CMI vs HD vs TT Stock Comparison

Cummins, Home Depot and Trane Technologies Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMI Cummins Inc
$517.26 -1.5% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$71.88B
P/E
26.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.71B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins
HD Home Depot, Inc.
$319.64 +7.7% 1M -17.0% 1Y
Market cap
$317.76B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.18B
Div. yield
0.03%
Home Improvement Retail Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
TT Trane Technologies plc
$444.90 +1.8% 1M +7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$100.62B
P/E
34.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
HVAC Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

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Home Depot leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Home Depot 4, Cummins 4, Trane Technologies 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMIHDTTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $71.88B $317.76B $100.62B HD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.5x 22.3x 34.1x HD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.5x 22.9x 28.5x CMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.9% +2.5% +7.0% TT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.8% 8.4% 13.3% TT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.6% 23.3% 24.4% TT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.0x 0.8x CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.01% HD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.8% -17.0% +7.0% CMI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.5%/yr -2.7%/yr +19.7%/yr TT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.1% 26.9% 29.2% HD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 41/100 51/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

CMIHDTT

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

AxisCMIHDTT
Valuation 51 #101 of 203 23 #80 of 104 9 #50 of 55
Growth 54 #88 of 188 29 #71 of 99 66 #18 of 51
Profitability 70 #56 of 187 90 #11 of 99 86 #8 of 51
Financial Health 50 #111 of 222 32 #77 of 113 55 #27 of 59
Shareholder Returns 71 #45 of 153 31 #51 of 73 38 #26 of 41
Overall 59 41 51
  • CMI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HD ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • TT ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMIHDTTSPY
1 month -1.5%+7.7%+1.8% -1.0%
3 months -22.1%-4.0%-7.6% +2.9%
6 months -21.7%-4.8%-8.5% +6.4%
Year to date +1.3%-7.1%+14.3% +11.4%
1 year +23.8%-17.0%+7.0% +13.1%
3 years +136.0%+12.8%+138.5% +79.4%
3 years, per year +33.2%+4.1%+33.6% +21.5%
5 years +114.9%-12.7%+145.6% +67.7%
5 years, per year +16.5%-2.7%+19.7% +10.9%
10 years +308.4%+152.5%+772.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +15.1%+9.7%+24.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCMIHDTTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.1%26.9%29.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.8%26.2%30.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.620.691.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.64-0.630.24 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.8%-35.9%-40.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.9%-18.3%-11.6% -2.5%
52-week high $727.59$391.05$503.46 $779.14
52-week low $414.30$281.12$376.43 $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.

MultipleCMIHDTT
P/E now vs peer median 26.3xmedian 25.9x 22.3xmedian 16.7x 33.3xmedian 19.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 0.5x 4.4xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 13.7x 14.6xmedian 9.1x 23.1xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 21.1x 21.1xmedian 16.6x 27.3xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 2.3x 19.2xmedian 1.7x 11.3xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 8.19median 1.19 -5.48median 0.73 1.90median 0.98

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 monthsCMIHDTT
Revenue $34.71B $169.18B $22.21B
Gross profit $8.79B $56.18B $7.86B
Operating income $3.89B $21.02B $3.98B
Net income $2.83B $14.23B $2.97B
Free cash flow $3.37B $15.10B $3.58B
R&D $1.44B – –
EPS (diluted) $19.60 $14.28 $13.25
Cash & equivalents $3.18B $2.09B $1.32B
Total debt $29.22B $214.74B $18.46B
Shares (diluted) 138.50M 996.00M 222.50M
Enterprise value $67.96B $311.00B $95.34B

