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Methode Electronics, Inc. (MEI)

NYSE / Technology / Hardware, Equipment & Parts

Share price

14.31 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

510.1M USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Jun 24, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
16, FY2010 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

-5.3% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to book

0.75x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

3.1% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 816.5M USDFY2017 Net income: 92.9M USDFY2018 Revenue: 908.3M USDFY2018 Net income: 57.2M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.00B USDFY2019 Net income: 91.6M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.02B USDFY2020 Net income: 123.4M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.09B USDFY2021 Net income: 122.3M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.16B USDFY2022 Net income: 102.2M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.18B USDFY2023 Net income: 77.1M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.11B USDFY2024 Net income: -123.3M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.05B USDFY2025 Net income: -62.6M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.02B USDFY2026 Net income: -35.7M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
3 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was -5.3% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry (74 companies), -5.3% sits at the 32nd percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -18.5% to 13.5%.

Is it safe

Net debt to EBITDA was 3.11x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Elevated" (2.50x to 4.00x), on lines set by credit-analyst convention.

Year by year against peers
Whether Methode Electronics, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry, year by year. (FY2024 to FY2026, 3 fiscal years of Methode Electronics, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Methode Electronics, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Methode Electronics, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Methode Electronics, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines Methode Electronics, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Methode Electronics, Inc., and where in its filings. (3 questions for Methode Electronics, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Methode Electronics, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (12 of sixteen figures read for Methode Electronics, Inc.)

These are MEI’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, accession 0000065270-26-000031.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Methode Electronics, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Return on equity-5.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Return on capital employed, pre-tax0.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Return on assets-2.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Gross margin19.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Operating margin0.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Net margin-3.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
MEI -3.5%
LPTH -28.6%MLAB 2.7%SATL -27.0%LYTS 3.3%BKSY -65.9%
-65.9%3.3%
Net margin: MEI against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Methode Electronics, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.52 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Current ratio2.37 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Quick ratio1.66 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Altman Z-score2.12 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Net debt209.9M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Total assets 1.31BTotal liabilities 628.6MShareholders' equity 677.5MOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Methode Electronics, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031).

Methode Electronics, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets1.31B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Total liabilities628.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Shareholders' equity677.5M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Cash139.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Total debt349.5M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026
Net debt209.9M
Current ratio2.37
Debt to equity0.52
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Methode Electronics, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
P/E on trailing twelve months17.80x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book0.75x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Price to sales0.50x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Enterprise value to EBIT81.62x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Enterprise value to EBITDA10.62x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Diluted earnings per share-1.01 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Graham number
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value MEI on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Methode Electronics, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Methode Electronics, Inc: valuation
Share price14.31 USD
Market capitalisation510.1M USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA10.62x
Graham numbern/m
Diluted earnings per share, FY2026-1.01 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Oct 3, 2016: low 7.10x, median 15.82x, high 39.01x, latest 17.80x. 1,807 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 716 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Methode Electronics, Inc

  1. LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH)Market cap 574.3M USD
  2. Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (MLAB)Market cap 714.8M USD
  3. Satellogic Inc. (SATL)Market cap 588.4M USD
  4. LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS)Market cap 754.7M USD
  5. BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY)Market cap 755.1M USD

Same industry (Hardware, Equipment & Parts) and size band (Small, 300M to 2B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Methode Electronics, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield3.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Free cash flow15.6M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Free cash flow margin1.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Dividend yield1.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
FY2017 Free cash flow: 122.8M USDFY2017 Net income: 92.9M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 70.1M USDFY2018 Net income: 57.2M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 52.2M USDFY2019 Net income: 91.6M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 95.5M USDFY2020 Net income: 123.4M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 154.9M USDFY2021 Net income: 122.3M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 60.8M USDFY2022 Net income: 102.2M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 90.8M USDFY2023 Net income: 77.1M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: -2.7M USDFY2024 Net income: -123.3M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: -15.2M USDFY2025 Net income: -62.6M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 15.6M USDFY2026 Net income: -35.7M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Methode Electronics, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
0.75xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
81.62xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
3.1%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Jun 24, 2026
n/a The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
1.4%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.52FY2026Jun 24, 2026
2.37FY2026Jun 24, 2026
0.50xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
2.12FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.85FY2026Jun 24, 2026
4/9FY2026Jun 24, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 16 filed fiscal years on record, FY2010 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Methode Electronics, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Methode Electronics, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.02B8.8M-35.7M-1.0115.6M0.9%-5.3%10-K, Jun 24, 20260000065270-26-000031
FY20251.05B-23.9M-62.6M-1.77-15.2M-2.3%-9.0%10-K, Jul 9, 20250000950170-25-094822
FY20241.11B-112.0M-123.3M-3.48-2.7M-10.1%-16.1%10-K, Jul 11, 20240000950170-24-082852
FY20231.18B90.4M77.1M2.1090.8M7.7%8.2%10-K, Jun 27, 20230000950170-23-030121
FY20221.16B111.7M102.2M2.7060.8M9.6%11.2%10-K, Jun 23, 20220000950170-22-011989
FY20211.09B127.9M122.3M3.19154.9M11.8%13.3%10-K, Jun 24, 20210001564590-21-034113
FY20201.02B147.1M123.4M3.2695.5M14.4%15.8%10-K, Jun 30, 20200001564590-20-031145
FY20191.00B106.8M91.6M2.4352.2M10.7%13.3%10-K, Jun 20, 20190000065270-19-000019
FY2018908.3M118.3M57.2M1.5270.1M13.0%9.1%10-K, Jun 21, 20180000065270-18-000014
FY2017816.5M110.8M92.9M2.48122.8M13.6%17.2%10-K, Jun 22, 20170000065270-17-000016
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 2.5%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: -20.5%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Methode Electronics, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.85 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Piotroski F-score4/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Jun 24, 2026, 0000065270-26-000031
Named tests met3 of 30 Computed
Beta2.06 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 3 met, 23 not met, 4 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
ROIC at or above WACC; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Cash-covered dividend; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(9)
  • P/E Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed income tax is outside 0 to 100% of pre-tax income (a tax benefit on a profit, a charge on a loss, or a charge above the profit), which is a one-off in the tax line and not a rate operating profit was taxed at, so after-tax operating profit is not computed.
  • PEG Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No interest expense is filed for this year, so coverage is not computed.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Dividend Streak: The stored figure is a zero that can stand for data we do not hold, so this test is not measured.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 9 figures could not be read on this company, among them P/E Ratio, Return on Invested Capital, PEG Ratio. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 4 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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