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Schneider National

SNDR
48
Trucking · Industrials
Winston Score
48
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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
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Schneider National is a large American trucking and logistics company. It moves freight — things like retail goods, food, and industrial products — across the United States for big companies that need to ship large amounts of cargo. Schneider is one of the largest trucking carriers in the U.S. and operates three main business lines: truckload (full truck shipments), intermodal (shipping containers moved by both truck and rail), and logistics (coordinating shipments through a network of other carriers).

Schneider makes money by charging customers per mile or per load to move their freight, and by earning fees for managing logistics on their behalf. The company operates almost entirely in North America, with revenue in the billions of dollars annually. Its scale and intermodal network give it some cost advantages over smaller carriers, but trucking is a highly competitive, cyclical industry where pricing is heavily tied to freight demand — meaning a slowdown in consumer spending or manufacturing activity can quickly pressure margins.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+33.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

44.1%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$293M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Schneider National is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 10%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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
67.7%
Premium pricing power — 67.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
4.6%
Thin — 4.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
3.3%
Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+6.2%
Slow sales growth (+6.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-11.1%
Earnings shrinking (-11.1% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

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
569%
Turns 569% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.7%
Thin free cash flow (4.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
5.64x
Adequate interest coverage (5.6x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
56.0x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 56.0

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

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+22.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (56.0 → 33.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.10%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.10% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+3.9%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (3.9% YoY)

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