividend

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Dividend Yield	N/A

Yearly DividendN/A

Dividend Growth(5Y)N/A

DP0%

Div Incr Years0

Div Non Decr Years0

Ex-DateN/A

Surprises & Revisions

EPS beat(2)N/A

Avg EPS beat(2)N/A

Min EPS beat(2)N/A

Max EPS beat(2)N/A

EPS beat(4)N/A

Avg EPS beat(4)N/A

Min EPS beat(4)N/A

Max EPS beat(4)N/A

EPS beat(8)N/A

Avg EPS beat(8)N/A

EPS beat(12)N/A

Avg EPS beat(12)N/A

EPS beat(16)N/A

Avg EPS beat(16)N/A

Revenue beat(2)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(2)N/A

Min Revenue beat(2)N/A

Max Revenue beat(2)N/A

Revenue beat(4)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(4)N/A

Min Revenue beat(4)N/A

Max Revenue beat(4)N/A

Revenue beat(8)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(8)N/A

Revenue beat(12)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(12)N/A

Revenue beat(16)N/A

Avg Revenue beat(16)N/A

PT rev (1m)N/A

PT rev (3m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (1m)N/A

EPS NQ rev (3m)N/A

EPS NY rev (1m)N/A

EPS NY rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NQ rev (3m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (1m)N/A

Revenue NY rev (3m)N/A

Valuation

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
PE	26.17
Fwd PE	N/A
P/S	0.27
P/FCF	3.81
P/OCF	3.05
P/B	0.66
P/tB	0.66
EV/EBITDA	8.08

EPS(TTM)0.06

EY3.82%

EPS(NY)N/A

Fwd EYN/A

FCF(TTM)0.41

FCFY26.25%

OCF(TTM)0.52

OCFY32.84%

SpS5.82

BVpS2.37

TBVpS2.37

PEG (NY)N/A

PEG (5Y)N/A

Profitability

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
ROA	1.2%
ROE	2.08%
ROCE	3.19%
ROIC	1.94%
ROICexc	1.94%
ROICexgc	1.94%
OM	1.56%
PM (TTM)	0.85%
GM	29.71%
FCFM	7.08%

ROA(3y)0.99%

ROA(5y)-1.44%

ROE(3y)1.91%

ROE(5y)-2.69%

ROIC(3y)2.91%

ROIC(5y)N/A

ROICexc(3y)2.91%

ROICexc(5y)N/A

ROICexgc(3y)2.91%

ROICexgc(5y)N/A

ROCE(3y)5.2%

ROCE(5y)N/A

ROICexcg growth 3Y-2.63%

ROICexcg growth 5YN/A

ROICexc growth 3Y-2.63%

ROICexc growth 5YN/A

OM growth 3Y-3.34%

OM growth 5YN/A

PM growth 3Y14.27%

PM growth 5YN/A

GM growth 3Y4.12%

GM growth 5Y11.69%

F-Score9

Asset Turnover1.41

Health

		Industry Rank	Sector Rank
Debt/Equity	0.38
Debt/FCF	2.37
Debt/EBITDA	3.47
Cap/Depr	60.62%
Cap/Sales	1.78%
Interest Coverage	0.91
Cash Conversion	197.13%
Profit Quality	834.16%
Current Ratio	2
Quick Ratio	0.28
Altman-Z	2.88

F-Score9

WACC10.23%

ROIC/WACC0.19

Cap/Depr(3y)134.71%

Cap/Depr(5y)117.99%

Cap/Sales(3y)3.97%

Cap/Sales(5y)3.49%

Profit Quality(3y)N/A

Profit Quality(5y)N/A

High Growth Momentum

Growth

EPS 1Y (TTM)176.57%

EPS 3Y6.27%

EPS 5YN/A

EPS Q2Q%86.98%

EPS Next YN/A

EPS Next 2YN/A

EPS Next 3YN/A

EPS Next 5YN/A

Revenue 1Y (TTM)5.42%

Revenue growth 3Y-0.63%

Revenue growth 5Y1.37%

Sales Q2Q%-10.18%

Revenue Next YearN/A

Revenue Next 2YN/A

Revenue Next 3YN/A

Revenue Next 5YN/A

EBIT growth 1Y-23.63%

EBIT growth 3Y-3.96%

EBIT growth 5YN/A

EBIT Next YearN/A

EBIT Next 3YN/A

EBIT Next 5YN/A

FCF growth 1Y349.75%

FCF growth 3YN/A

FCF growth 5Y39.5%

OCF growth 1Y149.92%

OCF growth 3YN/A

OCF growth 5Y26.53%

ART'S-WAY MANUFACTURING CO (ARTW) Stock Fundamental Analysis

1. Profitability

1.1 Basic Checks

1.2 Ratios

1.3 Margins

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2. Health

2.1 Basic Checks

2.2 Solvency

2.3 Liquidity

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3. Growth

3.1 Past

3.2 Future

3.3 Evolution

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4. Valuation

4.1 Price/Earnings Ratio

4.2 Price Multiples

4.3 Compensation for Growth

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5. Dividend

5.1 Amount

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