AMCON Distributing Company (DIT) Key Metrics
DIT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $58.6M
- Enterprise value
- $266.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.1 10-yr median 8.5
- Forward P/E
- 5.6
- PEG ratio
- 1.10
- Price / sales
- 0.0 10-yr median 0.0
- Price / book
- 0.6 10-yr median 0.6
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.6 10-yr median 8.0
- Dividend yield
- 0.80% $0.48 a year
- Beta
- −0.22
DIT key metrics, FY2016–FY2025
Fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 · U.S. dollarsDIT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
DIT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
DIT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
DIT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
DIT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
DIT valuation history
DIT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
DIT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
DIT cash returned to shareholders
DIT price vs earnings per share
DIT key metrics
FY2016–FY2025| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $46.8M | $58.6M | $81.8M | $81.6M | $56.4M | $24.5M | $31.0M | $39.0M | $42.6M | $43.3M |
| Enterprise value | $220.0M | $226.8M | $258.6M | $201.7M | $123.4M | $108.5M | $94.7M | $78.6M | $74.1M | $56.6M |
| P/E ratio | 82.2 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 14.4 | 7.2 |
| Price / sales | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Price / book | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Price / free cash flow | 4.8 | 1.2 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 | — | 14.6 | — | 2.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 2.5 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.6 | — | 6.6 | — | 2.4 |
| EV / sales | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.3 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 4.3 |
| EV / free cash flow | 22.8 | 4.8 | 31.7 | 24.6 | 6.4 | 9.2 | — | 29.5 | — | 3.4 |
| Earnings yield | 1.2% | 7.4% | 14.2% | 20.4% | 27.6% | 22.7% | 10.3% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 13.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | 20.7% | 80.9% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 34.4% | 48.4% | −51.3% | 6.8% | −38.4% | 38.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 1.1% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 5.9% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 3.8% | 1.1% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 6.0% | 10.7% | 26.3% | 21.6% | 4.3% | 13.0% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $75.84 | $96.63 | $137.33 | $140.00 | $99.32 | $43.06 | $50.83 | $57.97 | $61.50 | $60.64 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $4,568.94 | $4,467.80 | $4,262.81 | $3,448.69 | $2,943.79 | $1,986.01 | $2,283.22 | $1,966.40 | $1,841.98 | $1,813.46 |
| Earnings per share | $0.92 | $7.15 | $19.46 | $28.59 | $27.36 | $9.76 | $5.25 | $5.38 | $4.26 | $8.38 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $30.28 | $111.86 | $33.10 | $39.26 | $36.85 | $26.77 | −$18.78 | $8.77 | −$19.88 | $25.75 |
| Free cash flow per share | $15.68 | $78.19 | $13.70 | $14.06 | $34.17 | $20.86 | −$26.06 | $3.97 | −$23.59 | $23.52 |
| Cash per share | $1.21 | $1.11 | $1.33 | $0.74 | $0.91 | $1.16 | $0.55 | $0.77 | $0.76 | $0.85 |
| Book value per share | $183.41 | $184.13 | $174.82 | $159.21 | $136.62 | $114.08 | $99.63 | $96.07 | $98.48 | $92.10 |
| Tangible book value per share | $167.16 | $166.79 | $156.26 | $146.57 | $127.93 | $105.39 | $91.53 | $84.39 | $84.26 | $77.94 |
| Dividends per share | $1.05 | $1.04 | $5.93 | $5.90 | $5.91 | $1.05 | $1.04 | $1.04 | $1.02 | $0.92 |
| Capex per share | $14.60 | $33.67 | $19.40 | $25.20 | $2.69 | $5.91 | $7.28 | $4.80 | $3.71 | $2.23 |
| Debt per share | $282.27 | $278.26 | $297.96 | $206.64 | $118.73 | $149.19 | $105.00 | $59.76 | $46.32 | $19.50 |
| Shares outstanding | 616K | 607K | 596K | 583K | 568K | 568K | 610K | 672K | 692K | 714K |
| Change in shares outstanding | +1.6% | +1.8% | +2.2% | +2.6% | +0.0% | −6.9% | −9.3% | −2.9% | −3.0% | −3.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 0.5% | 4.0% | 11.8% | 19.6% | 21.8% | 8.8% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 2.2% | 3.7% | 7.0% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 4.8% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 7.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.1% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| Return on tangible assets | 0.1% | 1.2% | 3.3% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 5.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 0.3% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% | −1.1% | 0.2% | −1.3% | 1.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 32.82 | 15.65 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 2.74 | −3.58 | 1.63 | −4.67 | 3.07 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $174.0M | $168.8M | $177.5M | $120.5M | $67.4M | $84.7M | $64.0M | $40.2M | $32.1M | $13.9M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $744,613 | $672,788 | $790,931 | $431,576 | $519,591 | $661,195 | $337,704 | $520,644 | $523,065 | $605,380 |
| Net debt | $173.3M | $168.2M | $176.7M | $120.1M | $66.9M | $84.1M | $63.7M | $39.7M | $31.5M | $13.3M |
| Debt / equity | 1.54 | 1.51 | 1.70 | 1.30 | 0.87 | 1.31 | 1.05 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 0.21 |
| Debt / assets | 0.44 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 15.20 | 6.14 | 5.29 | 4.39 | 3.17 | 6.63 | 7.06 | 3.91 | 3.81 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | 2.14 | 2.46 | 3.21 | 2.93 | 2.90 | 3.25 | 4.27 | 3.37 | 3.66 | 3.09 |
