Culp Inc
CULP Nasdaq Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Cotton Financials FY2017โFY2026
Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026
$3.54
1.7%What Culp Inc does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- CULP INC
- Fiscal year ends
- May 3, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K ยท Jul 17, 2026
- Accession ยท CIK
- 0001193125-26-307064
0000723603
Revenue and margins
Culp Inc had $203M of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 4.6% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
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 โ$10.0M in fiscal 2026, โ4.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Culp Inc returned โ to shareholders in fiscal 2026. The diluted share count rose 0.8%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Culp Inc can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $14.6M | $21.0M | $10.0M | $5.6M | $8.3M |
| Interest coverage | 39.9x | โ | โ1,028.0x | โ79.6x | โ9.5x |
| Current ratio | 3.3x | 2.2x | 2.1x | 1.8x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.2x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Total assets | $178M | $152M | $132M | $123M | $112M |
| Total liabilities | $58.1M | $63.1M | $55.9M | $65.7M | $63.8M |
| Shareholders' equity | $120M | $89.1M | $76.1M | $57.6M | $48.1M |
| Net debt (โ = net cash) | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โPlanโ 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. 8โ9 is strong, 0โ2 weak.
| Test | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count didn't rise | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross margin rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| F-score | โ / 3 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | โ5.7% | โ3.1% | โ3.8% | โ15.4% | โ8.5% | 7.3% | โ23.9% | โ3.9% | โ1.1% | โ0.7% |
| Altman Z'' | 7.10 | 8.46 | 7.72 | 6.07 | 5.77 | 6.33 | 3.39 | 3.73 | 2.16 | 2.49 |
10 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioโs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $310M | $324M | $281M | $256M | $300M | $295M | $235M | $225M | $213M | $203M |
| Gross profit | $69.2M | $64.6M | $45.8M | $40.5M | $49.8M | $36.1M | $10.9M | $27.9M | $25.1M | $25.2M |
| Operating income | $30.1M | $27.5M | $13.4M | โ$7.6M | $12.1M | $0.7M | โ$28.5M | โ$11.3M | โ$18.4M | โ$7.2M |
| Interest expense | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | โ | $0.0M | $0.2M | $0.8M |
| Pretax income | $29.7M | $26.9M | $12.7M | โ$7.7M | $10.9M | โ$0.3M | โ$28.4M | โ$10.8M | โ$18.7M | โ$8.3M |
| Income tax | $7.3M | $5.7M | $6.5M | $3.4M | $7.7M | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.0M | $0.4M | $1.9M |
| Net income | $22.3M | $20.9M | $5.5M | โ$28.7M | $3.2M | โ$3.2M | โ$31.5M | โ$13.8M | โ$19.1M | โ$10.2M |
| Net income to common | $22.3M | $20.9M | $5.7M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Diluted EPS | $1.78 | $1.65 | $0.43 | โ$2.32 | $0.26 | โ$0.26 | โ$2.57 | โ$1.11 | โ$1.53 | โ$0.81 |
| Diluted shares | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $34.1M | $27.5M | $13.9M | $5.0M | $21.5M | โ$17.4M | $7.8M | โ$8.2M | โ$17.7M | โ$9.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $11.9M | $8.0M | $3.3M | $4.6M | $6.7M | $5.7M | $2.1M | $3.7M | $2.9M | $0.6M |
| Free cash flow | $22.2M | $19.5M | $10.6M | $0.4M | $14.8M | โ$23.1M | $5.7M | โ$11.9M | โ$20.6M | โ$10.0M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $7.1M | $7.7M | $8.1M | $7.8M | $6.8M | $7.0M | $6.8M | $6.5M | $5.4M | $4.1M |
| Stock-based compensation | $3.4M | $2.2M | $0.1M | $0.6M | $1.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $0.9M | $0.7M | $0.6M |
