CMT — Core Molding Technologies Inc

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About Core Molding Technologies Inc

Core Molding Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a molder of thermoplastic and thermoset structural products in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and internationally. The company offers a range of manufacturing processes, such as sheet molding compound compression molding, direct long fiber thermoplastic compression molding, vacuum resin transfer compression molding, structural foam and web injection molding, reaction… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$23.53
Market Cap$207M
Float7.2M
Shares Outstanding8.6M
P/E (Forward)22.62
P/E (TTM)21.80
Price/Sales (TTM)0.76
vs. Analyst Target+23.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin3.55%
Operating Margin (TTM)2.97%
Revenue (TTM)$271M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-72.00%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$29.00 (1 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $222M $8.2M $34.5M $22.1M
2021 $307M $4.7M $41.3M $22.8M
2022 $377M $12.2M $52.4M $28.6M
2023 $358M $20.3M $64.5M $39.7M
2024 $302M $13.3M $53.3M $31.0M
2025 $274M $11.2M $47.6M $27.1M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $79.2M $4.1M
Sep 2025 $58.4M $1.9M
Dec 2025 $74.7M $3.1M
Mar 2026 $58.6M $605,000

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership12.2%
Institutional Ownership80.7%
Short Float2.2%
% of All Funds Holding1.05%
Number of Funds Holding86

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$24.34Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$20.67Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$18.18Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$17.86Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$20.73Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$18.22Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$19.05Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

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Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$22.50 support 1.41x 0 months ago
$18.50 support 1.27x 1 months ago
$13.80 support 1.12x 13 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (92 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.11% 0.26% 55.43% 9.99% -15.32%
1 Day 0.77% 0.76% 58.70% 10.09% -14.89%
1 Week 1.66% 1.07% 52.17% 43.18% -20.00%
2 Weeks 3.12% 2.03% 58.70% 50.96% -30.15%
1 Month 4.75% 1.61% 54.95% 70.18% -43.83%

Next earnings: July 26, 2026 (61 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.0%47.4%38
Feb0.6%44.7%38
Mar3.9%60.5%38
Apr5.2%52.6%38
May12.4%70.3%37
Jun0.2%37.8%37
Jul-0.9%51.4%37
Aug-0.9%45.9%37
Sep-4.4%35.1%37
Oct-2.2%39.5%38
Nov1.5%47.4%38
Dec1.7%42.1%38

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.07% 39.0% 1788
Tuesday -0.00% 40.6% 1946
Wednesday 0.03% 41.3% 1944
Thursday 0.34% 42.0% 1908
Friday 0.25% 42.9% 1900

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 80.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 12.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings16
Net Value-$1.8M
Net Shares Change-113,920
% of Float-1.6%
C-Suite Filings14
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
DUVALL DAVID L. Chief Executive Officer -$1.3M 2 2 sell
Panda Alex Joseph EVP, Treasurer, Secretary, CFO +$21,632.36 6 6 buy
Gayford Michael James EVP of Operations +$10,060 1 1 buy
PALOMAKI ERIC Chief Operating Officer +$8,020.12 1 1 buy

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-20 PALOMAKI ERIC Chief Operating Officer +$8,020.12 Transaction at $20.05, now +17.4%
2026-03-19 Gayford Michael James EVP of Operations +$10,060 Transaction at $20.12, now +16.9%
2025-08-28 Panda Alex Joseph EVP, Treasurer, Secretary, CFO +$3,820 Transaction at $19.10, now +23.2%
2025-08-25 Panda Alex Joseph EVP, Treasurer, Secretary, CFO +$3,829 Transaction at $19.14, now +22.9%
2025-08-22 Panda Alex Joseph EVP, Treasurer, Secretary, CFO +$3,579 Transaction at $17.89, now +31.5%
2025-08-20 Panda Alex Joseph EVP, Treasurer, Secretary, CFO +$3,528.32 Transaction at $17.64, now +33.4%

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