This specialty industrial machinery company carries strong underlying quality and an attractively growth-adjusted valuation, but the technical setup remains cautious — a confirmed long-term downtrend, an imminent earnings report, and high supplier concentration mean the current posture is maintenance, not accumulation.
Thesis pillars
- Supplier Concentration Operational Risk→Stable
- Quality And Growth Adjusted Value↓Deteriorating
- Momentum Recovery In Progress↑Improving
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Oct 29, 2026· older than 90 days
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (EPAC) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $42.21, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited suppliers; Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Enerpac Tool Group designs, manufactures and distributes high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products and heavy lifting solutions, plus bolting and machining services and tool rental, in more than 100 countries. Sales go primarily through distributors, with 39% of... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $42.21, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited suppliers; Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 83. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, earnings proximity 42d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
About Enerpac Tool Group Corp.
About Enerpac Tool Group Corp.
Enerpac Tool Group derived 39% of fiscal 2026 net sales from the United States, 26% from Europe, 13% from the Middle East, 10% from Asia and 12% from other regions, selling high pressure hydraulic tools and controlled force products in more than 100 countries. The Milwaukee-based company, founded in 1910, reported order backlogs of $81 million at August 31, 2026, versus $54 million a year earlier, and employed approximately 2,100 people.
Enerpac has one reportable segment, Industrial Tools & Services, which designs, manufactures and distributes branded hydraulic and mechanical tools, cylinders, pumps, hydraulic torque wrenches and heavy lifting solutions, and provides bolting, machining and joint integrity services plus tool rental. Brands include ENERPAC, HYDRATIGHT, LARZEP, SIMPLEX and DTA the Smart Move. Products reach customers primarily through a global distributor network, with direct sales to OEMs and select end users, serving general industrial, refining and petrochemical, maintenance and repair, power generation, infrastructure and mining markets. Manufacturing is mostly light assembly of components sourced from global suppliers, including various countries in Asia; the 10-K states that certain components come from single or limited suppliers and that a portion comes from suppliers in China. A small Other segment, Cortland Biomedical, develops biomedical textile products. The order-to-ship cycle is short, and the fourth fiscal quarter carries the largest share of annual sales at 28%.
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The 10-K ties a substantial portion of revenues to customers in cyclical industries such as industrial and oil & gas, whose capital spending may fall in downturns or when armed conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine/Russia disrupt oil markets. On October 28, 2026, the company completed the acquisition of Specialized Fabrication Equipment Group for about $452 million in cash, plus roughly $20 million of restricted stock unit awards for key personnel, adding five manufacturing and fabrication facilities in the United States, France and the United Kingdom and around 340 employees. The filing cautions that larger acquisitions may be challenging to integrate and that planned benefits may not arrive on the expected schedule.
See also: Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
From Enerpac Tool Group Corp.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted November 1, 2026.
Recent developments
updated Oct 28, 2026Recent Developments — Enerpac Tool Group Corp.
Latest news
- NEWS Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) Issues Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS - MarketBeat — MarketBeat Oct 28, 2026 positive
- NEWS Enerpac (EPAC) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 28, 2026 positive
- NEWS Enerpac: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 28, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC) Extends Debt Maturities In Restated Credit Agreement - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance Oct 28, 2026 positive
- NEWS Enerpac Tool Group Corp. to Release Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings on October 28, 2026 - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative Oct 14, 2026 neutral
Latest item Oct 28, 2026 · Generated 2026-11-04T11:34:30Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicUnited States39%10-K Item 1: 'we derived 39% of our net sales from the United States, 26% from Europe, 13% from the Middle East'
- HIGHSuppliersingle or limited suppliers10-K Item 1A: 'We procure certain components for our products from single or limited suppliers.'
- LOWSuppliersuppliers located in China10-K Item 1A: 'we procure a portion of our components from suppliers located in China'
- LOWCustomermidstream and downstream oil & gas customers10-K Item 1A: 'A portion of our revenues is derived from customers in the midstream and downstream oil & gas industry.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-10-27Item 5.02LOWCompany and CEO Paul Sternlieb signed an Offer Letter amendment on Oct 26, 2026 covering equity and cash incentive treatment on retirement after a specified date; board aims to retain him as CEO with a retirement date no earlier than July 31, 2030.SEC filing →
- 2026-10-15Item 5.02LOWBoard approved on Oct 13, 2026 a long-term incentive program tied to the SFE Group acquisition; named officers received performance-vesting RSUs (CFO Kozik $200,000, Topercer $125,000, Popp $110,000, Chack $75,000 at target), half on net sales and half on adjusted EBITDA goals.SEC filing →
- 2026-10-09Item 5.02LOWBoard expanded from eight to nine members on Oct 8, 2026 and elected independent director Charles T. Lauber, who joins the Audit Committee and Talent Development and Compensation Committee. Standard director compensation.SEC filing →
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $42.21, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited suppliers; Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 83. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Analyst target $40.80 reached (−3.3%), stop $39.39 (−7.2%), A.R:R -0.2:1. Score 6.3/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target $40.80 reached (−3.3% from $42.21); no take-profit level is published. Analyst target $40.80 reached (−3.3%), stop $39.39 (−7.2%), A.R:R -0.2:1. Stop-loss: $39.39.
Concentration risk — Supplier: single or limited suppliers; Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (4.0% away).
Enerpac Tool Group Corp. trades at a P/E of 24.5 (forward 18.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.0/10. Verdict: Hold.
9 analysts rate EPAC, with a consensus score of 4.0/5. 2 analysts publish price targets averaging $48.
What does Enerpac Tool Group Corp. do?Enerpac Tool Group designs, manufactures and distributes high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products and...
Enerpac Tool Group designs, manufactures and distributes high pressure hydraulic tools, controlled force products and heavy lifting solutions, plus bolting and machining services and tool rental, in more than 100 countries. Sales go primarily through distributors, with 39% of fiscal 2026 net sales in the U.S. and an order backlog of $81 million. The company closed a roughly $452 million acquisition of SFE Group on October 28, 2026.