Cts Corp
CTS NYSE Printed Circuit Boards Financials FY2016βFY2025
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
$53.06
0.9%What Cts Corp does
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- Legal name
- CTS CORP
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 24, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-067039
0000026058
Revenue and margins
Cts Corp had $541M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 8.7% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $86.4M in fiscal 2025, 16.0% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Cts Corp returned $60.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 71% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Cts Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $141M | $157M | $164M | $94.3M | $82.3M |
| Interest coverage | 36.2x | 42.4x | 22.5x | 16.8x | 19.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.5x | 2.9x | 3.3x | 2.5x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 2.1x | 2.3x | 2.7x | 1.9x | 1.8x |
| Total assets | $664M | $748M | $741M | $765M | $764M |
| Total liabilities | $201M | $242M | $214M | $237M | $213M |
| Shareholders' equity | $464M | $506M | $527M | $528M | $552M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 7 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.5% | β8.2% | β2.1% | β4.7% | β6.6% | β19.8% | β8.7% | β3.8% | β5.7% | β4.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 6.57 | 6.45 | 7.54 | 6.36 | 6.84 | 7.34 | 7.28 | 7.88 | 6.98 | 7.72 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $397M | $423M | $470M | $469M | $424M | $513M | $587M | $550M | $515M | $541M |
| Gross profit | $140M | $140M | $165M | $158M | $139M | $185M | $211M | $191M | $188M | $208M |
| Research and development | $24.0M | $25.1M | $25.3M | $26.0M | $24.3M | $23.9M | $24.1M | $24.9M | $23.4M | $25.3M |
| Operating income | $63.2M | $38.5M | $61.0M | $53.8M | $45.1M | $76.5M | $93.0M | $75.1M | $71.2M | $82.6M |
| Interest expense | $3.7M | $3.3M | $2.1M | $2.6M | $3.3M | $2.1M | $2.2M | $3.3M | $4.2M | $4.3M |
| Pretax income | $57.2M | $40.3M | $58.1M | $50.3M | $45.5M | β$60.9M | $80.7M | $75.2M | $68.6M | $83.8M |
| Income tax | $22.9M | $25.8M | $11.6M | $14.1M | $10.8M | β$19.0M | $21.2M | $14.6M | $13.1M | $18.5M |
| Net income | $34.4M | $14.4M | $46.5M | $36.1M | $34.7M | β$41.9M | $59.6M | $60.5M | $55.5M | $65.3M |
| Diluted EPS | $1.03 | $0.43 | $1.39 | $1.09 | $1.06 | β$1.30 | $1.85 | $1.92 | $1.81 | $2.19 |
| Diluted shares | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B | 0.03B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $47.2M | $58.0M | $58.2M | $64.4M | $76.8M | $86.1M | $121M | $88.8M | $98.2M | $102M |
| Capital expenditure | $20.5M | $18.1M | $28.5M | $21.7M | $14.9M | $15.6M | $14.3M | $14.7M | $18.6M | $15.7M |
| Free cash flow | $26.7M | $40.0M | $29.7M | $42.7M | $61.9M | $70.5M | $107M | $74.1M | $79.6M | $86.4M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $19.0M | $20.7M | $22.5M | $24.6M | $26.7M | $26.9M | $29.8M | $28.7M | $30.9M | $34.5M |
| Acquisitions | $73.1M | $19.1M | $0.0M | $73.9M | $8.3M | $0.3M | $96.9M | $3.4M | $122M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $9.4M | $11.7M | $8.1M | $8.8M | $21.4M | $40.9M | $42.6M | $56.2M |
| Dividends paid | $5.2M | $5.3M | $5.3M | $5.2M | $5.2M | $5.2M | $5.1M | $5.0M | $4.9M | $4.8M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $5.2M | $5.3M | $14.7M | $17.0M | $13.3M | $14.0M | $26.6M | $46.0M | $47.5M | $60.9M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $114M | $114M | $101M | $100M | $91.8M | $141M | $157M | $164M | $94.3M | $82.3M |
