Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.04 EPS

Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The electronics maker reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.17) by ($0.04), RTT News reports. Methode Electronics had a negative net margin of 8.16% and a negative return on equity of 3.26%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.33) EPS. Methode Electronics updated its Q4 2025 guidance to EPS.

Methode Electronics Trading Up 3.1 %

Shares of MEI stock opened at $9.89 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.73 and a current ratio of 2.75. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $11.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $352.47 million, a PE ratio of -3.91 and a beta of 0.76. Methode Electronics has a 52-week low of $8.54 and a 52-week high of $21.05.

Methode Electronics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, January 17th were issued a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 17th. Methode Electronics’s dividend payout ratio is currently -22.13%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Sidoti raised shares of Methode Electronics from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $14.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Methode Electronics from $13.00 to $16.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th.

Methode Electronics Company Profile

Methode Electronics, Inc designs, engineers, and produces mechatronic products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Automotive, Industrial, Interface, and Medical. The Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices, and related products to automobile original equipment manufacturers directly or through their tiered suppliers.