Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Aug 11, 2026

Manitowoc Co Inc (MTW)

A forensic read on Manitowoc Co Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

3.4

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

91.3

P / E (ttm)

1.0%

ROE

$682M

Market cap

2.9%

Revenue growth

This free snapshot doesn't read filing or proxy text, so the auditor-quality and governance checks that can lower a grade were not evaluated (red flags, auditor quality, say on pay, board independence). Those checks only ever lower a grade, so the full analysis can land below the grade above but never above it — treat it as the most favourable reading, not the settled one.

Manitowoc Co Inc earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 3.4, placing it in the Safe zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

2.8%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 2.8% in the latest fiscal year and rising from -7% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.

stopped

FY2024→FY2025

Shareholder returns — halted. Capital returns have STOPPED — $6M of buybacks + dividends in FY2024, but ~$0 in FY2025. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash.

suspended

FY2015→FY2025

Dividend — suspended. The dividend has been SUSPENDED — $11M paid in FY2015, then $0 in FY2025. A suspension is a major signal the board is conserving cash; the prior payment history doesn't offset it.

+0.9%/yr

FY2022–FY2025

Share count. Diluted share count changed +3% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+0.9%/yr). Roughly flat — the count is neither shrinking nor growing meaningfully. Per-share value isn't being meaningfully helped or hurt by the count.

$166M

FY2022–FY2022

Goodwill impairments. Took $166M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2022 ($166M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$2.24B

Revenue Growth YoY+2.9%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+3.3%

Net Margin0.3%

Free Cash Flow-$15.3M

Return on Equity1.0%

Debt / Equity0.66x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.