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ESAB

ESAB Corporation Common Stock

Industrials · ·

$94.51

$2.04 (+2.2%)

Market Cap

$5.88B

Day Range

$92.14 - $99.89

52-Week Range

$82.19 - $137.42

Beta

Next Earnings

27.10.2026

ESAB is a stock from the Industrials sectorManufacturing, aerospace, defense, and infrastructure — closely tied to capital-investment cycles and economic growth.

🏢 Similar Stocks in the Same Sector

-15.4% (1Y)

Investor Score
55/ 100C
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈62C+Technical
💰61C+Fundamental
🚀34FGrowth
💎38FValuation
📰80A-News
🏦58CQuality
⚠️48D+Risk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
  • 🟢 Current ratio: 1.90
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 54.1 — healthy positive momentum

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Estimated fair value: $38.61 vs. price $94.51 (-59.1%)
  • 🔴 ATR: 4.6% of price
  • 🔴 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: -14.8%
  • 🔴 Free cash flow growth: -29.8%
  • 🔴 Net income growth: -14.4%

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟢 Operating margin stability🟡 Conservative leverage🔴 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk🟢 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about ESAB Corporation Common Stock. News trend score: 80. Reason: 7 of the last 15 articles are positive, versus 2 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (6 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSIRSI 54.1 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟡Stochastic%K 77.5 — neutral range
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 15.1 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🔴Volume trendVolume is falling despite the price advance — possible weakening
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-9.6% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (89%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 11.4%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🟡CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: 0.00

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markdown

The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

High confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🔴Falling price trendA -2.2% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟢 Price in value zone

The price is close to the 50-day moving average — per the method, this is a reasonable area to look for an entry, rather than chasing the price far from it.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$92.47

Stop-Loss

$111.28

Risk per Share

$18.81

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$54.84

1:3 R

$36.03

1:5 R

-$1.59

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

5 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

36.9%

Operating Margin

14.5%

Net Margin

8.0%

EBITDA Margin

17.5%

Efficiency

ROE

10.5%

ROA

4.8%

ROIC

EPS

$3.71

Balance Sheet

Cash

$185.86M

Total Debt

$1.23B

Current Ratio

1.90

Debt/Equity

0.57

Conclusions

  • 🟡Gross marginGross margin: 36.9% — reasonable
  • 🟡Operating marginOperating margin: 14.5% — reasonable
  • 🟡Net marginNet margin: 8.0% — reasonable
  • 🟡Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): 10.5% — reasonable
  • 🔴Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): 4.8% — weak
  • 🟢Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 1.90
  • 🟡Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.57

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

Conclusions

  • 🟡Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 3.7%
  • 🔴Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: -14.8%
  • 🔴Free cash flow growthFree cash flow growth: -29.8%
  • 🔴Net income growthNet income growth: -14.4%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
2.7.2026$0.120
2.4.2026$0.100
31.12.2025$0.100
3.10.2025$0.100
3.7.2025$0.100
4.4.2025$0.080
31.12.2024$0.080
27.9.2024$0.080
28.6.2024$0.080
27.3.2024$0.060
28.12.2023$0.060
28.9.2023$0.060

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Current Price

$94.51

Estimated Fair Value (DCF)

$38.61

Gap

-59.1%

🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value

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Year 1 Growth Rate

3.2%

Discount Rate (WACC)

9.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

2.5%

Projection Years

5

YearGrowth RateProjected FCFPresent Value
13.2%$220.02M$201.85M
23.0%$226.61M$190.73M
32.8%$233.02M$179.93M
42.7%$239.23M$169.48M
52.5%$245.21M$159.37M

Base FCF (last actual year)

$213.28M

Terminal Value

$3.87B

Present Value of Terminal Value

$2.51B

Enterprise Value

$3.41B

Net Debt

$1.05B

Equity Value

$2.37B

*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.

Book Value per Share

$35.35

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

-$7.45

Conclusions

  • 🔴DCF Fair ValueEstimated fair value: $38.61 vs. price $94.51 (-59.1%)
  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: -$7.45
  • 🟡P/EP/E: 25.2

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Bhagwakar Ranjana NGrant/Award from Employer15.7.202615,777+15,777
Bhagwakar Ranjana NGrant/Award from Employer1.7.20269,048+9,048
Bhagwakar Ranjana NGrant/Award from Employer1.7.20267,056+7,056
Bhagwakar Ranjana NGrant/Award from Employer1.7.202658,056+58,056
RALES MITCHELL PGrant/Award from Employer30.6.202616,432+596
LUTZ ROBERT SGrant/Award from Employer30.6.2026330+330
Teirlinck Didier PGrant/Award from Employer30.6.2026134+134
RALES MITCHELL PGrant/Award from Employer10.6.20261,200,000+1,200,000
Jones R. BrentGrant/Award from Employer10.6.2026145,138+145,138
Kambeyanda ShyamGrant/Award from Employer10.6.2026580,552+580,552
Jewell Curtis EGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202658,056+58,056
Campion MicheleGrant/Award from Employer10.6.202652,250+52,250
RALES MITCHELL PGift1.6.2026111,346+111,346
RALES MITCHELL POther Transaction1.6.2026182,032+70,686
RALES MITCHELL POther Transaction1.6.20263,537,797+3,355,765
RALES MITCHELL PGrant/Award from Employer1.6.2026100,000+100,000$1,000.00
Vinnakota RajivExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.20269,379+637
Vinnakota RajivExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.20260-637
Cummings MelissaExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.2026637+637
Cummings MelissaExercise of Derivative Securities1.6.20260-637
Kambeyanda ShyamExercise of Derivative Securities12.5.2026129,997+10,796
Kambeyanda ShyamTax Withholding in Shares12.5.2026124,944-5,053$94.20
Kambeyanda ShyamExercise of Derivative Securities12.5.202610,797-10,796
Jewell Curtis EExercise of Derivative Securities12.5.202620,533+1,822
Jewell Curtis ETax Withholding in Shares12.5.202619,639-894$94.20

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+2.9%

4,669,520 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 4,537,139 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-2.4%

62.3% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 63.8% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 7 positive, 6 neutral, 2 negative out of the last 15 articles.