BLDR vs PTC vs TRMB Stock Comparison

Builders FirstSource, Ptc and Trimble Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PTC Ptc Inc.
$194.62 +40.9% 1M -4.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.30B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.95B
Div. yield
–
Construction Software Technology
9 wins
TRMB Trimble Inc.
$63.16 +9.2% 1M -22.1% 1Y
Market cap
$14.92B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.78B
Div. yield
–
Construction Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionBLDRPTCTRMBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.99B $22.30B $14.92B PTC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 58.4x 18.2x -142.5x PTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.2x 25.5x 16.6x TRMB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.4% +19.5% +5.8% PTC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.7% 41.4% -2.8% PTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.5% 18.0% 9.4% PTC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 0.9x 1.5x PTC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -54.0% -4.3% -22.1% PTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.5%/yr +8.9%/yr -6.4%/yr PTC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.1% 46.6% 32.3% TRMB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 75/100 58/100 PTC

Percentile Scorecard

BLDRPTCTRMB

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

AxisBLDRPTCTRMB
Valuation 80 #12 of 56 59 #37 of 89 65 #32 of 89
Growth 2 #51 of 52 84 #14 of 81 38 #51 of 81
Profitability 33 #33 of 49 96 #4 of 76 64 #28 of 76
Financial Health 18 #46 of 56 58 #40 of 94 56 #42 of 94
Shareholder Returns 90 #5 of 41 80 #11 of 51 68 #17 of 51
Overall 45 75 58
  • BLDR ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • PTC ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • TRMB ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLDRPTCTRMBSPY
1 month -4.2%+40.9%+9.2% -0.2%
3 months -23.0%+52.6%+8.2% +3.9%
6 months -35.6%+41.9%-5.2% +8.2%
Year to date -44.9%+11.7%-19.4% +12.9%
1 year -54.0%-4.3%-22.1% +12.3%
3 years -46.6%+43.0%+37.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -18.9%+12.7%+11.1% +23.3%
5 years -2.6%+53.4%-28.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.5%+8.9%-6.4% +10.9%
10 years +482.9%+326.9%+126.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +19.3%+15.6%+8.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLDRPTCTRMBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.1%46.6%32.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.5%40.4%35.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.620.531.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.08-0.09-0.69 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.1%-48.1%-54.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -56.0%-4.3%-24.4% -1.2%
52-week high $128.96$203.28$83.52 $779.14
52-week low $50.53$112.33$48.87 $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.

MultipleBLDRPTCTRMB
P/E now vs peer median 59.5xmedian 20.1x 18.2xmedian 40.1x -140.6xmedian 40.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.5x 7.3xmedian 2.5x 3.9xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.3xmedian 11.8x 18.6xmedian 18.5x 18.9xmedian 18.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 16.2x 23.0xmedian 20.1x 19.1xmedian 20.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.9x 6.2xmedian 1.8x 2.9xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median -1.00median 0.99 0.30median 1.73 4.33median 1.73

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 monthsBLDRPTCTRMB
Revenue $14.45B $2.95B $3.78B
Gross profit $4.22B $2.50B $2.64B
Operating income $435.57M $1.12B $642.70M
Net income $102.55M $1.22B -$104.70M
Free cash flow $639.32M $935.48M $773.10M
R&D – $474.33M $655.50M
EPS (diluted) $0.95 $10.64 $-0.45
Cash & equivalents $65.65M $351.45M $214.40M
Total debt $4.59B $1.42B $1.46B
Shares (diluted) 107.56M 114.98M 233.00M
Enterprise value $5.35B $21.11B $13.99B

