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Toromont Industries

TIH.TO
52
Industrial - Distribution · Industrials
Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Mixed

Winston Score History

The full picture

Toromont Industries is a Canadian company that sells, rents, and services heavy equipment. Its main business is distributing Caterpillar machines — things like bulldozers, excavators, and mining trucks — to construction companies, miners, and governments across a large chunk of Canada. It also runs a refrigeration division that builds industrial cooling systems for food processing plants, arenas, and warehouses.

Toromont makes money by selling and renting equipment, and then earning recurring revenue from parts and service contracts over the long life of each machine. It operates primarily in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada, giving it an exclusive Caterpillar dealership territory that competitors simply cannot enter. The company generates roughly $4–5 billion in annual revenue and has a strong track record of consistent profitability. The key growth driver is infrastructure and mining spending in Canada, but the main risk is that a slowdown in construction activity or commodity prices could quickly reduce demand for new equipment purchases.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+16.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

C$1.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

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

Growth + cash flow

Toromont Industries is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 16%. 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
26.9%
Modest — 26.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
15.2%
Healthy — 15.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
18.7%
Strong — 18.7% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+8.8%
Steady sales growth (+8.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+6.2%
Modest earnings growth (+6.2% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

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
158%
Turns 158% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
8.6%
Modest free cash flow (8.6%)

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
0.23
Conservative — low debt load (0.23)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
22.16x
Comfortably covers interest (22.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.6x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 32.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+9.9
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.6 → 22.7)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.02%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.02% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+7.8%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (7.8% YoY)

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