CMI vs DAN vs WM Stock Comparison

Cummins, Dana and Waste Management Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMI Cummins Inc
$500.54 -5.3% 1M +14.4% 1Y
Market cap
$68.91B
P/E
25.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.71B
Div. yield
1.64%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
DAN DANA Inc
$22.88 -17.9% 1M +12.7% 1Y
Market cap
$2.46B
P/E
2.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
2.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
WM Waste Management Inc
$237.65 +16.2% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$94.51B
P/E
30.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.07B
Div. yield
1.53%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Dana leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Dana 5, Waste Management 4, Cummins 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMIDANWMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $68.91B $2.46B $94.51B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.4x 2.2x 30.9x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.9x 12.0x 27.5x DAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.9% +3.7% +5.2% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.8% 14.6% 11.8% DAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.6% 0.0% 11.4% CMI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.8x 3.0x CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.64% 2.01% 1.53% DAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.4% +12.7% +19.0% WM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.3%/yr -0.7%/yr +8.3%/yr CMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.9% 44.5% 21.3% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 63/100 59/100 DAN

Percentile Scorecard

CMIDANWM

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

AxisCMIDANWM
Valuation 58 #86 of 203 98 #6 of 203 53 #8 of 16
Growth 53 #89 of 189 83 #33 of 189 69 #5 of 14
Profitability 72 #54 of 187 46 #101 of 187 92 #2 of 14
Financial Health 51 #108 of 221 21 #175 of 221 7 #15 of 16
Shareholder Returns 73 #42 of 152 68 #49 of 152 71 #3 of 8
Overall 61 63 59
  • CMI ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • DAN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMIDANWMSPY
1 month -5.3%-17.9%+16.2% -2.3%
3 months -22.9%-17.2%+4.9% -0.7%
6 months -23.8%-34.0%+4.3% +4.8%
Year to date -1.9%-3.7%+8.2% +10.3%
1 year +14.4%+12.7%+19.0% +10.3%
3 years +121.6%+85.6%+41.4% +73.0%
3 years, per year +30.4%+22.9%+12.2% +20.1%
5 years +112.6%-3.6%+48.8% +61.9%
5 years, per year +16.3%-0.7%+8.3% +10.1%
10 years +311.2%+53.4%+273.4% +258.6%
10 years, per year +15.2%+4.4%+14.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCMIDANWMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.9%44.5%21.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.6%47.7%20.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.661.34-0.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.390.290.89 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -31.3%-69.7%-18.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -31.2%-41.2%-3.6% -3.5%
52-week high $727.59$38.93$246.51 $779.14
52-week low $428.74$19.47$196.77 $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.

MultipleCMIDANWM
P/E now vs peer median 25.4xmedian 25.6x 2.2xmedian 25.6x 30.9xmedian 30.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.9x 0.3xmedian 1.9x 3.6xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 14.4x 6.2xmedian 14.4x 15.1xmedian 15.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 22.5x 17.2xmedian 22.5x 25.3xmedian 18.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.2x 1.2xmedian 2.2x 9.6xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 7.93median 1.36 0.02median 1.36 2.94median 2.73

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 monthsCMIDANWM
Revenue $34.71B $7.66B $26.07B
Gross profit $8.79B $725.00M $10.53B
Operating income $3.89B $210.00M $4.80B
Net income $2.83B $1.13B $3.07B
Free cash flow $3.37B $143.00M $3.74B
R&D $1.44B – –
EPS (diluted) $19.60 $10.18 $7.68
Cash & equivalents $3.18B $331.00M $247.00M
Total debt $7.35B $1.34B $23.37B
Shares (diluted) 138.50M 109.50M 399.80M
Enterprise value $66.04B $833.34M $93.35B