| Quick ratio | 0.77 | 0.91 | 1.14 | 1.06 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 1.03 | 1.08 | 1.20 | 1.41 |
| Interest coverage | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 15.0 |
| Working capital | $127.4M | $135.8M | $169.0M | $139.0M | $89.4M | $94.1M | $103.3M | $81.6M | $78.8M | $60.4M |
| Invested capital | $286.3M | $279.9M | $280.9M | $212.9M | $144.5M | $148.9M | $124.5M | $104.3M | $99.7M | $79.1M |
| Tangible asset value | $103.1M | $101.2M | $93.1M | $85.5M | $72.7M | $59.9M | $55.8M | $56.7M | $58.3M | $55.6M |
| Net current asset value | −$38.5M | −$33.3M | −$13.6M | $14.7M | $25.8M | $12.8M | $37.9M | $40.7M | $44.7M | $42.7M |
| Graham number | $61.70 | $172.07 | $276.68 | $320.05 | $290.02 | $158.27 | $108.51 | $107.79 | $97.17 | $131.76 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$236.40 | −$224.21 | −$209.16 | −$139.17 | −$63.00 | −$83.38 | −$43.76 | −$17.28 | −$5.26 | $1.32 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $645,462 | $630,362 | $3.5M | $3.4M | $3.4M | $594,653 | $636,576 | $702,491 | $706,906 | $654,678 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.1M | $0 | $404,876 | $563,980 | $5,738 | $2.0M | $7.5M | $7.7M | $1.1M | $5.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 113.5% | 14.5% | 30.5% | 20.6% | 21.6% | 10.7% | 19.9% | 19.4% | 24.0% | 10.9% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 18.4% | 1.3% | 48.3% | 48.8% | 17.3% | 22.2% | — | 315.7% | — | 33.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 48.2% | 30.1% | 58.6% | 64.2% | 7.3% | 22.1% | — | 54.7% | — | 8.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.92 | 2.15 | 1.53 | 4.03 | 0.49 | 1.08 | 1.70 | 1.39 | 1.25 | 0.74 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| SG&A / revenue | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 20.7 | 21.9 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 35.3 | 25.3 | 22.2 | 18.4 | 16.3 |
| Days payables outstanding | 8.6 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 21.4 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 37.8 | 27.2 | 25.2 | 21.7 | 19.8 |
| Receivables turnover | 38.97 | 37.62 | 37.37 | 40.61 | 47.70 | 38.05 | 49.10 | 42.39 | 41.88 | 41.64 |
| Payables turnover | 42.38 | 51.82 | 57.05 | 58.67 | 67.83 | 51.05 | 66.29 | 64.76 | 67.19 | 69.29 |
| Inventory turnover | 17.67 | 16.70 | 16.16 | 16.38 | 16.19 | 10.33 | 14.44 | 16.41 | 19.83 | 22.34 |
| Asset turnover | 7.36 | 7.35 | 7.78 | 8.42 | 8.89 | 6.53 | 9.36 | 9.73 | 10.45 | 11.14 |
| Average receivables | $72.3M | $72.1M | $68.0M | $49.5M | $35.1M | $29.6M | $28.4M | $31.2M | $30.4M | $31.1M |
| Average payables | $62.0M | $48.8M | $41.5M | $32.1M | $23.2M | $20.4M | $19.7M | $19.2M | $17.9M | $17.6M |
| Average inventory | $148.8M | $151.4M | $146.6M | $114.9M | $97.1M | $100.7M | $90.6M | $75.9M | $60.7M | $54.6M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 5.6% | 7.5% | 9.0% |
Computed from DIT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed November 7, 2025) 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.
DIT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (September 30, 2025), AMCON Distributing traded at 82.2 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 8.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 31.1 and the forward P/E is 5.6. AMCON Distributing earned a return on equity of 0.5% and a return on invested capital of 2.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $174.0 million of debt and $0.7 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $173.3 million. It returned $1.8 million to shareholders: $0.6 million in dividends and $1.1 million in share buybacks, 18% of free cash flow. The share count fell 13.6% from 714K to 616K over 9 years.
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DIT key metrics FAQ
What is AMCON Distributing's P/E ratio?
AMCON Distributing's trailing P/E ratio is 31.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 5.6. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 82.2, compared with a 10-year median of 8.5.
What is AMCON Distributing's EV/EBITDA?
AMCON Distributing's enterprise value was 19.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $220.0 million, EBITDA $11.4 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 11.6.
What is AMCON Distributing's return on equity?
AMCON Distributing's return on equity (ROE) was 0.5% in fiscal 2025: net income of $0.6 million on average shareholders' equity of $112.4 million.
What is AMCON Distributing's ROIC?
AMCON Distributing's return on invested capital was 2.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does AMCON Distributing have?
AMCON Distributing had total debt of $174.0 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54 and $173.3 million of net debt (15.20 times EBITDA).
What is AMCON Distributing's dividend yield?
AMCON Distributing's forward dividend yield is 0.80%. AMCON Distributing paid $0.6 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.05 per share), a payout ratio of 113.5%.
Does AMCON Distributing buy back its shares?
Yes. AMCON Distributing spent $1.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +1.6% over the year, to 616K..
What is AMCON Distributing's free cash flow yield?
AMCON Distributing generated $9.7 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 20.7% on its market value at year-end ($46.8 million).
What is AMCON Distributing's current ratio?
AMCON Distributing's current ratio was 2.14 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.14 times current liabilities.