Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-29
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Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.

SUNB
Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

Biggest watch item: the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own range — the multiple has already done part of the work.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (17 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own 4-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read deteriorating — profit −30.3% year on year, and 254% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: the next one or two quarters of delivery.

Stage
Turning around
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
$75.5
+9.4% 1Y
P/E
24.0×
95th pctile
of its own 4-year range
Revenue (Apr 26)
$2.8 B
+8.7% YoY
Profit (Apr 26)
$0.2 B
−30.3% YoY
Operating margin
14.9%
−5.7 pp YoY
ROE
17%
FY26
ROIC
9.6%
vs WACC 10.6% → −1.0 pp
Cash conversion
254%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. trades at $75.5, in a confirmed uptrend and 17 weeks into that stage. That is +6.4% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 57% of a 52-week range of $61 to $86. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (4 weeks and counting).

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 17 of stage 2. At $75.5 it trades +6.4% versus its 200-day average and sits at 57% of its 52-week range ($61–$86).

Jul 26: $75.5 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+6.4% versus the 200-day line, week 17 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S2S2S1S4S3S2$89.1$78.1$67.2$56.3$45.3$$76$71Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Jul 26
S2S2S1S4S3S2$89.1$78.1$67.2$56.3$45.3$$76$71Jul 23Jan 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (511 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Jul 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +466% while the S&P 500 moved +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (4 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-02) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own range.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. trades at 24.0× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (95th percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 18.6×, measured across 4.2 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 24.0× is at the pricey end of its own range (95th percentile), against a long-run median of 18.6× measured over 4.2 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 24.0× vs a 18.6× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly step line (right axis). 4.2-year window; loss-period spikes above 25× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
at the pricey end of its own range (95th percentile)
P/EMedianEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
25.9×$4.122.6×$3.119.4×$2.016.1×$1.012.9×$0.0×$24.22×$3May 22May 23Jun 24Jul 25Jul 26
25.9×$4.122.6×$3.119.4×$2.016.1×$1.012.9×$0.0×$24.22×$3May 22Jun 24Jul 26
P/E
24.0×
95th percentile of 4y
PEG
2.53
as reported

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved −11.3% against a +9.4% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +0.2%/yr price move, ~−5.2%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+5.4 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

03 · Stage: Turning around

Stage: Turning around Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. reads as turning around on its fundamental arc. Turning around — profit growth swung from −45.3% at the trough to −12.9% off a 5-quarter-old trough, ROCE holding at 11.1%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
23%62%16%31%9.8%0.0%3.5%−30%−2.9%−60%%%3.3%−12.9%−10.6%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
23%62%16%31%9.8%0.0%3.5%−30%−2.9%−60%%%3.3%−12.9%−10.6%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
3,374%2,471%1,568%665%−238%%11.1%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
3,374%2,471%1,568%665%−238%%11.1%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
Revenue growth
Recovering
latest +3.3% · span −1.1% to +20.8%
Profit growth
Falling
latest −12.9% · span −51.9% to +53.1%
EPS growth
Stuck low
latest −10.6% · span −10.6% to +25.7%
ROCE
Stuck low
latest 11.1% · span 11.1%–3,125.0%

Why it matters: growth inflections are where re-ratings start — the curves say a turn is forming, so the question becomes whether the next quarters confirm it.

Growth, year by year: revenue +3.3% in FY26, profit −14.8% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn.
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
23%37%17%16%10%−5.4%4.0%−26%−2.4%−47%%%3.3%−14.8%FY22FY24FY26
23%37%17%16%10%−5.4%4.0%−26%−2.4%−47%%%3.3%−14.8%FY22FY24FY26
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+3.3%) with the last 8 annualized (+1.3%).
revenue stabilising, profit rolling over
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
23%62%16%31%9.8%0.0%3.5%−30%−2.9%−60%%%3.3%−12.9%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
23%62%16%31%9.8%0.0%3.5%−30%−2.9%−60%%%3.3%−12.9%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+3.3%+4.9%
Profit−14.8%−21.1%
EPS−11.3%−4.9%
Stock price+9.4%+0.2%−0.3%+17.1%
Revenue YoY (Apr 26)
+8.7%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Apr 26)
−30.3%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
8.8%
long-run compound pace

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

37.7/100 — rank 15 of 18 in Rental & Leasing Services · 76% evidence confidence

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. scores 37.7 out of 100 against the 18 companies it is compared with in Rental & Leasing Services, ranking 15. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 10.6 + 13.9 + 9.8 + 3.4 = 37.7. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. reported $2.8 B of revenue in the Apr 26 quarter, +8.7% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 8.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at $11.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $11.2 B.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. reported $2.8 B of revenue in the Apr 26 quarter, +8.7% year on year. That is the 4th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 8.8% a year. The last full year, FY26, came in at $11.2 B. The last four reported quarters add to $11.2 B.

