Company Analysis

TriMas Corporation (TRS)

Nasdaq: TRS · Metal Forgings & Stampings · Bloomfield Hills, MI · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.6
◀ Past 5.1● Present 4.0▶ Future 5.0

The grade of TriMas Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past5.130% of the headline
● Present4.040% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-11-10.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 37 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

TriMas Corporation's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-11-10) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
3.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TriMas Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $794 million in fiscal 2016 to $646 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.3% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 29% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.3%bottom 17% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 38% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak28.6%bottom 40% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, TriMas Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-14, buying about $73 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 26% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, TriMas Corporation earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 9 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 46% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 47% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
5.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 49% of 35 in its family; net margin 18.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TriMas Corporation's standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $646 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 47% by size; a net margin of 18.6% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of -9.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$646Mtop 47% of its family
  • net margin18.6%top 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-9.9%bottom 4% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
1.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 18% of 28 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 18th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

TriMas Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Snyder, Thomas James (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-06-24, 1.4 years (bottom 14% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.2 years (bottom 29%); 9 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 10%; 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 charge9 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 10% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.2 yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.4 yearsbottom 14% 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?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

TriMas Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $30 million against debt of $469 million leaves -29.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 13% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.7% of revenue (top 33%); a gross margin of 21.4% (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-29.6%bottom 13% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue10.7%top 33% of its family
  • gross margin21.4%bottom 35% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 39% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 39th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

TriMas Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -9.9% a year over the last three filed years against -2.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 20% of its family); the newest year grew 2.4% (bottom 46%); capital spending grew 1.7% a year (top 47%) (its annual reports). TriMas Corporation reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Packaging at $536 million (83%), Specialty Products at $110 million (17%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-7.7 points a yearbottom 20% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.4%bottom 46% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.7%top 47% 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
9.1/10

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

top 9% of 34 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 91st percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

TriMas Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $646 million in fiscal 2025 came in 21.2% above the $533 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 7% of its family); net income of $120 million against a prior three-year average of $44 million (top 10%); a net margin of 18.6% against 5.8% before (top 10%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace21.2%top 7% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+176%top 10% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+12.8 pointstop 10% 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 TRS · research, not advice