Eastern Company is classed by the SEC under Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware (industry code 3420), based in Shelton, CT. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2026-01-03, it reported revenue of $249 million and a profit of $7 million (its filed statements).
Product businessCutlery, Handtools & General HardwareShelton, CTfilings since 19959 of 9 filed
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3420, Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 4.0 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 4.5 out of ten, present 3.7 out of ten, future 4.0 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
Surviving crises (past): 6.7 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 67th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Track record (past): 2.6 out of ten. +2.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10. 26th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Shareholder treatment (past): 5.0 out of ten. Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 29% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 43 purchases. 50th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Financial health (present): 4.8 out of ten. ROE 6%: 6¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar. 48th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Industry position (present): 2.9 out of ten. bottom 29% of 9 in its family; net margin 2.9%. 29th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Leadership (present): 2.5 out of ten. bottom 25% of 8 in its family for leadership. 25th percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
Room to expand (future): 3.6 out of ten. bottom 36% of 9 in its family for room to expand. 36th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Growth drivers (future): 3.5 out of ten. bottom 35% of 9 in its family for growth drivers. 35th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
Expectations vs reality (future): 5.7 out of ten. top 43% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality. 57th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 for the period ended 2026-01-03 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-11 for the period ended 2026-07-04 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-11 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-09-17. Filings on record since 1995. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Who runs it
Vlahos, Nicholas Alec (Chief Financial Officer); Disanto, Frederick D. (director); Everets, John (director); Galbato, Chan (director); Mitarotonda, James A (director); Scott, Peggy (director); Barington, Companies Equity Partners L P (director); Barington, Companies Management, Llc (director); Henry, Charles W (director); Mardy, Michael J (director). 10 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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