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Methode Electronics, Inc.

$MEI·$591M·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$18.21+2.4%YTD+124.4%1Y+133.5%
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MEMEI
$MEIMethode Electronics, Inc.
$18.21+2.42%124 posts+3%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MEI, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

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Comeback attemptAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Methode Electronics has doubled over 12 months — the auto-tech supplier the market gave up on is quietly working.

Methode Electronics is a mid-cap supplier of custom-engineered electromechanical components for autos, EVs, industrial and appliance markets. Left for dead in the 2024 auto-supplier washout, it has quietly doubled off the lows.

How the setup reads:

  • Growth still soft but stabilizing: Q1 revenue down 2.6% year-on-year to $234M, Q4 -16% — sequential improvement is what the tape is buying, a business exiting its own recession.
  • Valuation is cheap enough: 0.4x sales, 16x EV/EBITDA, 10.6% FCF yield on a $591M-cap with slightly-negative op margins — priced for a mid-cycle recovery in auto/industrial builds.
  • Position is an accelerating breakout: 86th percentile 52w, 15% above the 50-day, 83% above the 200-day on nearly 2x baseline volume — tape confirming a real turnaround.
  • Insider signal is nuanced: multiple D-Return events (executive equity returned for cash, clawback/adjustment mechanics) rather than open-market selling — compensation-driven, not distribution.
  • The September 2 earnings print is imminent — immediate resolution.
  • The $MEI chatter is a Solana memecoin airdrop — ticker collision.

Tuesday September 2 earnings decides the run — a return to positive revenue growth with operating margin recovering positive keeps the multiple expanding; another negative-revenue quarter with margin compression triggers a pullback back to the 50-day near $16.

What to watch: Tuesday September 2 earnings — a return to positive revenue growth with operating margin recovering positive keeps the multiple expanding; another negative-revenue quarter with margin compression pulls the stock back to the 50-day near $16.

On the calendar: 2026-09-02 — Q1 FY27 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Neutral sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-07

$MEI chatter is dominated by a small Solana memecoin airdrop promotion requiring 500K token holdings, with signals around a 500x DEX boost and 50% supply locked. No discussion of Methode Electronics the equity. Sentiment is limited to memecoin community engagement.

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What it does

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

Designs and manufactures mechatronic components for vehicle interfaces, EV charging, and industrial applications.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MEI.

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

AI server infrastructure buildout drives compute shipment volumes; Dell and HPE are riding the same hyperscaler capex wave that lifted NVDA. Non-AI commercial refresh remains soft, so the bull case is concentrated in AI infrastructure exposure.

What this means for $MEI

Partial — cloud infrastructure exposure benefits indirectly from hyperscaler capex; core business is Methode Electronics, Inc.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
-6.3How 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
-2.4%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
-2.6%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
10.6%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
0.4Same 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
-9.4%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
14.7%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
0.5Total 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
Q1 2026Jun 24, 2026$0.01$-0.11+109.1%
Q4 2025Mar 5, 2026$-0.45$-0.26-73.1%
Q3 2025Dec 3, 2025$-0.28$-0.30+6.7%
Q2 2025Sep 9, 2025$-0.29$-0.35+16.3%
Next earningsWed, Sep 2·consensus EPS $-0.27

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$233.7M-2.6%14.1%-2.4%$-0.45$10.1M
Q2 FY26$246.9M-15.6%19.3%1.2%$-0.28$-11.6M
Q1 FY26$240.5M-7.0%18.1%0.5%$-0.29$18.0M
Q4 FY25$257.1M-7.3%7.6%-9.2%$-0.79$26.3M

Forward consensus

6-year forecast · up to 2 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$959.6M$941.4M – $972.2M-$1.21-$1.23 – -$1.182
FY26$959.6M$930.8M – $982.8M-$1.21-$1.25 – -$1.162
FY27$1.0B$1.0B – $1.1B-$0.47-$0.48 – -$0.462
FY27$951.9M$923.4M – $974.9M-$0.21-$0.22 – -$0.202
FY28$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$0.27$0.26 – $0.272
FY28$991.7M$962.0M – $1.0B$0.10-$0.51 – $0.702

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.1.9×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.86%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.+14.5%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.+83.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 34.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.0% 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.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 16 other (8 awards · 5 returns · 3 inkinds) 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.

No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.

+ 13 other (3 13Gs · 2 proxys · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 1 ARS) in window

Recent news

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

Methode Electronics Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Results Conference Callglobenewswire.com·5d agoMethode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) Shares Cross Above 200-Day Moving Average – Here’s Whydefenseworld.net·39d agoWhy Methode Electronics Stock Jumped 40% Todayfool.com·67d agoMethode Electronics, Inc. (MEI) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·67d agoMethode (MEI) Reports Q4 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimateszacks.com·68d ago

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