Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Eastern (EML)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Eastern (NASDAQ: EML):

• 12/1/2025 – Eastern had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/25/2025 – Eastern had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/19/2025 – Eastern had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/13/2025 – Eastern had its “hold (c)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/7/2025 – Eastern was upgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating.
• 10/8/2025 – Eastern had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

Eastern Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. Eastern’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 35.48%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Eastern news, Director James A. Mitarotonda acquired 1,467 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $19.54 per share, with a total value of $28,665.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 631,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,340,819.18. This trade represents a 0.23% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Frederick D. Disanto acquired 2,925 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 19th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $18.82 per share, for a total transaction of $55,048.50. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 96,851 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,822,735.82. This trade represents a 3.11% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders purchased 9,484 shares of company stock valued at $182,810. 17.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

The Eastern Company designs, manufactures, and sells engineered solutions to industrial markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers turnkey returnable packaging solutions, which are used in the assembly processes of vehicles, aircraft, and durable goods, as well as in production processes of plastic packaging products, packaged consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals; designs and manufactures blow mold tools and injection blow mold tooling products, and 2-step stretch blow molds and related components for the stretch blow molding industry; and supplies blow molds and change parts to the food, beverage, healthcare, and chemical industries.