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
MetricCMIDANWM
P/E 25.4x 2.2x 30.9x
P/FCF 20.5x 17.2x 25.3x
P/Operating cash flow 14.8x 5.4x 14.4x
P/S 2.0x 0.3x 3.6x
P/B 5.0x 1.2x 9.6x
P/Tangible book 5.9x 1.3x 14.9x
EV/EBITDA 14.4x 6.2x 15.1x
EV/EBIT 18.6x 16.5x 24.5x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 0.5x 4.5x
EV/FCF 21.5x 24.3x 31.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.6x 7.6x 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 7.93 0.02 2.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMIDANWM
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.9% 3.7% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% -9.9% 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.7% 79.0% -21.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8% -6.4% 11.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -6.0% 307.9% 17.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 6.3% 10.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -7.8% 28,400% 19.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 83.0% 10.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -7.7% 6,201% 21.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.2% 108.3% 10.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 63.4% 49.3% 12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% -8.6% 14.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 103.8% 180.4% 55.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 45.3% 5.2% 30.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMIDANWM
Gross margin 25.3% 9.5% 40.4%
EBITDA margin 14.4% 7.3% 29.8%
Operating margin 11.2% 2.7% 18.4%
Pretax margin 11.1% 1.0% 14.9%
Net margin 7.8% 14.6% 11.8%
FCF margin 9.7% 1.9% 14.3%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 6.0% 25.2%
Return on equity 20.7% 56.6% 31.0%
Return on assets 8.1% 18.6% 6.6%
Return on invested capital 13.6% 0.0% 11.4%
Return on capital employed 16.0% 5.3% 12.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 0.4x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMIDANWM
Debt / assets 20.6% 22.0% 50.2%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.7x 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 1.8x 3.0x
Debt / FCF 2.2x 9.4x 6.2x
Liabilities / assets 61.0% 67.6% 78.8%
Equity / assets 39.0% 32.4% 21.2%
Interest coverage 12.1x 1.5x –
Current ratio 1.7x 1.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 4.43 2.23 2.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMIDANWM
Dividend yield 1.6% 2.0% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 22.8% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 24.8% 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 4.5% 48.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 35.7% 39.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -12.1% 13.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -4.2% 9.6%

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.

ConsensusCMIDANWM
Forward P/E 15.9xFY2026 12.0xFY2026 27.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $31.39FY2026 $1.90FY2026 $8.65FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.9%FY2026 +413.5%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +128.4% +9.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $35.38BFY2026 $8.05BFY2026 $25.84BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.3% +34.2% +12.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMIDANWM
Held by institutions 85.4% 99.2% 82.3%
Institutions holding 2,108 342 2,351
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +1.8% +0.8%
Institutions buying 1,050 168 1,096
Institutions selling 729 126 902
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.33 1.22

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.

CMIDANWM
CMI 1.00 0.42 -0.21
DAN 0.42 1.00 -0.05
WM -0.21 -0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMI, DAN and WM?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cummins (CMI) $68.91B, Dana (DAN) $2.46B, Waste Management (WM) $94.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMI, DAN and WM?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cummins (CMI) 25.4x, Dana (DAN) 2.2x, Waste Management (WM) 30.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dana (DAN) is cheapest (Cummins (CMI) 15.9x, Dana (DAN) 12.0x, Waste Management (WM) 27.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Management (WM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cummins (CMI) +2.9%, Dana (DAN) +3.7%, Waste Management (WM) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Dana (DAN) has the highest net margin (Cummins (CMI) 7.8%, Dana (DAN) 14.6%, Waste Management (WM) 11.8%). On return on invested capital, Cummins (CMI) leads (Cummins (CMI) 13.6%, Dana (DAN) 0.0%, Waste Management (WM) 11.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Waste Management (WM) returned the most: Cummins (CMI) +14.4%, Dana (DAN) +12.7%, Waste Management (WM) +19.0%. Over five years, Cummins (CMI) compounded fastest (Cummins (CMI) +16.3%/yr, Dana (DAN) -0.7%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +8.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dana (DAN) has the highest dividend yield: Cummins (CMI) 1.64%, Dana (DAN) 2.01%, Waste Management (WM) 1.53%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Cummins (CMI) 36.9%, Dana (DAN) 44.5%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMI, DAN and WM?

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