Taylor Devices, Inc. (TAYD) Key Metrics
TAYD valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $174.6M
- Enterprise value
- $158.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.1 10-yr median 17.0
- Forward P/E
- 11.4
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 4.5 10-yr median 1.7
- Price / book
- 2.7 10-yr median 1.2
- EV / EBITDA
- 17.1 10-yr median 9.8
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.94
TAYD key metrics, FY2017–FY2026
Fiscal year ended May 31, 2026 · U.S. dollarsTAYD valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
TAYD returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
TAYD per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
TAYD financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
TAYD efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
TAYD valuation history
TAYD returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
TAYD debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
TAYD cash returned to shareholders
TAYD price vs earnings per share
TAYD key metrics
FY2017–FY2026| FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $160.5M | $121.1M | $177.6M | $65.9M | $32.5M | $41.4M | $38.4M | $38.6M | $35.8M | $46.5M |
| Enterprise value | $119.0M | $85.1M | $146.8M | $38.3M | $8.9M | $20.0M | $23.6M | $33.8M | $32.9M | $43.0M |
| P/E ratio | 18.7 | 12.9 | 19.7 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 38.9 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 80.7 | 19.9 |
| Price / sales | 3.9 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Price / book | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Price / free cash flow | 32.8 | 24.9 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 17.7 | — | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 22.9 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 117.6 | — |
| EV / sales | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.8 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 53.9 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 20.0 | 11.3 |
| EV / free cash flow | 24.4 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 15.5 | — | — |
| Earnings yield | 5.3% | 7.8% | 5.1% | 9.5% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 7.9% | 6.6% | 1.2% | 5.0% |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.0% | 4.0% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 13.1% | 22.4% | 5.7% | −1.8% | −6.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.8% | 0.2% | 5.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $51.00 | $36.93 | $50.92 | $18.55 | $9.30 | $11.85 | $10.99 | $11.08 | $10.26 | $13.26 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $13.23 | $14.12 | $12.78 | $11.32 | $8.82 | $6.45 | $8.13 | $9.64 | $6.98 | $7.29 |
| Earnings per share | $2.72 | $2.87 | $2.58 | $1.77 | $0.64 | $0.30 | $0.87 | $0.73 | $0.13 | $0.66 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.23 | $2.28 | $3.79 | $2.17 | $0.95 | $2.01 | $2.82 | $0.76 | $0.09 | −$0.30 |
| Free cash flow per share | $1.55 | $1.49 | $3.37 | $1.22 | $0.55 | $1.55 | $2.46 | $0.63 | −$0.18 | −$0.83 |
| Cash per share | $13.18 | $10.98 | $8.87 | $7.91 | $6.75 | $6.21 | $4.65 | $1.76 | $1.12 | $1.24 |
| Book value per share | $23.15 | $18.92 | $14.69 | $14.10 | $12.36 | $11.68 | $11.33 | $10.41 | $9.63 | $9.37 |
| Tangible book value per share | $23.07 | $18.84 | $14.61 | $14.10 | $12.36 | $11.68 | $11.33 | $10.41 | $9.63 | $9.37 |
| Dividends per share | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.41 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.68 | $0.79 | $0.42 | $0.95 | $0.40 | $0.46 | $0.35 | $0.14 | $0.27 | $0.53 |
| Debt per share | — | — | $0.04 | $0.15 | — | $0.08 | $0.42 | $0.38 | $0.28 | $0.24 |
| Shares outstanding | 3.1M | 3.3M | 3.5M | 3.6M | 3.5M | 3.5M | 3.5M | 3.5M | 3.5M | 3.5M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −4.0% | −6.0% | −1.8% | +1.5% | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.1% | −0.0% | −0.5% | +0.8% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.7% | 16.6% | 17.8% | 13.5% | 5.3% | 2.6% | 8.0% | 7.3% | 1.3% | 7.4% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 24.4% | 35.4% | 36.4% | 27.0% | 11.1% | −10.7% | 10.4% | 8.0% | 1.4% | 8.6% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 11.5% | 14.0% | 14.9% | 11.7% | 4.7% | 2.3% | 7.0% | 6.3% | 1.2% | 6.2% |
| Return on tangible assets | 11.1% | 13.2% | 14.3% | 10.9% | 4.5% | 2.3% | 6.7% | 6.2% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.7% | 10.5% | 26.4% | 10.8% | 6.2% | 24.0% | 30.3% | 6.5% | −2.6% | −11.5% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 0.82 | 0.79 | 1.47 | 1.23 | 1.48 | 6.61 | 3.25 | 1.04 | 0.69 | −0.45 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | — | — | $126,148 | $535,830 | — | $269,064 | $1.5M | $1.3M | $983,260 | $846,941 |
| Cash & short-term investments | $41.5M | $36.0M | $31.0M | $28.1M | $23.6M | $21.7M | $16.2M | $6.1M | $3.9M | $4.3M |
| Net debt | −$41.5M | −$36.0M | −$30.8M | −$27.6M | −$23.6M | −$21.4M | −$14.8M | −$4.8M | −$2.9M | −$3.5M |
| Debt / equity | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Debt / assets | — | — | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.47 | −2.82 | −2.44 | −3.07 | −6.05 | −57.74 | −3.24 | −1.17 | −1.77 | −0.92 |
| Current ratio | 12.76 | 5.88 | 4.12 | 5.70 | 6.37 | 6.64 | 6.22 | 6.31 | 4.79 | 5.97 |
