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EquipmentShare.com

EQPT
40
Rental & Leasing Services · Industrials
Price
$18.51
+0.24 (+1.31%)
Market Cap
$4.67B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
40
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
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 rising — dilution

+5.9% over 3y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 251.3M (2022) → 266.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

EquipmentShare rents heavy construction equipment — like excavators, bulldozers, and cranes — to contractors and construction companies across the United States. The company also sells its own technology platform called T3, which connects to machines and helps job sites track equipment location, usage, and maintenance. It competes in the construction equipment rental industry alongside large players like United Rentals and Sunbelt Rentals.

EquipmentShare makes money by charging daily, weekly, or monthly rental fees for its machines, and by selling subscriptions to its T3 telematics software. The company operates hundreds of branch locations across the US and has grown quickly by combining traditional equipment rental with its proprietary technology layer — a combination that larger, older rivals have been slower to build. The main risk is that construction activity is tied closely to the economy, so a slowdown in building or rising interest rates can quickly reduce demand for rentals and pressure margins.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+26.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+16.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

55.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~4 months

$506M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

EquipmentShare.com grew revenue 26% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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
35.1%
Modest — 35.1% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
6.5%
Modest — 6.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
6.3%
Weak — 6.3% 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
N/A
Data not available
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/3 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
426%
Turns 426% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-34.0%
Burning cash (-34.0%)

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
2.42
Heavy debt load (2.42)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.14x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.1x)

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)
196.7x
Expensive — P/E 196.7

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+186.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (196.7 → 10.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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