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Custom Truck One Source

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39
Rental & Leasing Services · Industrials
Price
$9.77
-0.05 (-0.51%)
Market Cap
$2.22B
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Good

Share count falling — buybacks

6.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 241.4M (2021) → 226.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Custom Truck One Source rents, sells, and services specialized trucks and heavy equipment used to build and maintain infrastructure. Its core products include bucket trucks, digger derricks, cranes, and other work-ready vehicles used by electric utilities, telecom companies, railroads, and government agencies. The company is one of the largest providers of specialty truck solutions in North America.

The business earns money three ways: renting equipment by the month, selling new and used trucks, and providing parts and repair services. It operates primarily across the United States and Canada, with a large fleet that gives it scale advantages smaller competitors struggle to match. Growth depends heavily on infrastructure spending, including grid upgrades and broadband expansion, but the company carries significant debt from past acquisitions, which limits financial flexibility and makes it sensitive to rising interest rates.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+135.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

73.6%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

$10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Custom Truck One Source has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
20.2%
Thin — 20.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
9.3%
Modest — 9.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
5.6%
Weak — 5.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+7.0%
Steady sales growth (+7.0% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
1466%
Turns 1466% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-5.4%
Burning cash (-5.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.97
Heavy debt load (2.97)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.19x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.2x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
103.6x
Expensive — P/E 103.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+83.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (103.6 → 20.3)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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