Company Analysis

Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO)

Nasdaq: CMCO · Construction Machinery & Equip · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade4.6
◀ Past 5.7● Present 3.8▶ Future 4.5
1 est.

The grade of Columbus McKinnon Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past5.730% of the headline
● Present3.840% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.7/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
6.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $637 million in fiscal 2017 to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026, up 7.2% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 26% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.2%top 19% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 50% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak25.9%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 36% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 8 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Columbus McKinnon Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 6.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 36% of 8 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.8/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -16%: lost 16¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 70%: owes 70¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 27th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-31, Columbus McKinnon Corporation lost about 16 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 8 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 70 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 6% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 6% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 40% of 8 in its family; net margin -19.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's standing among 8 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 31% by size; a net margin of -19.2% ranks in the bottom 6%; revenue growth of 8.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.19Bbottom 31% of its family
  • net margin-19.2%bottom 6% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth8.4%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 43% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wilson, David J. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-06-04, 6.4 years (top 10% of its family); the 25 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 30%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 25 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 25 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 30% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.4 yearstop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 8 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $97 million against debt of $2.4 billion leaves -47.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -13.7% of revenue (bottom 6%); a gross margin of 30.1% (top 31%); research spending of 1.8% of revenue (bottom 31%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-47.8%bottom 6% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-13.7%bottom 6% of its family
  • gross margin30.1%top 31% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.8%bottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 25% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 8.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 23.9% (top 19%); research spending grew 0.7% a year (bottom 44%); capital spending grew 12.2% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Columbus McKinnon Corporation reported 9 product lines in fiscal 2026: Crane Solutions at $435 million (36%), Lifting and Securement Hardware at $160 million (13%), High Precision Conveying Systems at $149 million (12%), and 6 more; 5 of 8 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.2 points a yeartop 6% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth23.9%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending0.7%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.2%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Columbus McKinnon Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 22.2% above the $977 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 7% of its family); net income of $229 million against a prior three-year average of $30 million (bottom 7%); a net margin of -19.2% against 3.1% before (bottom 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace22.2%top 7% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-22.3 pointsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CMCO · research, not advice