AAON vs TT vs CARR Stock Comparison

Aaon, Trane Technologies and Carrier Global Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AAON Aaon, Inc.
$70.80 -20.5% 1M -33.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.24B
P/E
39.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.93B
Div. yield
–
HVAC Industrials
1 win
TT Trane Technologies plc
$454.94 +0.1% 1M +6.8% 1Y
Market cap
$101.98B
P/E
34.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
HVAC Industrials
9 wins
CARR CARRIER GLOBAL Corp
$56.44 +0.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$47.93B
P/E
39.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.11B
Div. yield
0.02%
HVAC Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Trane Technologies leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Trane Technologies 9, Carrier Global 2, Aaon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAAONTTCARRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.24B $101.98B $47.93B TT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.2x 34.6x 39.3x TT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.7x 29.1x 19.1x CARR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +53.5% +7.0% -1.6% AAON
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.2% 13.3% 5.5% TT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.7% 24.4% 6.5% TT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 0.8x 3.5x TT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.02% CARR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -33.4% +6.8% -2.4% TT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.0%/yr +20.7%/yr +1.2%/yr TT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.5% 29.2% 35.5% TT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 51/100 36/100 TT

Percentile Scorecard

AAONTTCARR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAAONTTCARR
Valuation 7 #52 of 56 9 #51 of 56 27 #41 of 56
Growth 77 #13 of 52 63 #20 of 52 33 #35 of 52
Profitability 50 #26 of 51 88 #7 of 51 44 #29 of 51
Financial Health 67 #20 of 58 56 #26 of 58 19 #47 of 58
Shareholder Returns 5 #39 of 41 40 #25 of 41 58 #18 of 41
Overall 41 51 36
  • AAON ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • TT ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • CARR ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAAONTTCARRSPY
1 month -20.5%+0.1%+0.1% -0.8%
3 months -29.9%-5.8%-18.6% +3.5%
6 months -22.7%-6.4%-8.8% +7.0%
Year to date -7.1%+16.9%+6.8% +12.2%
1 year -33.4%+6.8%-2.4% +13.0%
3 years +31.7%+146.3%+21.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +9.6%+35.1%+6.7% +23.1%
5 years +53.5%+155.8%+6.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.0%+20.7%+1.2% +11.0%
10 years +264.4%+784.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.8%+24.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAAONTTCARRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.5%29.2%35.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 57.7%30.2%36.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.191.151.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.560.23-0.07 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.6%-40.3%-40.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.2%-9.6%-25.7% -1.8%
52-week high $148.25$503.46$76.00 $779.14
52-week low $68.85$376.43$50.36 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAAONTTCARR
P/E now vs peer median 36.5xmedian 19.4x 34.1xmedian 19.4x 38.3xmedian 19.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 1.5x 4.5xmedian 1.5x 2.1xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 12.1x 23.6xmedian 12.1x 19.0xmedian 12.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -49.1xmedian 16.1x 28.0xmedian 16.1x 24.1xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.8xmedian 2.9x 11.6xmedian 2.9x 3.5xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 16.77median 0.93 1.95median 0.93 -2.28median 0.93

