COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
CMCO · Construction Machinery & Equip · 28.8M shares · +5%/yr ↑ shares · EDGAR filings ↗
Reference price $19.15 · est. market cap ~$552M — last insider sale, 2026-02-27 (estimated from the dated SEC Form 4 price × shares outstanding — not a live quote)
Grade
D47Lifting/material-handling maker in a loss year, weighed down by the Kito Crosby deal, a $200M impairment and negative cash flow.
Strengths
- Transformative Kito Crosby acquisition roughly doubled scale and broadened geographic/product reach
- Adequate liquidity ($561M) and current ratio 2.0x post-financing
Risks
- Negative net margin (-19%), operating margin (-10%) and FCF (-$164M, 6th pct); high leverage (D/E 1.53, 86th)
- Thin cash runway (2.6 quarters) and $200M Precision Conveyance goodwill impairment signaling stress
Notable findings
- Exec changeRecent 8-K item 5.02 8-K ↗
- Net lossNet loss (net margin -19.2%)
- Cash burnNegative free cash flow (-164.1M)
- Customer concentration~34% of revenue from one customer/distributor — 1% and 33
- Insider sellingInsider selling — 5 open-market sale(s) by 4 insider(s) (cluster of 4 insiders, last 6mo) Form 4 ↗
Quarterly revenue
Last 4 quarters · from SEC filings.
Key metrics
Gross margin
30.1%
Operating margin
-10.0%
Net margin
-19.2%
Return on equity
-15.8%
Return on assets
-4.8%
ROIC
-2.6%
Revenue growth (QoQ)
69.3%
Debt / equity
1.5×
Current ratio
2.0×
Free cash flow
-$164M
EBITDA
-$42M
Tangible book value
-$1.6B
Cash & investments
$107M
Cash runway
3q
Stock comp / revenue
0.8%
Insider transactions · last 18 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | Aghili Aziz | Option exercise | 3.3K | — |
| 2026-05-22 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 491 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 472 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 296 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 4.9K | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 390 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 1.2K | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 552 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-22 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 390 | $14.88 |
| 2026-05-20 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 320 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 243 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 3.2K | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 241 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 343 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 433 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 246 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-20 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 733 | $14.09 |
| 2026-05-19 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 958 | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 1.2K | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 1.0K | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 2.0K | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 8.6K | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 803 | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 977 | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-19 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 792 | $13.59 |
| 2026-05-11 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 86 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 46 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Adams Jon | Grant | 41 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 46 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 63 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 39 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 373 | — |
| 2026-05-11 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 61 | — |
| 2026-02-27 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Sell | 242 | $19.15 |
| 2026-02-27 | Korman Alan S | Sell | 302 | $19.15 |
| 2026-02-27 | Paradowski Mark R | Sell | 1.5K | $19.15 |
| 2026-02-24 | Adams Jon | Sell | 0 | $23.28 |
| 2026-02-23 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 32 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 38 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 72 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 52 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 51 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 38 | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 310 | — |
| 2026-02-11 | Adams Jon | Sell | 5.2K | $23.28 |
| 2026-01-22 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 253 | $21.28 |
| 2026-01-01 | Dastoor Michael | Option exercise | 3.3K | — |
| 2026-01-01 | Dastoor Michael | Option exercise | 3.3K | — |
| 2025-12-31 | Aghili Aziz | Option exercise | 4.3K | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 48 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 65 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 92 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 396 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Adams Jon | Grant | 47 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 67 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 48 | — |
| 2025-11-17 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 41 | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 481 | $14.70 |
| 2025-08-18 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 49 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 41 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Adams Jon | Grant | 55 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 93 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 49 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 401 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 68 | — |
| 2025-08-18 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 66 | — |
| 2025-07-21 | COLELLA GERALD G | Grant | 8.6K | $15.21 |
| 2025-07-21 | Dastoor Michael | Grant | 8.6K | $15.21 |
| 2025-07-21 | Yeung Rebecca | Grant | 8.6K | $15.21 |