FY26 revenue came in at $11.2 B (+3.3% on the year), capping 4 years at 8.8% compound. The latest quarter (Apr 26) printed $2.8 B, +8.7% year on year — the 4th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY26 revenue $11.2 B (+3.3% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
8.8% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
1223%9.017%6.010%3.04.0%0.0−2.4%$ B%$11B3.3%FY22FY24FY26
1223%9.017%6.010%3.04.0%0.0−2.4%$ B%$11B3.3%FY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: $2.8 B (+8.7% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
4th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
3.221%2.415%1.67.9%0.81.1%0.0−5.7%$ B%$3B8.7%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
3.221%2.415%1.67.9%0.81.1%0.0−5.7%$ B%$3B8.7%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +3.5% growth against the decade's 8.8% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +3.3% over the last 4 quarters against +1.3%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit −12.9% vs +9.7%/yr — rolling over.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 14.9% this quarter (−5.7 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s operating margin is 14.9% in the Apr 26 quarter, −5.7 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.6% to 26.1%. The current quarter is running below every full year in that window.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s operating margin is 14.9% in the Apr 26 quarter, −5.7 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.6% to 26.1%. The current quarter is running below every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is 14.9%, −5.7 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.6%–26.1%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −5.7 pp year on year while gross margin went −2.5 pp — the loss came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.

FY26: 19.6% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
within a 19.6–26.1% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
27%2.0%25%0.5%23%−1.0%21%−2.5%19%−4.0%%%19.6%−3.6%FY22FY24FY26
27%2.0%25%0.5%23%−1.0%21%−2.5%19%−4.0%%%19.6%−3.6%FY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: 14.9% operating margin (−5.7 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
29%5.6%25%2.1%21%−1.4%18%−4.9%14%−8.4%%%14.9%−5.7%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
29%5.6%25%2.1%21%−1.4%18%−4.9%14%−8.4%%%14.9%−5.7%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −30.3% in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. earned $0.2 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, −30.3% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was $1.3 B. The 4-year compound rate is −10.9%. That is 8.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.3 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. earned $0.2 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, −30.3% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was $1.3 B. The 4-year compound rate is −10.9%. That is 8.4% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.3 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Apr 26 profit was $0.2 B, −30.3% year on year. On the full year, FY26 printed $1.3 B (−14.8%), and the 4-year compound rate is −10.9%.

FY26 profit $1.3 B (−14.8% YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
−10.9% a year over 4 years
Net profitYoY growth
2.934%2.214%1.5−6.5%0.7−27%0.0−47%$ B%$1B−14.8%FY22FY24FY26
2.934%2.214%1.5−6.5%0.7−27%0.0−47%$ B%$1B−14.8%FY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: $0.2 B (−30.3% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
1.025%0.6−33%0.1−91%−0.3−149%−0.7−208%$ B%$0B−30.3%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
1.025%0.6−33%0.1−91%−0.3−149%−0.7−208%$ B%$0B−30.3%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +8.7% and the margin −5.7 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −15.1% vs revenue +3.5%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 254% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 254% of Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY26 that was $3.8 B of operating cash against $1.3 B of profit. After $2.2 B of capital spending, $1.6 B was left as free cash.

FY26: operating cash of $3.8 B against reported profit of $1.3 B, leaving free cash of $1.6 B after $2.2 B of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 254% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY26: CFO $3.8 B vs profit $1.3 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
254% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
4.22.91.50.2−1.1$ B$4B$1B$2BFY22FY24FY26
4.22.91.50.2−1.1$ B$4B$1B$2BFY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: operating cash $0.9 B = 413% of the quarter's profit Operating cash per quarter, $ B (bars); conversion = operating cash as % of net profit (line, right). Last 12 quarters. Dashed line = 100%.
Operating cash (quarterly)Conversion100%
3.9589%2.9430%1.8272%0.8113%−0.3−46%$ B%$1B413%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
3.9589%2.9430%1.8272%0.8113%−0.3−46%$ B%$1B413%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.

Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: $9.0 B of building over 3 years.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $9.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 26.9% of FY26 revenue a year.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

On the investment side: capital spending of $9.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.

FY26: capex $2.2 B Capital spending per fiscal year, $ B (bars).
steady investment
Capex
4.83.62.41.20.0$ B$2BFY22FY24FY26
4.83.62.41.20.0$ B$2BFY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: capex $0.5 B in the quarter Capital spending per quarter, $ B (bars, left); free cash flow, $ B (line, right). Last 12 quarters.
Capex (quarterly)Free cash
0.53.80.42.70.31.60.10.60.0−0.5$ B$ B$1B$1BJul 23Oct 24Apr 26
0.53.80.42.70.31.60.10.60.0−0.5$ B$ B$1B$1BJul 23Oct 24Apr 26

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROE is 17% and the ROIC − WACC spread is −1.0 pp.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. earns a ROE of 18% in FY26. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by −1.0 percentage points, so growth here is not yet paying for the capital it uses. The wiring behind it is 11.8% net margin on 0.50× asset turns.

FY26 ROE is 18%.

🚨 Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY26): 11.8% net margin × 0.50× asset turns × 3.01× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 17.8% on equity. Margin does its share; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 9.6% − 10.6% = a −1.0 pp spread. The 10.6% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. Negative — growth at these returns destroys value until the returns recover.

FY26: ROE 18% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 10.6% cost of capital used on this page.
the full ladder
ROEROIC (annual)WACC
61%47%33%19%5.1%%17.8%9%FY22FY24FY26
61%47%33%19%5.1%%17.8%9%FY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: ROIC 1.6% (TTM) vs WACC 10.6% Trailing-twelve-month ROIC and ROE, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROIC (TTM)ROE (TTM)WACC
856%624%392%160%−72%%1.6%3%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
856%624%392%160%−72%%1.6%3%Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 1.43.

11 · Dividend

Dividend A dividend is cash paid out per share. Dividend per share is the declared amount for the period; the trailing twelve-month total is the four most recent quarters added together.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. paid $2.21 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 4.2% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.75 for Apr 26. Against the current price of $75.5 that is a trailing yield of 2.93%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. paid $2.21 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 4.2% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.75 for Apr 26. Against the current price of $75.5 that is a trailing yield of 2.93%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. paid $2.21 per share across the last four reported quarters, most recently $0.75 for Apr 26. That is up 4.2% against the same quarter a year earlier. Against the current price of $75.5 the trailing twelve months work out to 2.93% — trailing dividends measured against today's price, not a forward estimate.

Dividend per share by quarter Declared dividend per share, $ B, per reported quarter. 6 quarters on file.
latest $0.75 (Apr 26)
Dividend per share
1.00.70.50.20.0$ B$1BOct 23Apr 24Jan 25Apr 25Apr 26
1.00.70.50.20.0$ B$1BOct 23Jan 25Apr 26

→ A payout is cash leaving the business. Next: what the balance sheet looks like behind it.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. carries total debt of $10.4 B against shareholder equity of $7.4 B as of Apr 26, a debt-to-equity of 1.41. On the annual view that ratio went from 0.00 in FY22 to 1.41 in FY26. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Apr 26: total debt of $10.4 B against shareholder equity of $7.4 B — a debt-to-equity of 1.41. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 0.00 (FY22) to 1.41 (FY26). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY26: debt $10.4 B at 1.41× equity Total debt by fiscal year, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
111.5×8.51.1×5.60.7×2.80.3×0.0−0.1×$ B×$10B1.41×FY22FY24FY26
111.5×8.51.1×5.60.7×2.80.3×0.0−0.1×$ B×$10B1.41×FY22FY24FY26
Apr 26: debt $10.4 B, debt-to-equity 1.41 Total debt per quarter, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
111.5×8.51.1×5.60.7×2.80.3×0.0−0.1×$ B×$10B1.41×Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26
111.5×8.51.1×5.60.7×2.80.3×0.0−0.1×$ B×$10B1.41×Jul 23Oct 24Apr 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: short interest is 2.9% of the float.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

2.9% of Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 2.2 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 2.9% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 2.2 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
2.9%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
2.2
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.: the Z-score reads 2.46. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits in the grey band between the two. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.46 sits in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 2.46.