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAAONTTCARR
Revenue $1.93B $22.21B $22.11B
Gross profit $494.09M $7.86B $6.37B
Operating income $213.50M $3.98B $1.72B
Net income $159.29M $2.97B $1.32B
Free cash flow -$118.79M $3.58B $1.93B
R&D – – $602.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.90 $13.25 $1.46
Cash & equivalents $13.00K $1.32B $1.34B
Total debt $435.00M $4.62B $11.95B
Shares (diluted) 83.72M 222.50M 836.50M
Enterprise value $6.24B $96.70B $42.23B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAAONTTCARR
P/E 36.5x 34.1x 38.3x
P/FCF -49.1x 28.0x 24.1x
P/Operating cash flow 67.5x 25.6x 19.5x
P/S 3.0x 4.5x 2.1x
P/B 5.8x 11.6x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 5.8x 19.5x 6.0x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x 23.6x 19.0x
EV/EBIT 29.4x 25.9x 33.1x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 4.7x 2.6x
EV/FCF -52.8x 28.9x 29.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 72.5x 26.4x 23.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 16.77 1.95 -2.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAAONTTCARR
Revenue growth (1Y) 53.5% 7.0% -1.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 9.7% 8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 36.9% 4.5% 4.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 0.7% 26.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 39.0% 4.4% -43.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 14.4% -12.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 30.5% 3.3% -67.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 16.1% -16.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.3% 4.5% -68.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 17.5% -16.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 157.7% 19.9% 19.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.0% 28.8% -0.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.7% 26.1% 24.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -74.9% 32.3% -2.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAAONTTCARR
Gross margin 25.6% 35.4% 28.8%
EBITDA margin 15.5% 19.7% 13.6%
Operating margin 11.0% 17.9% 7.8%
Pretax margin 9.9% 16.8% 6.0%
Net margin 8.2% 13.3% 5.5%
FCF margin -6.1% 16.1% 8.7%
Operating cash flow margin 4.5% 17.6% 10.8%
Return on equity 16.4% 34.4% 9.7%
Return on assets 8.7% 12.7% 3.5%
Return on invested capital 12.7% 24.4% 6.5%
Return on capital employed 14.3% 26.7% 6.1%
Asset turnover 1.1x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 1.3x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAAONTTCARR
Debt / assets 23.3% 19.3% 32.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.5x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 0.8x 3.5x
Debt / FCF -3.7x 1.3x 6.2x
Liabilities / assets 45.8% 63.9% 64.0%
Equity / assets 54.2% 36.1% 36.0%
Interest coverage – 18.1x –
Current ratio 3.0x 1.1x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.9x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.63 6.06 2.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAAONTTCARR
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.9% 1.7%
Net buyback yield -0.6% 1.4% 4.3%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 2.3% 6.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.6% 59.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 24.6% 40.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 10.3% 7.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.6% 11.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAAONTTCARR
Forward P/E 31.7xFY2026 29.1xFY2026 19.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.23FY2026 $15.64FY2026 $2.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +65.2%FY2026 +19.8%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +56.1% +10.2% +9.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.44BFY2026 $25.40BFY2026 $22.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +69.6%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.8% +7.8% +5.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAAONTTCARR
Held by institutions 78.7% 87.0% 87.4%
Institutions holding 469 1,809 1,628
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0% +0.3% +1.0%
Institutions buying 241 894 805
Institutions selling 174 578 544
Buyers to sellers 1.39 1.55 1.48

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AAONTTCARR
AAON 1.00 0.48 0.48
TT 0.48 1.00 0.63
CARR 0.48 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AAON, TT and CARR?

Trane Technologies (TT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Aaon (AAON) $6.24B, Trane Technologies (TT) $101.98B, Carrier Global (CARR) $47.93B.

Which stock is cheaper, AAON, TT and CARR?

Trane Technologies (TT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Aaon (AAON) 39.2x, Trane Technologies (TT) 34.6x, Carrier Global (CARR) 39.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Carrier Global (CARR) is cheapest (Aaon (AAON) 31.7x, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.1x, Carrier Global (CARR) 19.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Aaon (AAON) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Aaon (AAON) +53.5%, Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%, Carrier Global (CARR) -1.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trane Technologies (TT) has the highest net margin (Aaon (AAON) 8.2%, Trane Technologies (TT) 13.3%, Carrier Global (CARR) 5.5%). On return on invested capital, Trane Technologies (TT) leads (Aaon (AAON) 12.7%, Trane Technologies (TT) 24.4%, Carrier Global (CARR) 6.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Trane Technologies (TT) returned the most: Aaon (AAON) -33.4%, Trane Technologies (TT) +6.8%, Carrier Global (CARR) -2.4%. Over five years, Trane Technologies (TT) compounded fastest (Aaon (AAON) +9.0%/yr, Trane Technologies (TT) +20.7%/yr, Carrier Global (CARR) +1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Carrier Global (CARR) has the highest dividend yield: Aaon (AAON) 0.00%, Trane Technologies (TT) 0.01%, Carrier Global (CARR) 0.02%. Aaon (AAON) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trane Technologies (TT) has been the steadiest (Aaon (AAON) 59.5%, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.2%, Carrier Global (CARR) 35.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AAON, TT and CARR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trane Technologies (TT) leads on 9. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.