ALSN vs FSS vs URI Stock Comparison

Allison Transmission Holdings, Federal Signal and United Rentals Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FSS Federal Signal Corp /De/
$115.22 +0.8% 1M -11.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.27B
P/E
24.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.55B
Div. yield
0.00%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
URI United Rentals, Inc.
$1,198.19 +18.1% 1M +37.6% 1Y
Market cap
$73.45B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.50B
Div. yield
–
Equipment Rental Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Allison Transmission Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Allison Transmission Holdings 5, United Rentals 3, Federal Signal 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALSNFSSURILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.16B $7.27B $73.45B URI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.2x 24.5x 25.7x ALSN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.4x 23.4x 21.7x ALSN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.6% +24.0% +9.4% ALSN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.0% 11.7% 16.3% URI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.7% 16.0% 14.0% FSS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 0.7x 2.3x FSS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.9% -11.2% +37.6% URI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +27.0%/yr +21.9%/yr +25.9%/yr ALSN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.3% 34.9% 42.2% ALSN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 77/100 54/100 FSS

Percentile Scorecard

ALSNFSSURI

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

AxisALSNFSSURI
Valuation 75 #52 of 203 58 #85 of 203 22 #36 of 46
Growth 43 #108 of 188 92 #16 of 188 87 #6 of 39
Profitability 89 #21 of 183 92 #16 of 183 92 #4 of 39
Financial Health 15 #183 of 216 77 #50 of 216 20 #38 of 47
Shareholder Returns 70 #47 of 152 65 #54 of 152 50 #16 of 31
Overall 58 77 54
  • ALSN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FSS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • URI ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALSNFSSURISPY
1 month -2.6%+0.8%+18.1% +0.7%
3 months -4.6%-7.7%+12.1% +3.7%
6 months -18.1%-6.4%+24.8% +7.1%
Year to date +12.4%+6.1%+48.0% +12.8%
1 year +34.9%-11.2%+37.6% +11.9%
3 years +115.7%+98.4%+191.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +29.2%+25.7%+42.9% +22.8%
5 years +229.9%+169.1%+216.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +27.0%+21.9%+25.9% +10.9%
10 years +275.4%+849.1%+1,489.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.1%+25.2%+31.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureALSNFSSURISPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.3%34.9%42.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.4%35.9%39.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.051.271.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.11-0.320.89 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.1%-33.3%-40.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.1%-13.8%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $136.00$133.73$1,198.19 $779.14
52-week low $79.27$104.77$710.47 $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.

MultipleALSNFSSURI
P/E now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 25.8x 23.7xmedian 25.8x 26.1xmedian 26.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.9x 2.8xmedian 1.9x 4.2xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 14.6x 14.5xmedian 14.6x 14.1xmedian 13.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.3xmedian 22.2x 19.3xmedian 22.2x 83.3xmedian 23.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.2x 4.5xmedian 2.2x 7.7xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median -6.06median 1.45 0.89median 1.45 2.74median 2.55

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 monthsALSNFSSURI
Revenue $4.40B $2.55B $17.50B
Gross profit $1.60B $741.70M $6.84B
Operating income $861.00M $412.80M $4.47B
Net income $529.00M $296.90M $2.86B
Free cash flow $737.00M $365.10M $892.00M
R&D $197.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $6.30 $4.83 $45.89
Cash & equivalents $399.00M $73.70M $153.00M
Total debt $4.14B $420.30M $14.67B
Shares (diluted) 84.00M 61.50M 62.26M
Enterprise value $7.05B $7.00B $72.57B

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
MetricALSNFSSURI
P/E 17.3x 23.7x 26.1x
P/FCF 12.3x 19.3x 83.3x
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x 17.5x 12.0x
P/S 2.1x 2.8x 4.2x
P/B 4.6x 4.5x 7.7x
P/Tangible book 24.4x 5.9x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.6x 14.5x 14.1x
EV/EBIT 14.9x 17.9x 19.9x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 2.9x 5.1x
EV/FCF 17.4x 20.2x 99.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.7x 18.3x 14.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.06 0.89 2.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALSNFSSURI
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.6% 24.0% 9.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 15.2% 8.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.5% 24.8% 10.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 20.2% 6.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.9% 26.0% 11.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 25.7% 5.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -30.6% 25.9% 12.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -5.4% 26.8% 6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -29.8% 25.7% 16.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.8% 26.7% 9.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.2% 62.4% 24.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.1% 45.6% 10.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 12.7% 66.2% 98.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 53.2% 83.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALSNFSSURI
Gross margin 36.4% 29.1% 39.1%
EBITDA margin 25.1% 19.9% 36.1%
Operating margin 19.6% 16.2% 25.5%
Pretax margin 15.7% 15.2% 21.8%
Net margin 12.0% 11.7% 16.3%
FCF margin 16.7% 14.3% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin 21.3% 15.8% 35.4%
Return on equity 27.3% 19.2% 30.2%
Return on assets 6.1% 12.1% 8.9%
Return on invested capital 10.7% 16.0% 14.0%
Return on capital employed 11.7% 19.2% 16.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.0x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.4x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.6% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALSNFSSURI
Debt / assets 47.5% 17.1% 44.7%
Debt / equity 2.1x 0.3x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x 0.7x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 1.2x 16.4x
Liabilities / assets 77.3% 35.7% 70.4%
Equity / assets 22.7% 64.3% 29.6%
Interest coverage – 17.9x –
Current ratio 1.8x 3.0x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.3x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.81 7.56 3.63

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALSNFSSURI
Dividend yield 1.0% 0.5% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 1.4% 0.0% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 0.5% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 12.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 15.9% –

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.

ConsensusALSNFSSURI
Forward P/E 14.4xFY2026 23.4xFY2026 21.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.67FY2026 $4.92FY2026 $55.27FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.6%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026 +31.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +45.5% +10.0% +6.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.32BFY2026 $2.79BFY2026 $18.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +109.9%FY2026 +28.1%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.4% -5.3% +3.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALSNFSSURI
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 95.9%
Institutions holding 567 475 1,588
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +3.9% +4.7%
Institutions buying 258 250 804
Institutions selling 230 152 538
Buyers to sellers 1.12 1.64 1.49

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.

ALSNFSSURI
ALSN 1.00 0.47 0.36
FSS 0.47 1.00 0.41
URI 0.36 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALSN, FSS and URI?

United Rentals (URI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) $10.16B, Federal Signal (FSS) $7.27B, United Rentals (URI) $73.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALSN, FSS and URI?

Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 19.2x, Federal Signal (FSS) 24.5x, United Rentals (URI) 25.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) is cheapest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 14.4x, Federal Signal (FSS) 23.4x, United Rentals (URI) 21.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +37.6%, Federal Signal (FSS) +24.0%, United Rentals (URI) +9.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

United Rentals (URI) has the highest net margin (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 12.0%, Federal Signal (FSS) 11.7%, United Rentals (URI) 16.3%). On return on invested capital, Federal Signal (FSS) leads (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 10.7%, Federal Signal (FSS) 16.0%, United Rentals (URI) 14.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year United Rentals (URI) returned the most: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +34.9%, Federal Signal (FSS) -11.2%, United Rentals (URI) +37.6%. Over five years, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) compounded fastest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +27.0%/yr, Federal Signal (FSS) +21.9%/yr, United Rentals (URI) +25.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 0.00%, Federal Signal (FSS) 0.00%, United Rentals (URI) 0.00%. Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) and United Rentals (URI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) has been the steadiest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 31.3%, Federal Signal (FSS) 34.9%, United Rentals (URI) 42.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALSN, FSS and URI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) leads on 5. 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.