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Enerpac Tool Group

EPAC
48
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$34.61
-0.88 (-2.48%)
Market Cap
$1.78B
Winston Score
48
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

9.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 60.4M (2021) → 54.5M (2025)

Enerpac Tool Group makes specialized industrial tools used to lift, move, and position very heavy objects. Its core products include high-pressure hydraulic tools, cylinders, and lifting systems sold to customers in construction, energy, mining, and manufacturing. The company is a well-known name in the "high-force tools" niche, where precision and safety matter more than price.

Enerpac earns revenue by selling tools and equipment outright, along with services and rental solutions for large industrial projects. It operates globally, with customers across North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $600 million in annual revenue. Its moat comes from a trusted brand, specialized engineering expertise, and the fact that customers in high-stakes lifting jobs are unlikely to switch to an unknown supplier to save a few dollars. The main growth driver is increased infrastructure and energy spending worldwide, while the key risk is that its sales are tied closely to industrial capital spending, which slows sharply during economic downturns.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-15.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

3.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$99M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Enerpac Tool Group is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
45.4%
Healthy — 45.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
18.3%
Healthy — 18.3% operating margin
ROCE
4.8%
Weak — 4.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+5.9%
Slow sales growth (5.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+1.2%
Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
132%
Turns 132% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
15.8%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.8%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Interest Cover
14.12x
Comfortably covers interest (14.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
21.2x
Growth-priced — P/E 21.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+2.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.11%
Small dividend — 0.11% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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