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Graham Corporation

GHM
49
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$107.79
-0.36 (-0.33%)
Market Cap
$1.26B
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+5.7% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 10.5M (2022) → 11.1M (2026)

Graham Corporation makes specialized industrial equipment used to create vacuums and transfer heat in extreme conditions. Its core products include vacuum systems, heat exchangers, and fluid handling equipment sold to defense contractors, the U.S. Navy, and energy companies. The company is a niche supplier to the nuclear energy and naval shipbuilding industries, giving it a focused but narrow market position.

Graham earns revenue by selling custom-engineered equipment and providing aftermarket services and spare parts. It operates primarily in the United States, with some international sales, and generates roughly $200–250 million in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is deep engineering expertise in highly specialized, low-volume equipment that requires strict government certifications — making it difficult for new competitors to enter. The key growth driver is rising U.S. defense spending and renewed interest in nuclear power, but the company faces risk from project delays and customer concentration, since a small number of large government contracts make up a significant share of its revenue.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+20.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+233.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

6.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~7 months

$22M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Graham Corporation has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
27.0%
Modest — 27.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
9.3%
Modest — 9.3% operating margin
ROCE
4.6%
Weak — 4.6% 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
+19.0%
Fast-growing sales (19.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+61.9%
Earnings growing fast (61.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
84%
Modest — 84% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-2.6%
Burning cash (-2.6%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
79.3x
Expensive — P/E 79.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+12.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (79.3 → 66.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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