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
MetricCMIHDTT
P/E 26.3x 22.3x 33.3x
P/FCF 21.1x 21.1x 27.3x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x 17.0x 25.0x
P/S 2.1x 1.9x 4.4x
P/B 5.1x 19.2x 11.3x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 52.0x 19.1x
EV/EBITDA 14.9x 14.6x 23.1x
EV/EBIT 19.2x 17.6x 25.4x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 2.2x 4.6x
EV/FCF 22.2x 24.5x 28.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.1x 19.7x 25.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.19 -5.48 1.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMIHDTT
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.9% 2.5% 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 3.0% 9.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.7% 2.1% 4.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 2.7% 0.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -6.0% -2.7% 4.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.1% -3.0% 14.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -7.8% -2.7% 3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.9% -4.3% 16.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -7.7% -2.9% 4.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.2% -4.1% 17.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 63.4% 5.1% 19.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% -1.5% 28.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 103.8% 6.1% 26.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 45.3% -2.5% 32.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMIHDTT
Gross margin 25.3% 33.2% 35.4%
EBITDA margin 14.4% 15.0% 19.7%
Operating margin 11.2% 12.4% 17.9%
Pretax margin 11.1% 11.1% 16.8%
Net margin 7.8% 8.4% 13.3%
FCF margin 9.7% 8.9% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 11.1% 17.6%
Return on equity 20.7% 93.3% 34.4%
Return on assets 8.1% 13.1% 12.7%
Return on invested capital 13.6% 23.3% 24.4%
Return on capital employed 16.0% 28.5% 26.7%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMIHDTT
Debt / assets 20.6% 48.4% 19.3%
Debt / equity 0.5x 3.2x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.0x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 2.2x 3.5x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 61.0% 84.8% 63.9%
Equity / assets 39.0% 15.2% 36.1%
Interest coverage 12.1x 8.7x 18.1x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.1x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.49 5.53 5.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMIHDTT
Dividend yield 1.6% 2.9% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 0.7% -0.1% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 2.2% 2.8% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 64.8% 29.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 61.1% 24.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.0% 10.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 4.4% 10.6%

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.

ConsensusCMIHDTT
Forward P/E 16.5xFY2026 22.9xFY2026 28.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $31.40FY2026 $13.98FY2026 $15.63FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.9%FY2026 -4.8%FY2026 +19.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +10.6% +10.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $35.36BFY2026 $163.27BFY2026 $25.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.0%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026 +19.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.2% +14.2% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMIHDTT
Held by institutions 85.4% 75.0% 87.0%
Institutions holding 2,105 4,107 1,809
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +3.1% +0.3%
Institutions buying 1,048 1,917 894
Institutions selling 728 1,766 578
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.09 1.55

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.

CMIHDTT
CMI 1.00 0.17 0.62
HD 0.17 1.00 0.23
TT 0.62 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMI, HD and TT?

Home Depot (HD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cummins (CMI) $71.88B, Home Depot (HD) $317.76B, Trane Technologies (TT) $100.62B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMI, HD and TT?

Home Depot (HD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cummins (CMI) 26.5x, Home Depot (HD) 22.3x, Trane Technologies (TT) 34.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cummins (CMI) is cheapest (Cummins (CMI) 16.5x, Home Depot (HD) 22.9x, Trane Technologies (TT) 28.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Trane Technologies (TT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cummins (CMI) +2.9%, Home Depot (HD) +2.5%, Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trane Technologies (TT) has the highest net margin (Cummins (CMI) 7.8%, Home Depot (HD) 8.4%, Trane Technologies (TT) 13.3%). On return on invested capital, Trane Technologies (TT) leads (Cummins (CMI) 13.6%, Home Depot (HD) 23.3%, Trane Technologies (TT) 24.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cummins (CMI) returned the most: Cummins (CMI) +23.8%, Home Depot (HD) -17.0%, Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%. Over five years, Trane Technologies (TT) compounded fastest (Cummins (CMI) +16.5%/yr, Home Depot (HD) -2.7%/yr, Trane Technologies (TT) +19.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Home Depot (HD) has the highest dividend yield: Cummins (CMI) 0.00%, Home Depot (HD) 0.03%, Trane Technologies (TT) 0.01%. Cummins (CMI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Home Depot (HD) has been the steadiest (Cummins (CMI) 37.1%, Home Depot (HD) 26.9%, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMI, HD and TT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Home Depot (HD) leads on 4. 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.