Related companies · same industry · Rental & Leasing Services Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. this page24.0×$31BTurning around
United Rentals, Inc.27.1×$68BConsistent
AerCap Holdings N.V.6.7×$24BTurning around
U-Haul Holding Company172.8×$14BDeteriorating
U-Haul Holding Company152.0×$13BDeteriorating
Ryder System, Inc.21.1×$10BMixed
GATX Corporation19.9×$7BMixed
Avis Budget Group, Inc.$6BMixed
Herc Holdings Inc.101.2×$5BDeteriorating
EquipmentShare.com Inc.235.4×$5BNo read
WillScot Holdings Corporation$5BDeteriorating
McGrath RentCorp19.0×$3BDeteriorating
Custom Truck One Source, Inc.$2BNo read
Vestis Corporation$2BNo read
PROG Holdings, Inc.14.5×$2BTopping out
Neutron Holdings, Inc.$2B
Willis Lease Finance Corporation12.9×$1BMixed
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.$1BMixed
Alta Equipment Group Inc.$0BNo read
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s stock price today?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. trades at $75.5, +9.4% over the past year. The company is valued at $31.0 B. The stock sits at 57% of its 52-week range of $61–$86, +6.4% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 17 weeks in. — as of 29 July 2026.

What were Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. reported revenue of $2.8 B and net profit of $0.2 B for the Apr 26 quarter. Revenue rose 8.7% and profit fell 30.3% year on year. Earnings per share were $0.55. The operating margin was 14.9%, 5.7 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s revenue?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. reported revenue of $2.8 B in the Apr 26 quarter, +8.7% year on year. For the full FY26 fiscal year, revenue was $11.2 B (+3.3%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 8.8% a year. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s profit?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. earned $0.2 B of net profit in the Apr 26 quarter, −30.3% year on year. Full-year FY26 profit was $1.3 B. The operating margin ran 14.9% in the latest quarter. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s market cap?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $31.0 B at a stock price of $75.5. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s P/E ratio?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 24.0×, at the 95th percentile of its own 4-year range, against a long-run median of 18.6×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 29 July 2026.

Does Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. pay a dividend?

Yes — Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. declared $0.75 per share for Apr 26, and $2.21 per share across the last four reported quarters. The latest quarter is up 4.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s dividend per share?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s most recently declared dividend is $0.75 per share for Apr 26, giving $2.21 per share over the trailing twelve months. Each figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters for the trailing total. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s dividend yield?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s trailing dividend yield is 2.93%: $2.21 declared per share across the last four reported quarters, against a share price of $75.5. Each quarter’s figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters and divided by the latest close. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. overvalued?

On its own history, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 24.0× sits at the 95th percentile of its 4-year range (long-run median 18.6×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. growing?

Not right now — Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s latest numbers are shrinking: latest-quarter revenue +8.7% year on year, profit −30.3%, and the margin −5.7 pp at 14.9%. The 4-year compound rates are 8.8% (revenue) and −10.9% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: deteriorating — as of 29 July 2026.

How is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. performing?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. is in a confirmed uptrend, 17 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 8.7% and profit fell 30.3% year on year. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 4 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 29 July 2026.

What stage is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. in?

Turning around — profit growth swung from −45.3% at the trough to −12.9% off a 5-quarter-old trough, ROCE holding at 11.1%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +3.3% latest, profit growth −12.9% latest, eps growth −10.6% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 17 of stage 2), trading +6.4% versus its 200-day average and at 57% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (4 weeks and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-02), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +466% against the S&P 500's +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 29 July 2026.

Will Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $75.5, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 17 weeks in. Its P/E of 24.0× sits at the 95th percentile of its own 4-year range. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is the market betting against Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.?

Somewhat — short interest is 2.9% of Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s tradable float, about 2.2 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 29 July 2026.

Does Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. have too much debt?

It carries real leverage — Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 1.43. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s capex?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. spent $9.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY26 alone that was $2.2 B. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s cash flow?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. generated $3.8 B of operating cash flow in FY26 and $1.6 B of free cash flow after $2.2 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $1.3 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 254% of Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY26, operating cash was $3.8 B against reported profit of $1.3 B. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 29 July 2026.

How financially safe is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 2.46 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That is in the grey band — neither clearly safe nor clearly distressed. — as of 29 July 2026.

Where is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. in its business cycle?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s FY26 operating margin was 19.6%, against a 5-year band of 19.6%–26.1%: the low end of its own band, which is where recoveries start when they come. The latest quarter ran 14.9%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 29 July 2026.

What could break the Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. story?

Biggest watch item: the P/E sits at the 95th percentile of its own range — the multiple has already done part of the work. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: the next one or two quarters of delivery. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 29 July 2026.

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