| Acquisitions | โ | $4.5M | $12.1M | โ | $0.9M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share buybacks | โ | โ | $3.3M | $1.7M | โ | $1.8M | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Dividends paid | $6.3M | $6.8M | $4.7M | $5.1M | $5.3M | $5.5M | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Dividends and buybacks | $6.3M | $6.8M | $8.1M | $6.8M | $5.3M | $7.3M | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $23.2M | $23.7M | $40.0M | $70.7M | $42.5M | $14.6M | $21.0M | $10.0M | $5.6M | $8.3M |
| Total debt | โ | โ | โ | $7.6M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current assets | $102M | $132M | $123M | $152M | $143M | $107M | $95.5M | $80.9M | $83.5M | $80.7M |
| Current liabilities | $46.1M | $40.6M | $35.2M | $40.1M | $61.2M | $32.6M | $44.0M | $38.1M | $47.0M | $45.0M |
| Inventory | $51.5M | $53.5M | $47.6M | $47.9M | $55.9M | $66.6M | $45.1M | $44.8M | $49.3M | $47.5M |
| Property and equipment, net | $51.7M | $51.8M | $46.5M | $43.1M | $44.0M | $41.7M | $36.1M | $33.2M | $24.8M | $21.0M |
| Goodwill | $11.5M | $13.6M | $13.6M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Intangible assets | โ | $4.3M | $3.9M | $3.4M | $3.0M | $2.6M | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
| Total assets | $206M | $218M | $221M | $215M | $214M | $178M | $152M | $132M | $123M | $112M |
| Total liabilities | $57.0M | $54.6M | $56.3M | $85.4M | $85.1M | $58.1M | $63.1M | $55.9M | $65.7M | $63.8M |
| Shareholders' equity | $149M | $163M | $160M | $130M | $129M | $120M | $89.1M | $76.1M | $57.6M | $48.1M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 20.0% | 16.3% | 15.8% | 16.6% | 12.2% | 4.6% | 12.4% | 11.8% | 12.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 8.5% | 4.7% | โ3.0% | 4.0% | 0.2% | โ12.1% | โ5.0% | โ8.6% | โ3.5% |
| EBITDA margin | 12.0% | 10.9% | 7.6% | 0.1% | 6.3% | 2.6% | โ9.2% | โ2.1% | โ6.1% | โ1.5% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 6.4% | 1.9% | โ11.2% | 1.1% | โ1.1% | โ13.4% | โ6.1% | โ9.0% | โ5.0% |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 4.9% | โ7.8% | 2.4% | โ5.3% | โ9.7% | โ4.9% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | โ | โ | โ | โ9.0% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 15.5% | 7.2% | โ4.3% | 7.9% | 0.5% | โ26.3% | โ12.0% | โ24.1% | โ10.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 13.4% | 3.4% | โ19.8% | 2.5% | โ2.6% | โ30.2% | โ16.7% | โ28.6% | โ19.3% |
| Return on assets | 10.9% | 9.9% | 2.5% | โ13.2% | 1.5% | โ1.6% | โ19.1% | โ9.7% | โ15.0% | โ8.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | 16.3% | 14.3% | 4.0% | โ22.7% | 2.6% | โ2.7% | โ36.3% | โ18.6% | โ33.7% | โ21.4% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | โ | 4.6% | โ13.1% | โ8.9% | 17.0% | โ1.6% | โ20.3% | โ4.1% | โ5.4% | โ4.6% |
| Net income growth | โ | โ6.5% | โ73.9% | โ625.2% | โ | โ199.8% | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| EPS growth | โ | โ7.3% | โ73.9% | โ639.5% | โ | โ200.0% | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| FCF growth | โ | โ12.3% | โ45.5% | โ96.4% | 3,747.8% | โ256.2% | โ | โ309.5% | โ | โ |
| Share count change | โ | 0.9% | โ0.7% | โ1.4% | โ0.5% | โ0.6% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | โ | โ | โ | โ243.7x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt / equity | โ | โ | โ | 0.1x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Interest coverage | โ | 292.1x | 381.5x | โ71.4x | 236.8x | 39.9x | โ | โ1,028.0x | โ79.6x | โ9.5x |
| Current ratio | 2.2x | 3.3x | 3.5x | 3.8x | 2.3x | 3.3x | 2.2x | 2.1x | 1.8x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.9x | 2.2x | 2.6x | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | 28.3% | 35.2% | 75.9% | 1,754.5% | 35.7% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | โ | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Accruals ratio | โ5.7% | โ3.1% | โ3.8% | โ15.4% | โ8.5% | 7.3% | โ23.9% | โ3.9% | โ1.1% | โ0.7% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000723603). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