| Quick ratio | 11.22 | 5.03 | 3.49 | 4.94 | 5.39 | 5.51 | 4.39 | 4.00 | 2.88 | 3.30 |
| Interest coverage | — | — | — | — | 544.3 | -0.8 | 29.2 | 52.0 | — | — |
| Working capital | $57.5M | $46.7M | $36.9M | $36.6M | $32.0M | $29.0M | $28.9M | $25.9M | $22.4M | $21.4M |
| Invested capital | $31.4M | $26.1M | $20.4M | $22.5M | $19.6M | $19.4M | $24.8M | $31.5M | $30.7M | $29.4M |
| Tangible asset value | $72.6M | $61.8M | $51.0M | $50.1M | $43.3M | $40.8M | $39.5M | $36.3M | $33.6M | $32.9M |
| Net current asset value | $57.5M | $46.7M | $36.9M | $36.6M | $32.0M | $29.0M | $28.9M | $25.9M | $22.4M | $21.4M |
| Graham number | $37.64 | $34.96 | $29.20 | $23.70 | $13.34 | $8.95 | $14.88 | $13.07 | $5.25 | $11.84 |
| Graham net-net per share | $15.67 | $11.80 | $8.62 | $8.60 | $7.55 | $6.78 | $6.14 | $4.73 | $3.76 | $3.67 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | $1.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $1.3M | $201,273 | $9.9M | $169,740 | $0 | $53,970 | $31,673 | $0 | $0 | $173,175 |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 27.0% | 4.1% | 83.8% | 3.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 17.0% | 0.0% | — | — |
| Capex / revenue | 5.1% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 8.4% | 4.5% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 1.4% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 30.4% | 34.8% | 11.0% | 43.6% | 42.1% | 23.1% | 12.5% | 17.8% | 307.7% | — |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.11 | 1.50 | 0.85 | 2.28 | 1.03 | 1.34 | 1.08 | 0.44 | 0.94 | 2.15 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 3.9% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| R&D / revenue | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 4.1% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| SG&A / revenue | 24.6% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 20.3% | 19.9% | 21.4% | 17.1% | 11.8% | 15.4% | 14.1% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 100.4 | 80.9 | 78.8 | 79.4 | 79.4 | 107.0 | 131.3 | 138.3 | 165.1 | 135.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 122.5 | 114.9 | 103.4 | 89.2 | 100.4 | 150.5 | 203.5 | 167.5 | 225.7 | 219.3 |
| Days payables outstanding | 13.3 | 18.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | 27.6 | 29.8 | 26.4 | 21.3 | 27.6 | 32.2 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 209.7 | 177.0 | 157.9 | 144.8 | 152.2 | 227.7 | 308.4 | 284.6 | 363.2 | 322.3 |
| Receivables turnover | 3.63 | 4.51 | 4.63 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 3.41 | 2.78 | 2.64 | 2.21 | 2.70 |
| Payables turnover | 27.52 | 19.40 | 15.04 | 15.35 | 13.22 | 12.25 | 13.81 | 17.17 | 13.22 | 11.34 |
| Inventory turnover | 2.98 | 3.18 | 3.53 | 4.09 | 3.63 | 2.43 | 1.79 | 2.18 | 1.62 | 1.66 |
| Asset turnover | 0.56 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.66 | 0.83 | 0.64 | 0.68 |
| Average receivables | $11.5M | $10.3M | $9.6M | $8.7M | $6.7M | $6.6M | $10.2M | $12.7M | $11.0M | $9.5M |
| Average payables | $846,752 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.5M |
| Average inventory | $7.8M | $7.8M | $6.7M | $5.9M | $5.8M | $8.0M | $10.7M | $11.3M | $11.4M | $10.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Computed from TAYD's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed August 18, 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.
TAYD valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2026 (May 31, 2026), Taylor Devices traded at 18.7 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 17.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 26.1 and the forward P/E is 11.4. Taylor Devices earned a return on equity of 12.7% and a return on invested capital of 24.4% in fiscal 2026. It returned $1.3 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $1.3 million in share buybacks, 27% of free cash flow. The share count fell 10.2% from 3.5M to 3.1M over 9 years.
See the TAYD income statement, the TAYD chart for price history, or the TAYD stock overview for the latest quote and news.
TAYD key metrics FAQ
What is Taylor Devices's P/E ratio?
Taylor Devices's trailing P/E ratio is 26.1 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 11.4. At the end of fiscal 2026 it was 18.7, compared with a 10-year median of 17.0.
What is Taylor Devices's EV/EBITDA?
Taylor Devices's enterprise value was 12.8 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2026 (enterprise value $119.0 million, EBITDA $9.3 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 17.1.
What is Taylor Devices's return on equity?
Taylor Devices's return on equity (ROE) was 12.7% in fiscal 2026: net income of $8.6 million on average shareholders' equity of $67.4 million.
What is Taylor Devices's ROIC?
Taylor Devices's return on invested capital was 24.4% in fiscal 2026, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
Does Taylor Devices buy back its shares?
Yes. Taylor Devices spent $1.3 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2026 Shares outstanding changed −4.0% over the year, to 3.1M..
What is Taylor Devices's free cash flow yield?
Taylor Devices generated $4.9 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2026, a free cash flow yield of 3.0% on its market value at year-end ($160.5 million).
What is Taylor Devices's current ratio?
Taylor Devices's current ratio was 12.76 at the end of fiscal 2026: current assets were 12.76 times current liabilities.