CMI vs TEX vs WNC Stock Comparison

Cummins, Terex and Wabash National Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CMI Cummins Inc
$447.86 -16.4% 1M +2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$61.39B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.83B
Div. yield
1.83%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
7 wins
TEX Terex Corp
$54.53 -3.9% 1M +16.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.13B
P/E
31.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.49B
Div. yield
1.25%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
2 wins
WNC WABASH NATIONAL Corp
$11.14 -19.7% 1M +41.7% 1Y
Market cap
$453.83M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.52B
Div. yield
2.87%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Cummins leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cummins 7, Wabash National 3, Terex 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMITEXWNCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $61.39B $6.13B $453.83M CMI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.6x 31.2x -3.3x CMI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.3x 10.5x — TEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.7% +40.1% -7.3% TEX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.3% 2.6% -9.1% CMI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.2% 4.7% -14.8% CMI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 3.0x -4.7x WNC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.83% 1.25% 2.87% WNC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.0% +16.1% +41.7% WNC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.6%/yr +2.4%/yr -8.4%/yr CMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 47.0% 58.7% CMI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 55/100 24/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

CMITEXWNC

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

AxisCMITEXWNC
Valuation 70 #63 of 204 83 #35 of 204 22 #160 of 204
Growth 65 #68 of 191 54 #89 of 191 2 #188 of 191
Profitability 73 #51 of 189 35 #124 of 189 15 #161 of 189
Financial Health 54 #103 of 221 29 #157 of 221 8 #203 of 221
Shareholder Returns 85 #25 of 159 77 #38 of 159 75 #41 of 159
Overall 69 55 24
  • CMI ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • TEX ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WNC ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCMITEXWNCSPY
1 month -16.4%-3.9%-19.7% -5.9%
3 months -30.4%-16.7%-11.4% -4.6%
6 months -34.4%-13.2%+42.8% +0.2%
Year to date -12.3%+2.2%+28.8% +7.5%
1 year +2.0%+16.1%+41.7% +8.2%
3 years +103.6%+13.7%-46.9% +68.3%
3 years, per year +26.8%+4.4%-19.0% +19.0%
5 years +88.9%+12.4%-35.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +13.6%+2.4%-8.4% +9.4%
10 years +260.3%+138.7%+2.3% +251.5%
10 years, per year +13.7%+9.1%+0.2% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCMITEXWNCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%47.0%58.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.0%43.2%54.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.531.691.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.050.340.71 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.4%-51.8%-77.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.4%-26.9%-22.2% -5.9%
52-week high $727.59$74.58$14.32 $779.14
52-week low $439.18$41.78$6.77 $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.

MultipleCMITEXWNC
P/E now vs peer median 18.6xmedian 23.4x 31.2xmedian 23.4x -3.3xmedian 23.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.7x 0.8xmedian 1.7x 0.3xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 13.4x 11.6xmedian 13.4x -9.2xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.7xmedian 21.9x 14.6xmedian 21.9x -3.1xmedian 21.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.1x 1.2xmedian 2.1x 1.7xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.63median 1.02 -0.83median 1.02 0.08median 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 monthsCMITEXWNC
Revenue $35.83B $7.49B $1.52B
Gross profit $9.27B $1.28B $13.43M
Operating income $4.49B $425.00M -$157.62M
Net income $3.44B $198.00M -$138.69M
Free cash flow $3.46B $419.00M -$144.30M
R&D $1.49B – –
EPS (diluted) $24.03 $1.74 $-3.38
Cash & equivalents $3.57B $407.00M $69.29M
Total debt $7.17B $2.58B $540.26M
Shares (diluted) 138.10M 114.00M 40.99M
Enterprise value $58.22B $4.15B $239.49M