| 2025-07-21 | STEPHENS CHRISTOPHER J | Grant | 8.6K | $15.21 |
| 2025-06-05 | Yeung Rebecca | Buy | 1.0K | $15.03 |
| 2025-06-02 | Beliveau-Dunn Jeanne | Buy | 1.0K | $13.89 |
| 2025-05-22 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 499 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 4.8K | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 272 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 382 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 464 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 1.2K | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 380 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-22 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 688 | $16.39 |
| 2025-05-20 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 230 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 3.1K | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 338 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 324 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 722 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 424 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 238 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-20 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 238 | $17.75 |
| 2025-05-19 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 9.8K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 58K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 6.0K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 7.2K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 9.7K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Adams Jon | Grant | 6.6K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 13K | — |
| 2025-05-19 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 7.2K | — |
| 2025-05-16 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Tax withheld | 414 | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Brant Bert A. | Grant | 1.6K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Paradowski Mark R | Tax withheld | 484 | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 1.0K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 1.5K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Chintapalli Appal | Tax withheld | 455 | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 1.7K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Tax withheld | 1.1K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 2.5K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Korman Alan S | Tax withheld | 725 | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 2.1K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Williams Adrienne | Tax withheld | 377 | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 1.4K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Wilson David J. | Tax withheld | 4.1K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-16 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 9.9K | $17.68 |
| 2025-05-12 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 31 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 25 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Adams Jon | Grant | 24 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 35 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 203 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 24 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 49 | — |
| 2025-05-12 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 21 | — |
| 2025-03-19 | Bohl Kathryn V | Buy | 2.8K | $17.99 |
| 2025-03-14 | Beliveau-Dunn Jeanne | Buy | 160 | $18.34 |
| 2025-03-06 | Chintapalli Appal | Buy | 6.0K | $16.96 |
| 2025-03-03 | Abraham Chad R | Buy | 5.0K | $16.02 |
| 2025-03-03 | Abraham Chad R | Buy | 5.0K | $16.04 |
| 2025-03-03 | Abraham Chad R | Buy | 5.0K | $16.10 |
| 2025-03-03 | Abraham Chad R | Buy | 5.0K | $16.02 |
| 2025-02-28 | Brant Bert A. | Tax withheld | 3.9K | $17.47 |
| 2025-02-28 | Brant Bert A. | Other | 269 | — |
| 2025-02-21 | Dastoor Michael | Buy | 10K | $19.21 |
| 2025-02-18 | Chintapalli Appal | Grant | 27 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Brant Bert A. | Grant | 28 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Ramos Lara Mario Y. | Grant | 22 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Adams Jon | Grant | 21 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Korman Alan S | Grant | 31 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Rustowicz Gregory P | Grant | 43 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Paradowski Mark R | Grant | 19 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Williams Adrienne | Grant | 22 | — |
| 2025-02-18 | Wilson David J. | Grant | 179 | — |
| 2025-02-14 | Wilson David J. | Buy | 11K | $20.50 |
| 2025-02-13 | STEPHENS CHRISTOPHER J | Buy | 5.0K | $20.27 |
| 2025-02-13 | COLELLA GERARD G | Buy | 5.5K | $20.47 |
| 2025-01-22 | Adams Jon | Tax withheld | 249 | $37.48 |
All non-derivative Form 4 activity (SEC), newest first.
Notable events (8-K)
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period | Accession |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-K | 2026-06-10 | 2026-06-10 | 0001005229-26-000028 ↗ |
| 10-K | 2026-06-08 | 2026-03-31 | 0001005229-26-000022 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-06-08 | 2026-06-08 | 0001005229-26-000024 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-06-04 | 2026-06-04 | 0001005229-26-000017 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-03-23 | 2026-03-23 | 0001005229-26-000014 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-03-17 | 2026-03-17 | 0001193125-26-109523 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-03-04 | 2026-03-04 | 0001193125-26-091466 ↗ |
| 8-K/A | 2026-03-04 | 2026-01-29 | 0001193125-26-091489 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-02-09 | 2026-02-09 | 0001005229-26-000009 ↗ |
| 10-Q | 2026-02-09 | 2025-12-31 | 0001005229-26-000011 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-02-04 | 2026-01-29 | 0001193125-26-037694 ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-02-02 | 2026-02-02 | 0001193125-26-032879 ↗ |