CMI vs HUBB vs HYLN Stock Comparison

Cummins, Hubbell and Hyliion Holdings Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMI Cummins Inc
$517.69 -0.7% 1M +17.3% 1Y
Market cap
$68.74B
P/E
25.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$34.71B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
HUBB Hubbell Inc
$437.90 -4.7% 1M -7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.20B
P/E
24.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins
HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp.
$3.42 -14.7% 1M +50.7% 1Y
Market cap
$574.05M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25M
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cummins leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cummins 5, Hubbell 4, Hyliion Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMIHUBBHYLNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $68.74B $22.20B $574.05M CMI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.3x 24.4x -11.0x HUBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.5x 21.8x — CMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.9% +16.0% +163.2% HYLN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.8% 13.8% -564.3% HUBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.6% 11.3% — CMI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 3.0x — CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.3% -7.3% +50.7% HYLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.6%/yr +17.1%/yr -15.8%/yr HUBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.7% 32.0% 98.6% HUBB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 56/100 57/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

CMIHUBBHYLN

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

AxisCMIHUBBHYLN
Valuation 53 #97 of 203 38 #126 of 203 33 #42 of 62
Growth 54 #88 of 188 71 #56 of 188 90 #7 of 59
Profitability 73 #51 of 183 85 #28 of 183 13 #48 of 55
Financial Health 52 #104 of 216 16 #181 of 216 93 #6 of 72
Shareholder Returns 73 #42 of 152 72 #44 of 152 –
Overall 61 56 57
  • CMI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HUBB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HYLN ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMIHUBBHYLNSPY
1 month -0.7%-4.7%-14.7% +0.7%
3 months -18.2%-7.5%-5.0% +3.7%
6 months -22.8%-13.8%+79.1% +7.1%
Year to date +1.4%-1.4%+85.9% +12.8%
1 year +17.3%-7.3%+50.7% +11.9%
3 years +137.8%+54.6%+478.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +33.5%+15.6%+79.5% +22.8%
5 years +115.8%+119.6%-57.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +16.6%+17.1%-15.8% +10.9%
10 years +308.9%+318.6%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +15.1%+15.4%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCMIHUBBHYLNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.7%32.0%98.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.1%35.3%92.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.651.193.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.47-0.230.51 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.8%-33.1%-94.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.8%-21.5%-57.8% -1.2%
52-week high $727.59$557.85$8.10 $779.14
52-week low $428.74$407.36$1.58 $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.

MultipleCMIHUBBHYLN
P/E now vs peer median 26.3xmedian 25.8x 25.5xmedian 25.8x -11.7xmedian 26.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 1.9x 66.1xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 14.6x 17.3xmedian 14.6x -10.7xmedian 18.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 22.2x 24.9xmedian 22.2x -10.8xmedian 30.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 2.2x 5.6xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median 8.20median 1.45 2.53median 1.45 -0.38median 0.97

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 monthsCMIHUBBHYLN
Revenue $34.71B $6.59B $9.25M
Gross profit $8.79B $2.33B $603.00K
Operating income $3.89B $1.33B -$58.73M
Net income $2.83B $915.00M -$52.19M
Free cash flow $3.37B $928.00M -$56.62M
R&D $1.44B – $37.27M
EPS (diluted) $19.60 $17.12 $-0.29
Cash & equivalents $3.18B $334.50M $13.20M
Total debt $7.35B $5.12B –
Shares (diluted) 138.50M 53.10M 178.44M
Enterprise value $64.82B $20.43B $239.94M

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
MetricCMIHUBBHYLN
P/E 26.3x 25.5x -11.7x
P/FCF 21.2x 24.9x -10.8x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x 20.9x -14.4x
P/S 2.1x 3.5x 66.1x
P/B 5.1x 5.6x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 23.7x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 14.9x 17.3x -10.7x
EV/EBIT 19.2x 20.9x -9.3x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 4.2x 59.1x
EV/FCF 22.2x 30.1x -9.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.1x 25.2x -12.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 8.20 2.53 -0.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMIHUBBHYLN
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.9% 16.0% 163.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 7.9% 62.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.7% 17.1% 154.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 9.0% 29.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -6.0% 15.2% 11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 10.6% 29.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -7.8% 5.6% 7.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 9.4% 30.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -7.7% 6.1% 8.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.2% 10.1% 30.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 63.4% 9.0% 10.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 12.5% 30.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 103.8% 9.1% 16.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 45.3% 14.9% 24.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMIHUBBHYLN
Gross margin 25.3% 35.4% 6.5%
EBITDA margin 14.4% 24.5% -551.3%
Operating margin 11.2% 20.2% -635.2%
Pretax margin 11.1% 17.7% -564.5%
Net margin 7.8% 13.8% -564.3%
FCF margin 9.7% 14.1% -612.3%
Operating cash flow margin 13.4% 16.8% -458.2%
Return on equity 20.7% 22.8% -29.7%
Return on assets 8.1% 7.7% -28.2%
Return on invested capital 13.6% 11.3% –
Return on capital employed 16.0% 13.5% -33.4%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.2x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 64.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMIHUBBHYLN
Debt / assets 20.6% 43.0% –
Debt / equity 0.5x 1.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 3.0x –
Debt / FCF 2.2x 5.5x –
Liabilities / assets 61.0% 65.4% 5.6%
Equity / assets 39.0% 34.6% 94.4%
Interest coverage 12.1x – –
Current ratio 1.7x 1.5x 7.6x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.8x 7.1x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 6.8x
Altman Z-score 4.49 – 34.04

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMIHUBBHYLN
Dividend yield 1.6% 1.3% –
Net buyback yield 0.7% 0.9% –
Shareholder yield 2.2% 2.2% –
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.

ConsensusCMIHUBBHYLN
Forward P/E 16.5xFY2026 21.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $31.39FY2026 $20.07FY2026 $-0.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.9%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +21.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $35.38BFY2026 $7.32BFY2026 $14.80MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +25.4%FY2026 +325.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.3% +9.8% +127.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMIHUBBHYLN
Held by institutions 85.4% 96.1% 33.4%
Institutions holding 2,107 1,016 168
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% -0.4% +19.5%
Institutions buying 1,050 511 106
Institutions selling 728 319 38
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.60 2.79

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.

CMIHUBBHYLN
CMI 1.00 0.53 0.37
HUBB 0.53 1.00 0.33
HYLN 0.37 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMI, HUBB and HYLN?

Cummins (CMI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cummins (CMI) $68.74B, Hubbell (HUBB) $22.20B, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) $574.05M.

Which stock is cheaper, CMI, HUBB and HYLN?

Hubbell (HUBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cummins (CMI) 25.3x, Hubbell (HUBB) 24.4x, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -11.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cummins (CMI) is cheapest (Cummins (CMI) 16.5x, Hubbell (HUBB) 21.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cummins (CMI) +2.9%, Hubbell (HUBB) +16.0%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +163.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hubbell (HUBB) has the highest net margin (Cummins (CMI) 7.8%, Hubbell (HUBB) 13.8%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -564.3%). On return on invested capital, Cummins (CMI) leads (Cummins (CMI) 13.6%, Hubbell (HUBB) 11.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) returned the most: Cummins (CMI) +17.3%, Hubbell (HUBB) -7.3%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +50.7%. Over five years, Hubbell (HUBB) compounded fastest (Cummins (CMI) +16.6%/yr, Hubbell (HUBB) +17.1%/yr, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -15.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hubbell (HUBB) has been the steadiest (Cummins (CMI) 36.7%, Hubbell (HUBB) 32.0%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 98.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMI, HUBB and HYLN?

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