profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Exponent
$87.31+1.26% today
+24.9% in 1 year
1-year low $53.671-year high $87.43
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $39.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Exponent sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $513 million in 2022 to $582 million in 2025, with $106 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Exponent handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $97M$62M
Free cash flow 2025$122M
Bought back its own shares$97M
Paid as dividends$62M
Cash vs. debt$222M vs. $83M
Exponent vs. similar companies
Exponent grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exponent | 39.2× · Expensive | ||
 Experian | 29.4× · Fair price | ||
 SGS SA | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 Equifax | 33.3× · Expensive | ||
 TransUnion | 33.9× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Exponent's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 513 | 537 | 559 | 582 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 141 | 111 | 120 | 120 | |
| 148 | 120 | 129 | 130 | |
| 102 | 100 | 109 | 106 | |
| 1.96 | 1.94 | 2.11 | 2.07 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 27.4% | 20.7% | 21.4% | 20.6% | |
| 19.9% | 18.7% | 19.5% | 18.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 587 | 647 | 777 | 778 |
| Cash | 161 | 187 | 259 | 222 |
| Total debt | 19 | 28 | 81 | 83 |
| Total liabilities | 266 | 291 | 356 | 387 |
| 321 | 356 | 421 | 390 | |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | 51 | |
| 32.8% | 22.9% | 18.8% | 20.0% | |
| 31.9% | 28.2% | 25.9% | 27.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 127 | 145 | 132 | |
| 12 | 16 | 7 | 9 | |
| 82 | 111 | 138 | 122 | |
| Dividends paid | 49 | 54 | 58 | 62 |
| 156 | 24 | 6 | 97 | |
| 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 |
Valuation
- 39.2×
- 38.5×
- 21.32
- 8.4×
- 7.1×
- 33.9×
- 30.9×
- 2.9%
- 2.6%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 23.8%
- 20.6%
- 18.2%
- 25.9%
- 15.2%
- 24.8%
- 27.9%
- 15.8%
- 21.4%
- –
Growth
- +4.3%
- +1.8%
- −11.1%
- +9.6%
- −0.8%
Financial health
- -0.2×
- 0.24
- 11.8%
- –
- 2.40
- 2.40
- 0.88
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 15%of 978
Top 12%of 985
Bottom 18%of 866
Bottom 34%of 984
Bottom 41%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $85.00
- Range
- $85.00 – $85.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.59 | 0.56 | +5.4% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 0.49 | 0.47 | +4.3% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 0.55 | 0.50 | +10.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.52 | 0.48 | +8.3% |
| May 1, 2025 | 0.52 | 0.48 | +8.3% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.46 | 0.40 | +15.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.50 | 0.48 | +4.2% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 0.57 | 0.50 | +14.0% |
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
+9.6%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.30 in 2015 → $1.20 in 2025
How safe it looks
58.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.3%
News
GE Aerospace signs company record $12.9B of deals at China expoSeeking Alpha · Nov 6, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
62Pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
29No pass
Joel Greenblatt
18No pass
Charlie Munger
72Pass
Terry Smith
67Pass
Questions about Exponent
Is Exponent a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Exponent AI analysis
What does Exponent do?
Exponent, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company worldwide. It operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. It is in Consulting Services, based in Menlo Park, CA, United States, with 1,013 employees.
Does Exponent pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 58% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $61.5 million in dividends.
Is Exponent stock halal?
Yes. Exponent passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Exponent stock done over the past year?
Up 24.9% over the past twelve months, to $87.31. It traded between $53.67 and $87.43, close to its high.
Who are Exponent's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Experian, SGS SA, Equifax and TransUnion. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Exponent's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.