ALSN vs PCAR vs PHIN Stock Comparison

Allison Transmission Holdings, Paccar and Phinia Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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PCAR Paccar Inc
$104.50 -4.4% 1M +3.7% 1Y
Market cap
$54.04B
P/E
19.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.08B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
PHIN Phinia Inc.
$69.09 +13.6% 1M +29.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.52B
P/E
13.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.62B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment 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, Paccar 3, Phinia 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALSNPCARPHINLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.63B $54.04B $2.52B PCAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.5x 19.6x 13.3x PHIN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 16.9x 12.2x PHIN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +70.8% -1.5% +5.6% ALSN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.1% 9.5% 5.2% ALSN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.3% -50.7% 8.9% ALSN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.8x -0.1x — PCAR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +44.2% +3.7% +29.2% ALSN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +26.9%/yr +11.7%/yr — ALSN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.2% 27.1% 37.4% PCAR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 44/100 64/100 PHIN

Percentile Scorecard

ALSNPCARPHIN

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

AxisALSNPCARPHIN
Valuation 78 #46 of 204 50 #102 of 204 95 #11 of 204
Growth 69 #60 of 191 17 #159 of 191 58 #80 of 191
Profitability 86 #27 of 189 31 #130 of 189 52 #91 of 189
Financial Health 17 #184 of 221 57 #96 of 221 33 #148 of 221
Shareholder Returns 60 #65 of 159 65 #56 of 159 80 #33 of 159
Overall 62 44 64
  • ALSN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PCAR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PHIN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALSNPCARPHINSPY
1 month +1.4%-4.4%+13.6% -5.9%
3 months +0.1%-20.9%-8.0% -4.6%
6 months -5.4%-8.4%-11.9% +0.2%
Year to date +18.9%-4.6%+10.2% +7.5%
1 year +44.2%+3.7%+29.2% +8.2%
3 years +123.3%+21.0%+163.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +30.7%+6.6%+38.1% +19.0%
5 years +229.4%+74.2%— +56.5%
5 years, per year +26.9%+11.7%— +9.4%
10 years +308.5%+187.5%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +15.1%+11.1%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureALSNPCARPHINSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.2%27.1%37.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.9%24.5%37.0% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.040.850.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.370.140.78 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.1%-30.6%-35.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.4%-24.4%-18.9% -5.9%
52-week high $136.00$138.21$85.16 $779.14
52-week low $79.27$94.15$51.54 $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.

MultipleALSNPCARPHIN
P/E now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 23.4x 19.9xmedian 23.4x 13.3xmedian 23.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.7x 1.9xmedian 1.7x 0.7xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 13.4x -2.9xmedian 13.4x —median 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 21.9x 25.4xmedian 21.9x 10.9xmedian 21.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.1x 2.6xmedian 2.1x 1.6xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -26.90median 1.02 -1.59median 1.02 0.72median 1.02

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 monthsALSNPCARPHIN
Revenue $5.24B $29.08B $3.62B
Gross profit $1.78B $5.86B $801.00M
Operating income $961.00M -$20.02B $302.00M
Net income $583.00M $2.76B $189.00M
Free cash flow $831.00M $2.17B $227.00M
R&D $215.00M $438.50M –
EPS (diluted) $7.02 $5.23 $5.09
Cash & equivalents $497.00M $6.15B $436.00M
Total debt $4.04B $10.40B $1.09B
Shares (diluted) 83.00M 527.70M 37.10M
Enterprise value $6.93B $16.91B $1.02B

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
MetricALSNPCARPHIN
P/E 16.6x 19.9x 13.3x
P/FCF 11.5x 25.4x 10.9x
P/Operating cash flow 9.1x 15.0x 7.6x
P/S 1.8x 1.9x 0.7x
P/B 4.6x 2.6x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 19.2x 2.6x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 10.5x -2.9x –
EV/EBIT 13.6x -2.8x 10.4x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 1.9x 0.9x
EV/FCF 15.8x 25.9x 13.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.4x 15.3x 9.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -26.90 -1.59 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALSNPCARPHIN
Revenue growth (1Y) 70.8% -1.5% 5.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.7% -5.2% 1.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.8% -4.0% 5.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -8.7% 3.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.8% 1.5% 28.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.7% -10.2% 6.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -16.6% 2.6% 110.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.3% -12.4% 9.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -15.6% 2.4% 124.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.6% -12.5% 18.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% -22.3% 13.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% -4.8% -3.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 32.3% -32.2% 30.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.2% -10.7% -0.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALSNPCARPHIN
Gross margin 33.9% 20.1% 22.1%
EBITDA margin 23.8% -65.9% –
Operating margin 18.3% -68.8% 8.3%
Pretax margin 14.2% 12.2% 6.9%
Net margin 11.1% 9.5% 5.2%
FCF margin 15.8% 7.4% 6.3%
Operating cash flow margin 20.1% 12.6% 9.0%
Return on equity 28.7% 13.4% 12.3%
Return on assets 6.7% 6.2% 4.8%
Return on invested capital 12.3% -50.7% 8.9%
Return on capital employed 13.1% -51.1% 11.0%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.3x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALSNPCARPHIN
Debt / assets 45.9% 23.0% 27.6%
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.5x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.8x -0.1x –
Debt / FCF 4.9x 4.8x 4.8x
Liabilities / assets 76.3% 53.6% 61.5%
Equity / assets 23.7% 46.4% 38.5%
Interest coverage – – 3.6x
Current ratio 1.8x 2.8x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 2.2x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.4x 1.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.00 1.44 2.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALSNPCARPHIN
Dividend yield 1.0% 2.6% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 1.6% -0.1% 7.8%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 2.5% 9.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 22.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 18.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusALSNPCARPHIN
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 16.9xFY2026 12.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.65FY2026 $6.19FY2026 $5.64FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.4%FY2026 +23.6%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +47.3% +17.0% +28.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.38BFY2026 $26.68BFY2026 $3.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +112.0%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.4% +22.3% +8.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALSNPCARPHIN
Held by institutions 100.0% 73.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 568 1,097 394
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% +5.8% -7.1%
Institutions buying 257 505 166
Institutions selling 232 406 126
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.24 1.32

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.

ALSNPCARPHIN
ALSN 1.00 0.60 0.44
PCAR 0.60 1.00 0.50
PHIN 0.44 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALSN, PCAR and PHIN?

Paccar (PCAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) $9.63B, Paccar (PCAR) $54.04B, Phinia (PHIN) $2.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALSN, PCAR and PHIN?

Phinia (PHIN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 16.5x, Paccar (PCAR) 19.6x, Phinia (PHIN) 13.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phinia (PHIN) is cheapest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 15.2x, Paccar (PCAR) 16.9x, Phinia (PHIN) 12.2x). 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) +70.8%, Paccar (PCAR) -1.5%, Phinia (PHIN) +5.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) has the highest net margin (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 11.1%, Paccar (PCAR) 9.5%, Phinia (PHIN) 5.2%). On return on invested capital, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) leads (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 12.3%, Paccar (PCAR) -50.7%, Phinia (PHIN) 8.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) returned the most: Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +44.2%, Paccar (PCAR) +3.7%, Phinia (PHIN) +29.2%. Over five years, Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) compounded fastest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) +26.9%/yr, Paccar (PCAR) +11.7%/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%, Paccar (PCAR) 0.00%, Phinia (PHIN) 0.02%. Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) and Paccar (PCAR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Paccar (PCAR) has been the steadiest (Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) 32.2%, Paccar (PCAR) 27.1%, Phinia (PHIN) 37.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALSN, PCAR and PHIN?

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.