DAN vs WM vs CMI Stock Comparison

Dana, Waste Management and Cummins Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
1 more company in this comparison (TEX) Create a free account to keep reading and compare up to 10 companies.
DAN DANA Inc
$24.84 -9.3% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.48B
P/E
2.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.78B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
WM Waste Management Inc
$230.86 +11.5% 1M +16.9% 1Y
Market cap
$92.98B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.07B
Div. yield
0.02%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
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
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionDANWMCMILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.48B $92.98B $68.74B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.4x 30.3x 25.3x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.1x 26.7x 16.5x DAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +5.2% +2.9% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.8% 7.8% WM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.4% 13.6% CMI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x 0.7x CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.2% +16.9% +17.3% CMI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr +7.6%/yr +16.6%/yr CMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.1% 21.3% 36.7% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 54/100 61/100 DAN

Percentile Scorecard

DANWMCMI

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

AxisDANWMCMI
Valuation 99 #4 of 203 47 #9 of 16 53 #97 of 203
Growth 75 #47 of 188 62 #6 of 14 54 #88 of 188
Profitability 75 #46 of 183 100 #1 of 14 73 #51 of 183
Financial Health 9 #197 of 216 7 #14 of 15 52 #104 of 216
Shareholder Returns 84 #25 of 152 – 73 #42 of 152
Overall 68 54 61
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • CMI ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDANWMCMISPY
1 month -9.3%+11.5%-0.7% +0.7%
3 months -8.2%+2.0%-18.2% +3.7%
6 months -31.9%-0.7%-22.8% +7.1%
Year to date +4.5%+5.1%+1.4% +12.8%
1 year +15.2%+16.9%+17.3% +11.9%
3 years +112.5%+41.8%+137.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +28.6%+12.4%+33.5% +22.8%
5 years +11.9%+44.1%+115.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +2.3%+7.6%+16.6% +10.9%
10 years +62.0%+260.8%+308.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +4.9%+13.7%+15.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDANWMCMISPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.1%21.3%36.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.9%20.3%38.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.29-0.431.65 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.350.790.47 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.7%-18.7%-30.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.2%-6.3%-28.8% -1.2%
52-week high $38.93$246.51$727.59 $779.14
52-week low $19.47$196.77$428.74 $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.

MultipleDANWMCMI
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 25.8x 30.0xmedian 30.9x 26.3xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 3.2x 2.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 14.8xmedian 14.0x 14.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 22.2x 24.5xmedian 17.3x 21.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 9.3xmedian 2.8x 5.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 1.45 2.86median 2.44 8.20median 1.45

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 monthsDANWMCMI
Revenue $7.78B $26.07B $34.71B
Gross profit – $10.53B $8.79B
Operating income $249.00M $4.80B $3.89B
Net income $1.06B $3.07B $2.83B
Free cash flow – $3.74B $3.37B
R&D – – $1.44B
EPS (diluted) $9.56 $7.68 $19.60
Cash & equivalents $321.00M $247.00M $3.18B
Total debt – $23.37B $7.35B
Shares (diluted) 109.50M 399.80M 138.50M
Enterprise value $2.48B $91.82B $64.82B

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
MetricDANWMCMI
P/E 2.6x 30.0x 26.3x
P/FCF 20.6x 24.5x 21.2x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 14.0x 15.3x
P/S 0.3x 3.5x 2.1x
P/B 1.5x 9.3x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 14.5x 6.1x
EV/EBITDA – 14.8x 14.9x
EV/EBIT – 23.9x 19.2x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 4.4x 2.2x
EV/FCF – 30.7x 22.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.3x 17.5x 16.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 2.86 8.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDANWMCMI
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 5.2% 2.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.8% 9.0% 2.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -21.0% 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% 4.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 722.5% 17.9% -6.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.1% 10.5% 4.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,378% 19.7% -7.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 143.1% 10.0% 2.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 2,174% 21.1% -7.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 149.7% 10.5% 3.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.4% 12.1% 63.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 14.4% 28.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 55.7% 103.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 30.8% 45.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDANWMCMI
Gross margin – 40.4% 25.3%
EBITDA margin – 29.8% 14.4%
Operating margin – 18.4% 11.2%
Pretax margin – 14.9% 11.1%
Net margin – 11.8% 7.8%
FCF margin – 14.3% 9.7%
Operating cash flow margin 5.4% 25.2% 13.4%
Return on equity 56.6% 31.0% 20.7%
Return on assets 17.5% 6.6% 8.1%
Return on invested capital – 11.4% 13.6%
Return on capital employed – 12.0% 16.0%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.1x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDANWMCMI
Debt / assets – 50.2% 20.6%
Debt / equity – 2.4x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x 0.7x
Debt / FCF – 6.2x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 70.8% 78.8% 61.0%
Equity / assets 29.2% 21.2% 39.0%
Interest coverage – – 12.1x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x 1.7x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 2.93 4.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDANWMCMI
Dividend yield 1.9% 1.6% 1.6%
Net buyback yield – 1.7% 0.7%
Shareholder yield 1.9% 3.3% 2.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 48.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 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.

ConsensusDANWMCMI
Forward P/E 13.1xFY2026 26.7xFY2026 16.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.90FY2026 $8.65FY2026 $31.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +413.5%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +128.4% +9.5% +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.05BFY2026 $25.84BFY2026 $35.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.2% +12.0% +11.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDANWMCMI
Held by institutions 99.2% 82.3% 85.4%
Institutions holding 342 2,350 2,107
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +0.8% +1.0%
Institutions buying 168 1,096 1,050
Institutions selling 126 901 728
Buyers to sellers 1.33 1.22 1.44

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.

DANWMCMI
DAN 1.00 -0.05 0.41
WM -0.05 1.00 -0.21
CMI 0.41 -0.21 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DAN, WM and CMI?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dana (DAN) $2.48B, Waste Management (WM) $92.98B, Cummins (CMI) $68.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, DAN, WM and CMI?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dana (DAN) 2.4x, Waste Management (WM) 30.3x, Cummins (CMI) 25.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dana (DAN) is cheapest (Dana (DAN) 13.1x, Waste Management (WM) 26.7x, Cummins (CMI) 16.5x). 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: Dana (DAN) +5.1%, Waste Management (WM) +5.2%, Cummins (CMI) +2.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cummins (CMI) returned the most: Dana (DAN) +15.2%, Waste Management (WM) +16.9%, Cummins (CMI) +17.3%. Over five years, Cummins (CMI) compounded fastest (Dana (DAN) +2.3%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +7.6%/yr, Cummins (CMI) +16.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dana (DAN) 0.00%, Waste Management (WM) 0.02%, Cummins (CMI) 0.00%. Dana (DAN) and Cummins (CMI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Dana (DAN) 44.1%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%, Cummins (CMI) 36.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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