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RCM Technologies, Inc.

RCMT · NGM · Industrials · Conglomerates

Current price

$35.22

52-week range

$17.26 - $43.68

Market cap

$250.44M

One-glance verdict

Undervalued

$82.78 our estimate vs market $35.22

Wall Street consensus: $45.00 (-45.6% lower than our fair-value estimate)

Balance sheet

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9.40x Adequate

Net debt $22.64M. Interest coverage shows how many times profit covers the interest bill.

What this company does

RCM Technologies, Inc.

RCM Technologies provides specialized business and technology services, like engineering help for power grids and healthcare staffing for hospitals. Their main income comes from these project-based services and finding skilled workers for companies. This matters because they help other businesses run more smoothly and get important projects done.

Price history

How the share price has moved

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Earnings history

Last 8 quarters — what happened

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Free cash flow by quarter (oldest to newest)
FY2025 Q3 $-4.87M FY2025 Q4 $-2.62M FY2026 Q1 $16.23M FY2026 Q2 $-8.35M FY2026 Q3 $-1.76M FY2026 Q4 $11.25M FY2027 Q1 $2.57M FY2027 Q2 $10.77M
Revenue —
Net income $4.90M
Diluted EPS 0.68
Operating cash flow $10.87M
Free cash flow $10.77M
Revenue —
Net income $3.84M
Diluted EPS 0.52
Operating cash flow $2.67M
Free cash flow $2.57M
Revenue —
Net income $6.10M
Diluted EPS 0.80
Operating cash flow $11.45M
Free cash flow $11.25M
Revenue —
Net income $2.26M
Diluted EPS 0.30
Operating cash flow $-1.26M
Free cash flow $-1.76M
Revenue —
Net income $3.79M
Diluted EPS 0.50
Operating cash flow $-7.88M
Free cash flow $-8.35M
Revenue —
Net income $4.19M
Diluted EPS 0.54
Operating cash flow $16.66M
Free cash flow $16.23M
Revenue —
Net income $2.87M
Diluted EPS 0.38
Operating cash flow $-1.64M
Free cash flow $-2.62M
Revenue —
Net income $2.75M
Diluted EPS 0.35
Operating cash flow $-4.34M
Free cash flow $-4.87M

Is it cheap or expensive?

Fair value $82.78 vs current price $35.22

Wall Street consensus is the average analyst price target: $45.00 (-45.6% lower than our fair-value estimate).

Our most-likely fair value is $82.78 a share — about 135.0% above today's price of $35.22, so the stock currently looks cheap (undervalued).

undervalued

We estimate the cash this business should generate over the next 10 years and beyond, then convert it to today's money for a fair value per share, in its trading currency. Cautious, middle and optimistic growth cases give a range. Not for banks/insurers.

Base

Growth 9.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$82.78

Bear

Growth 4.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$60.74

Bull

Growth 15.0% · Discount 7.2% · Terminal 3.0%

$118.32

Is it drowning in debt?

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Net debt $22.6M. Interest coverage 9.4x.

Net debt $22.64M
Interest coverage 9.40x

RCM Technologies, Inc.'s profit covers its interest bill about 9.4 times over. which is stronger than most peers shown here and 1 peers sit below 1x, which is the danger zone where profit does not fully cover the interest bill.

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Worse cushion Baseline Better cushion
RCMT BASELINE RCM Technologies, Inc.

Total debt $29.22M Interest coverage 9.40x This is the baseline the peer rows are being compared against.

Total debt $24.50M Interest coverage 363.53x +3,767% vs RCMT Carries about 38.7x more debt cushion than RCMT.

Total debt $22.50M Interest coverage -54.10x -100% vs RCMT This peer has almost no interest-payment cushion compared with RCMT.

Total debt $128.70M Interest coverage 2.19x -77% vs RCMT Carries about 4.3x less debt cushion than RCMT.

What you should know

The case for and against RCMT

3 Rewards 3 Risks

Rewards

  • Revenue grew 5.8% last year.
  • Returns 39.5% on equity, ahead of 80% of its peers.
  • Free cash flow was positive in 8/10 years.

Risks

  • Net debt grew 108.6% over 3 years.
  • Stock trades 40.1% above its 5-year average P/E.
  • Operating margin compressed from 10.0% to 8.5% over 3 years.

The numbers

All the key metrics, grouped by purpose

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Valuation

How expensive the stock looks

P/E (TTM)
15.31x
Forward P/E
10.97x
P/B
5.11x
P/S
0.75x
EV/EBITDA
9.75x
PEG ratio
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Profitability

How much profit each dollar creates

Gross margin
26.9%
Operating margin
8.5%
Net margin
5.1%
ROE
39.5%
ROA
12.0%

Health

Liquidity and balance-sheet strength

Debt / equity
0.60x
Current ratio
1.92x
Quick ratio
1.81x
Total debt
$29.22M
Total cash
$6.58M

Growth

How the business has been compounding

Revenue TTM
$186.74M
Revenue 5Y CAGR
2.3%
EPS TTM
2.30
EPS 5Y CAGR
2.3%

Cash flow

How much cash the business throws off

Operating CF TTM
$23.72M
Free CF TTM
$17.37M
FCF margin
9.3%

Dividend

Shareholder payout

Yield
0.0%
Payout ratio
0.0%
Last ex-div date
2017-12-21