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Embecta Corp.

$EMBC·$350M·Medical - Instruments & Supplies·Healthcare
$5.76-2.9%YTD-50.4%1Y-57.6%
Price updated 4m ago·X counts updated 2d ago
EMEMBC
$EMBCEmbecta Corp.
$5.76-2.87%4 posts
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The complete picture of $EMBC on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

4X posts · last 7 days
Sep 11Sep 27

AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $EMBC — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-28

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Diabetes-supply spinout down 57% t12m but throwing off cash and lapping a big Q3 beat

Embecta looks like classic bottom-fishing territory once you separate the tape from the P&L.

  • Q3 FY26 EPS printed $0.56 versus a $0.27 estimate, a 110% surprise driven by margin recovery and the Owen Mumford deal closing in May.
  • FCF yield sits above 60% and PE around 3x — the market is treating this like a melting ice cube even as gross margin held above 52% and quarterly FCF is running $30-40M.
  • Bernstein Liebhard has posted three shareholder-investigation notices since late August — law-firm fishing rather than actionable litigation, but it's noise the shares are still absorbing.

With price 25% above the 50-day and a November 24 print into a cleaner comp, the setup is more coiled than broken — but the tape needs the Q4 read-through to confirm it.

What to watch: Q4 FY26 print November 24, Owen Mumford accretion versus $1.83 FY26 EPS consensus, whether any Bernstein Liebhard notice converts to actual litigation, FY27 guidance framing.

On the calendar: Q4 earnings 2026-11-24

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Medical device company making pen needles, syringes, and safety devices for diabetes drug delivery, spun off from BD in 2022.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Medical - Instruments & Supplies sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $EMBC.

Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare

No material change from last week — Procedure-volume normalization lifting surgical robotics and sterile supply demand.

What this means for $EMBC

Partial — Medical device company making pen needles, syringes, and safety devices for diabetes drug delivery, spun off from BD in 2022.

Industry benchmark

10-name peer basket
+3.6%YTD
+13.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
3.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
17.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
24.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
62.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-14.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
58.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
-2.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 7, 2026$0.56$0.27+110.7%
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.27$0.42-35.7%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.71$0.67+6.0%
Q3 2025Nov 25, 2025$0.50$0.70-28.6%
Next earningsTue, Nov 24·consensus EPS $0.31

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$271.7M-8.1%52.3%17.9%$0.36$40.7M
Q2 FY26$221.8M-14.4%56.4%19.3%$-0.07$30.6M
Q1 FY26$261.2M-0.3%67.2%37.2%$0.75$16.6M
Q4 FY25$264.0M-7.7%59.1%24.4%$0.45$76.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 3 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.0B$1.0B – $1.0B$1.83$1.82 – $1.843
FY27$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$1.76$1.75 – $1.773
FY28$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$1.95$1.53 – $2.483
FY29$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$2.96$2.95 – $2.971
FY30$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$3.06$3.05 – $3.071

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.26%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+25.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-17.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 58.3M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.855-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellSep 4Morris Milton MayoDirector6.3K sh$37KBuyAug 12Devdatt KurdikarCEO30.0K sh$141KBuyAug 12Jeffrey Z MannPres, Pharm Svc&Prod Mgmt, CLO20.0K sh$100KBuyAug 12Robert J. HombachDirector45.0K sh$224KBuyAug 12Jacob ElguiczeCFO20.0K sh$93K
+ 2 other (1 inkind · 1 award) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KAcquisition completedMay 158-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 13 other (6 13Gs · 3 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 1 S-8) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

EMBECTA CORP. (NASDAQ: EMBC) SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION ALERT: Bernstein Liebhard Investigates Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Dutyglobenewswire.com·7d agoEMBECTA CORP. (NASDAQ: EMBC) SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION ALERT: Bernstein Liebhard Investigates Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Dutyglobenewswire.com·27d agoembecta to Participate in Investor Eventsglobenewswire.com·29d agoEMBECTA CORP. (EMBC) SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION ALERT: Bernstein Liebhard Investigates Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Dutynewsfilecorp.com·34d agoThe Bottom Fishing Club - Embecta: Excellent Turnaround Prospect In Defensive Medical Productsseekingalpha.com·36d ago

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