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
MetricCMITEXWNC
P/E 18.6x 31.2x -3.3x
P/FCF 17.7x 14.6x -3.1x
P/Operating cash flow 12.9x 11.3x -3.7x
P/S 1.7x 0.8x 0.3x
P/B 4.3x 1.2x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 5.0x 3.0x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.5x 11.6x -9.2x
EV/EBIT 14.4x 19.5x -5.9x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 1.1x 0.6x
EV/FCF 18.6x 19.8x -6.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.6x 15.3x -7.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.63 -0.83 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMITEXWNC
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.7% 40.1% -7.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 13.3% -16.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.8% 21.9% -88.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 3.7% -69.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.7% 8.7% -142.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.9% -12.8% -35.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 23.5% 26.9% -153.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.1% -25.7% -37.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.0% -26.3% -153.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.1% -37.4% -39.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 35.3% 31.8% -182.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 8.4% -35.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 52.0% 50.2% -330.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 9.1% -43.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMITEXWNC
Gross margin 25.9% 17.1% 0.9%
EBITDA margin 15.7% 9.6% -6.6%
Operating margin 12.5% 5.7% -10.4%
Pretax margin 12.4% 3.1% -12.0%
Net margin 9.3% 2.6% -9.1%
FCF margin 9.7% 5.6% -9.5%
Operating cash flow margin 13.2% 7.3% -8.1%
Return on equity 24.3% 3.9% -49.0%
Return on assets 9.5% 1.9% -11.2%
Return on invested capital 16.2% 4.7% -14.8%
Return on capital employed 18.0% 5.1% -18.1%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.7x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 2.7x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMITEXWNC
Debt / assets 19.6% 25.0% 43.8%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.5x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 3.0x -4.7x
Debt / FCF 2.1x 6.2x -3.7x
Liabilities / assets 60.8% 51.8% 78.0%
Equity / assets 39.2% 48.2% 22.0%
Interest coverage 14.1x 2.2x -6.2x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.8x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.25 2.02 1.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMITEXWNC
Dividend yield 1.8% 1.2% 2.9%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 1.2% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 3.2% 2.5% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 34.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 16.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 50.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 18.8% –

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.

ConsensusCMITEXWNC
Forward P/E 14.3xFY2026 10.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $31.39FY2026 $5.20FY2026 $-3.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.9%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +14.7% +10.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $35.38BFY2026 $8.62BFY2026 $1.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.1%FY2026 +59.1%FY2026 +12.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.3% +7.9% +14.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMITEXWNC
Held by institutions 85.4% 100.0% 91.8%
Institutions holding 2,108 483 165
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +5.4% -3.6%
Institutions buying 1,050 240 84
Institutions selling 729 164 61
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.46 1.38

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.

CMITEXWNC
CMI 1.00 0.61 0.40
TEX 0.61 1.00 0.46
WNC 0.40 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMI, TEX and WNC?

Cummins (CMI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cummins (CMI) $61.39B, Terex (TEX) $6.13B, Wabash National (WNC) $453.83M.

Which stock is cheaper, CMI, TEX and WNC?

Cummins (CMI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cummins (CMI) 18.6x, Terex (TEX) 31.2x, Wabash National (WNC) -3.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Terex (TEX) is cheapest (Cummins (CMI) 14.3x, Terex (TEX) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Terex (TEX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cummins (CMI) +6.7%, Terex (TEX) +40.1%, Wabash National (WNC) -7.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cummins (CMI) has the highest net margin (Cummins (CMI) 9.3%, Terex (TEX) 2.6%, Wabash National (WNC) -9.1%). On return on invested capital, Cummins (CMI) leads (Cummins (CMI) 16.2%, Terex (TEX) 4.7%, Wabash National (WNC) -14.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Wabash National (WNC) returned the most: Cummins (CMI) +2.0%, Terex (TEX) +16.1%, Wabash National (WNC) +41.7%. Over five years, Cummins (CMI) compounded fastest (Cummins (CMI) +13.6%/yr, Terex (TEX) +2.4%/yr, Wabash National (WNC) -8.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Wabash National (WNC) has the highest dividend yield: Cummins (CMI) 1.83%, Terex (TEX) 1.25%, Wabash National (WNC) 2.87%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cummins (CMI) has been the steadiest (Cummins (CMI) 37.5%, Terex (TEX) 47.0%, Wabash National (WNC) 58.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMI, TEX and WNC?

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 7. 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.