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
MetricBLDRPTCTRMB
P/E 59.5x 18.2x -140.6x
P/FCF 9.5x 23.0x 19.1x
P/Operating cash flow 6.8x 22.6x 18.4x
P/S 0.4x 7.3x 3.9x
P/B 1.5x 6.2x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 8.0x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 10.3x 18.6x 18.9x
EV/EBIT 24.4x 20.3x 24.9x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 7.7x 4.2x
EV/FCF 16.6x 24.2x 20.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.8x 23.7x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.00 0.30 4.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLDRPTCTRMB
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.4% 19.5% 5.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -8.0% 12.8% 1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -16.2% 22.9% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -13.3% 15.1% 6.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -64.5% 50.4% 24.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -44.8% 32.2% 12.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -86.4% 138.7% -136.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -61.9% 58.6% -32.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -86.0% 150.1% -137.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -59.7% 60.6% -32.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -43.0% 10.9% 156.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -36.6% 16.8% 13.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -46.2% 10.1% 169.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -40.7% 17.8% 15.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLDRPTCTRMB
Gross margin 29.2% 84.5% 69.8%
EBITDA margin 7.1% 41.2% 22.3%
Operating margin 3.0% 37.8% 17.0%
Pretax margin 1.0% 51.8% -0.1%
Net margin 0.7% 41.4% -2.8%
FCF margin 4.4% 31.7% 20.4%
Operating cash flow margin 6.2% 32.3% 21.1%
Return on equity 2.6% 33.4% -1.9%
Return on assets 0.9% 18.8% -1.2%
Return on invested capital 3.5% 18.0% 9.4%
Return on capital employed 4.6% 21.5% 8.7%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 8.8x 0.8x -7.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 8.1% 4.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLDRPTCTRMB
Debt / assets 40.5% 21.9% 17.1%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.4x 0.9x 1.5x
Debt / FCF 7.2x 1.5x 1.9x
Liabilities / assets 64.6% 46.7% 40.2%
Equity / assets 35.4% 53.3% 59.8%
Interest coverage – 17.1x 8.1x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.05 5.91 3.70

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLDRPTCTRMB
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 5.0% 6.4% 3.6%
Shareholder yield 5.0% 6.4% 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
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.

ConsensusBLDRPTCTRMB
Forward P/E 18.2xFY2026 25.5xFY2026 16.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.11FY2026 $7.62FY2026 $3.80FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -54.9%FY2026 -4.7%FY2026 +21.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.2% +11.9% +6.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.77BFY2026 $2.85BFY2026 $4.15BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.4%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026 +15.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.1% -1.4% +7.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLDRPTCTRMB
Held by institutions 99.7% 97.3% 99.6%
Institutions holding 667 681 707
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% -1.5% +6.4%
Institutions buying 334 340 316
Institutions selling 259 280 303
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.21 1.04

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.

BLDRPTCTRMB
BLDR 1.00 0.03 0.33
PTC 0.03 1.00 0.44
TRMB 0.33 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLDR, PTC and TRMB?

Ptc (PTC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Builders FirstSource (BLDR) $5.99B, Ptc (PTC) $22.30B, Trimble (TRMB) $14.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLDR, PTC and TRMB?

Ptc (PTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 58.4x, Ptc (PTC) 18.2x, Trimble (TRMB) -142.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Trimble (TRMB) is cheapest (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 18.2x, Ptc (PTC) 25.5x, Trimble (TRMB) 16.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ptc (PTC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Builders FirstSource (BLDR) -9.4%, Ptc (PTC) +19.5%, Trimble (TRMB) +5.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ptc (PTC) has the highest net margin (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 0.7%, Ptc (PTC) 41.4%, Trimble (TRMB) -2.8%). On return on invested capital, Ptc (PTC) leads (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 3.5%, Ptc (PTC) 18.0%, Trimble (TRMB) 9.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ptc (PTC) returned the most: Builders FirstSource (BLDR) -54.0%, Ptc (PTC) -4.3%, Trimble (TRMB) -22.1%. Over five years, Ptc (PTC) compounded fastest (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) -0.5%/yr, Ptc (PTC) +8.9%/yr, Trimble (TRMB) -6.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trimble (TRMB) has been the steadiest (Builders FirstSource (BLDR) 50.1%, Ptc (PTC) 46.6%, Trimble (TRMB) 32.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLDR, PTC and TRMB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ptc (PTC) 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.