Eastern Co Company profile
About Eastern Co
The Eastern Company manages industrial businesses that design, manufacture, and sell engineered solutions to industrial markets. Its Engineered Solutions segment consists of Big 3 Precision, Eberhard Manufacturing Company, and Velvac. These businesses design, manufacture, and market a diverse product line of custom and standard vehicular and industrial hardware, including turnkey returnable packaging solutions, access and security hardware, mirrors, and mirror-cameras. Big 3 Products and Big 3 Mold’s turnkey returnable packaging solutions are used in the assembly processes of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods and in the production processes of plastic packaging products, packaged consumer goods and pharmaceuticals. Eberhard offers rotary latches, compression latches, draw latches, hinges, camlocks, key switches, padlocks, and handles among other products, as well as comprehensive development and program management services for custom electromechanical and mechanical systems.
Financial summary
BRIEF: For the fiscal year ended 01 January 2022, Eastern Co revenues increased 25% to $246.5M. Net income before extraordinary items increased 47% to $16.2M. Revenues reflect United States segment increase of 4% to $234.3M. Net income benefited from Other Income increase of 90% to $3.4M (income), Goodwill impairment loss decrease from $973K (expense) to $0K. Dividend per share remained flat at $0.44.
Equity composition
Common Stock No Par, 04/11, 50M auth., 8,858,586 issd., less 2,694,729 shs. in Treas. @ $19.1M. Insiders control approx. 13.20%. PO: NA. 6/88, 2-for-1 split; 6/99, 2/91, 3-for-2 stock splits. FY'99 & FY'00 Q's are reclassified. FY'98 Q's are reclassified. 10/06, 3-for-2 stock split.