| Current assets | $216M | $234M | $239M | $237M | $233M | $289M | $326M | $319M | $242M | $253M |
| Current liabilities | $98.1M | $102M | $104M | $96.9M | $105M | $114M | $113M | $97.0M | $98.5M | $110M |
| Inventory | $28.7M | $36.6M | $43.5M | $42.2M | $45.9M | $49.5M | $62.3M | $60.0M | $52.3M | $52.9M |
| Property and equipment, net | $82.1M | $88.2M | $99.4M | $105M | $97.4M | $96.9M | $97.3M | $92.6M | $94.4M | $89.7M |
| Goodwill | $61.7M | $71.1M | $71.1M | $106M | $109M | $110M | $152M | $158M | $201M | $210M |
| Intangible assets | $64.4M | $66.9M | $60.2M | $85.2M | $79.1M | $69.9M | $108M | $104M | $164M | $154M |
| Total assets | $518M | $540M | $548M | $643M | $626M | $664M | $748M | $741M | $765M | $764M |
| Total liabilities | $200M | $196M | $170M | $238M | $202M | $201M | $242M | $214M | $237M | $213M |
| Shareholders' equity | $318M | $344M | $378M | $405M | $424M | $464M | $506M | $527M | $528M | $552M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 33.2% | 35.1% | 33.6% | 32.8% | 36.0% | 35.9% | 34.7% | 36.4% | 38.4% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 9.1% | 13.0% | 11.5% | 10.6% | 14.9% | 15.8% | 13.6% | 13.8% | 15.3% |
| EBITDA margin | 20.7% | 14.0% | 17.8% | 16.7% | 16.9% | 20.2% | 20.9% | 18.9% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 3.4% | 9.9% | 7.7% | 8.2% | β8.2% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 10.8% | 12.1% |
| FCF margin | 6.7% | 9.4% | 6.3% | 9.1% | 14.6% | 13.7% | 18.2% | 13.5% | 15.5% | 16.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 8.8% | 13.7% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 13.9% | 14.6% | 11.7% | 10.7% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.8% | 4.4% | 12.9% | 9.2% | 8.4% | β9.4% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 10.5% | 12.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8.6% | 6.1% | 5.5% | β6.5% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | 17.9% | 7.0% | 18.9% | 16.9% | 14.8% | β14.7% | 24.2% | 22.8% | 34.0% | 34.6% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 6.6% | 11.2% | β0.3% | β9.6% | 21.0% | 14.4% | β6.2% | β6.5% | 5.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β58.0% | 222.1% | β22.3% | β4.0% | β220.7% | β | 1.6% | β8.4% | 17.7% |
| EPS growth | β | β58.3% | 223.3% | β21.6% | β2.8% | β222.6% | β | 3.8% | β5.7% | 21.0% |
| FCF growth | β | 49.6% | β25.8% | 43.9% | 45.1% | 13.8% | 51.6% | β30.7% | 7.5% | 8.5% |
| Share count change | β | 0.5% | 0.4% | β1.4% | β1.6% | β0.8% | β0.3% | β2.0% | β2.7% | β3.0% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Interest coverage | 17.1x | 11.5x | 29.3x | 20.3x | 13.8x | 36.2x | 42.4x | 22.5x | 16.8x | 19.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.2x | 2.3x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.9x | 3.3x | 2.5x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.9x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 1.8x | 2.1x | 2.3x | 2.7x | 1.9x | 1.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 5.2% | 4.3% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.5% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 2.9% |
| Payouts / FCF | 19.6% | 13.2% | 49.6% | 39.8% | 21.4% | 19.8% | 24.9% | 62.1% | 59.7% | 70.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.5% | β8.2% | β2.1% | β4.7% | β6.6% | β19.8% | β8.7% | β3.8% | β5.7% | β4.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000026058). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.