Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (CPS) Key Metrics

NYSE: CPSValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

CPS valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$370.1M
Enterprise value
$1.52B
P/E (TTM)
—
10-yr median 12.4
Forward P/E
62.9
PEG ratio
2.22
Price / sales
0.1
10-yr median 0.2
Price / book
1.8
10-yr median 1.4
EV / EBITDA
11.6
10-yr median 6.6
Dividend yield
—
Beta
2.05

CPS key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

CPS valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

Price / sales+145.3%
0.2
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 0.6 (+30.4%)2017: 0.6 (+14.0%)2018: 0.3 (−50.7%)2019: 0.2 (−41.4%)2020: 0.2 (+34.5%)2021: 0.2 (−33.6%)2022: 0.1 (−62.4%)2023: 0.1 (+95.3%)2024: 0.1 (−27.6%)2025: 0.2 (+145.3%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−21.5%
8.4
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 6.2 (+3.4%)2017: 6.5 (+4.6%)2018: 6.6 (+2.2%)2019: 3.7 (−43.4%)2023: 30.12024: 10.7 (−64.5%)2025: 8.4 (−21.5%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow+292.0%
36.1
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 9.7 (−29.2%)2017: 18.2 (+86.9%)2023: 9.32024: 9.2 (−0.8%)2025: 36.1 (+292.0%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield−8.1 pts
2.8%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 10.3% (+3.0 pts)2017: 5.5% (−4.8 pts)2018: −6.0% (−11.6 pts)2019: −11.7% (−5.7 pts)2020: −18.4% (−6.7 pts)2021: −55.4% (−37.0 pts)2022: −68.9% (−13.5 pts)2023: 10.8% (+79.7 pts)2024: 10.9% (+0.1 pts)2025: 2.8% (−8.1 pts)
20162025

CPS valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

CPS returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

CPS debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

CPS cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

CPS price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

CPS key metrics

2016–2025
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$586.4M$238.2M$339.1M$155.8M$382.0M$586.4M$570.6M$1.14B$2.30B$1.94B
Enterprise value$1.59B$1.26B$1.37B$1.10B$1.29B$1.28B$1.10B$1.70B$2.54B$2.22B
P/E ratio——————8.511.016.713.9
Price / sales0.20.10.10.10.20.20.20.30.60.6
Price / book———1.41.21.00.71.42.82.8
Price / free cash flow36.19.29.3—————18.29.7
Price / operating cash flow9.13.12.9———5.87.67.35.3
EV / sales0.60.50.50.40.60.50.40.50.70.6
EV / EBITDA8.410.730.1———3.76.66.56.2
EV / free cash flow97.748.737.6—————20.111.1
Earnings yield−0.7%−33.1%−59.6%−138.3%−84.5%−45.6%11.8%9.1%6.0%7.2%
Free cash flow yield2.8%10.9%10.8%−68.9%−55.4%−18.4%−11.7%−6.0%5.5%10.3%
Dividend yield—————1.2%——0.0%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)—0.3%0.1%0.4%0.2%1.3%6.4%5.3%2.4%1.2%
Share price at fiscal year-end$32.83$13.56$19.54$9.06$22.41$34.67$33.16$62.12$122.50$103.38
Per share
Revenue per share$153.45$155.48$162.25$146.90$136.71$140.44$180.63$198.14$192.67$185.41
Earnings per share−$0.23−$4.48−$11.64−$12.53−$18.94−$15.82$3.92$5.66$7.35$7.42
Operating cash flow per share$3.61$4.35$6.76−$2.10−$6.78−$0.94$5.68$8.17$16.70$19.42
Free cash flow per share$0.91$1.47$2.11−$6.24−$12.41−$6.37−$3.88−$3.76$6.75$10.64
Cash per share$10.73$9.68$8.92$10.87$14.61$25.92$20.89$14.49$27.48$25.63
Book value per share−$4.67−$7.16−$4.68$6.27$19.06$35.89$49.75$45.46$44.02$37.23
Tangible book value per share−$14.17−$17.08−$15.14−$4.77$7.17$23.48$36.59$32.16$31.19$23.95
Dividends per share—————$0.40——$0.00$0.00
Capex per share$2.70$2.88$4.65$4.14$5.64$5.43$9.56$11.92$9.95$8.78
Debt per share$66.78$67.81$68.60$66.00$67.59$67.15$51.83$45.44$40.38$40.73
Shares outstanding17.9M17.6M17.4M17.2M17.0M16.9M17.2M18.3M18.8M18.7M
Change in shares outstanding+1.7%+1.2%+1.0%+0.9%+0.8%−1.7%−5.9%−2.6%+0.2%+1.7%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)———−99.6%−69.3%−36.6%8.0%12.5%18.1%21.4%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)9.3%6.0%3.6%−7.3%−13.0%−15.8%7.1%8.9%17.2%18.0%
Return on assets (ROA)−0.2%−4.4%−10.5%−10.3%−13.3%−10.2%2.6%3.9%5.3%5.8%
Return on tangible assets−0.3%−5.1%−11.9%−12.1%−16.0%−11.1%2.8%4.4%5.6%6.2%
Free cash flow margin0.6%0.9%1.3%−4.2%−9.1%−4.5%−2.1%−1.9%3.5%5.7%
Income quality (OCF / net income)——————1.451.442.272.62
Financial health
Total debt$1.19B$1.19B$1.19B$1.13B$1.15B$1.14B$892.0M$831.1M$758.2M$762.9M
Cash & short-term investments$191.7M$170.0M$154.8M$186.9M$249.0M$438.4M$359.5M$265.0M$516.0M$480.1M
Net debt$1.00B$1.02B$1.04B$947.7M$903.1M$697.3M$532.4M$566.1M$242.3M$282.8M
Debt / equity———10.533.551.871.041.000.921.09
Debt / assets0.650.690.640.580.520.430.340.320.280.31
Net debt / EBITDA5.298.6722.70———1.812.200.620.79
Current ratio1.301.401.381.501.661.881.671.531.731.71
Quick ratio1.071.151.151.251.401.661.471.321.521.51
Interest coverage0.90.60.4-1.3-2.9-4.53.52.76.36.0
Working capital$202.7M$228.5M$247.3M$314.0M$397.3M$588.4M$482.3M$433.4M$599.8M$536.8M
Invested capital$917.6M$895.2M$954.4M$1.06B$1.23B$1.30B$1.39B$1.40B$1.07B$980.2M
Tangible asset value−$261.3M−$307.6M−$271.1M−$88.5M$128.7M$414.2M$649.4M$616.2M$614.1M$473.0M
Net current asset value−$1.04B−$1.06B−$1.06B−$916.7M−$900.2M−$728.1M−$557.3M−$513.9M−$443.8M−$473.7M
Graham number——————$66.28$76.12$85.31$78.84
Graham net-net per share−$73.16−$73.89−$76.49−$70.50−$70.41−$63.07−$52.29−$54.18−$43.38−$42.87
Capital allocation
Dividends paid—————$6.8M——$0$0
Share buybacks (net)—$612,000$214,000$607,000$799,000$544,000$36.5M$60.0M$55.1M$23.8M
Dividend payout ratio————————0.0%0.0%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow—2.4%0.6%—————43.5%11.9%
Capex / revenue1.8%1.8%2.9%2.8%4.1%3.9%5.3%6.0%5.2%4.7%
Capex / operating cash flow74.8%66.1%68.8%———168.3%146.0%59.6%45.2%
Capex / depreciation0.490.490.730.580.690.601.081.491.351.34
Stock-based compensation / revenue0.6%0.3%0.3%0.1%0.2%0.4%0.4%0.2%0.7%0.7%
R&D / revenue—3.0%3.0%3.2%3.9%4.3%3.7%3.4%3.5%3.4%
SG&A / revenue7.8%4.6%8.2%8.0%9.8%11.1%10.2%8.7%9.6%10.3%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding60.165.468.372.481.286.066.458.758.458.3
Days of inventory on hand22.421.722.024.124.623.521.220.519.619.2
Days payables outstanding47.747.348.652.359.766.558.357.961.956.9
Cash conversion cycle (days)34.739.841.744.246.143.029.321.416.220.6
Receivables turnover6.085.585.345.044.494.255.506.216.256.26
Payables turnover7.657.717.516.986.125.496.266.315.906.41
Inventory turnover16.3216.7916.5815.1714.8615.5217.2417.7918.6118.97
Asset turnover1.541.511.471.210.960.911.181.361.391.45
Average receivables$451.0M$489.2M$527.2M$501.0M$518.4M$559.5M$565.5M$583.2M$579.0M$554.8M
Average payables$316.2M$314.9M$336.4M$343.2M$366.7M$405.7M$439.2M$487.8M$499.4M$438.0M
Average inventory$148.3M$144.6M$152.3M$157.9M$150.9M$143.6M$159.5M$172.9M$158.3M$148.0M
Intangibles / total assets9.3%10.1%9.7%9.7%9.1%8.0%8.6%9.3%8.8%10.0%

Computed from CPS's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 13, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

CPS valuation and financial ratios

Cooper-Standard earned a return on invested capital of 9.3% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.2 billion of debt and $191.7 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.0 billion. The share count fell 4.6% from 18.7M to 17.9M over 9 years.

See the CPS income statement, the CPS chart for price history, or the CPS stock overview for the latest quote and news.

CPS key metrics FAQ

What is Cooper-Standard's EV/EBITDA?

Cooper-Standard's enterprise value was 8.4 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $1.6 billion, EBITDA $189.1 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 11.6.

What is Cooper-Standard's ROIC?

Cooper-Standard's return on invested capital was 9.3% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Cooper-Standard have?

Cooper-Standard had total debt of $1.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $1.0 billion of net debt (5.29 times EBITDA).

What is Cooper-Standard's free cash flow yield?

Cooper-Standard generated $16.2 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 2.8% on its market value at year-end ($586.4 million).

What is Cooper-Standard's current ratio?

Cooper-Standard's current ratio was 1.30 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.30 times current liabilities.

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