DAN vs WM vs GENC Stock Comparison

Dana, Waste Management and Gencor Industries Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DAN DANA Inc
$27.05 -0.3% 1M +36.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.96B
P/E
2.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
7 wins
WM Waste Management Inc
$241.10 +16.5% 1M +12.3% 1Y
Market cap
$94.24B
P/E
33.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.67B
Div. yield
0.02%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
GENC Gencor Industries Inc
$17.23 -1.2% 1M +18.5% 1Y
Market cap
$255.71M
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$110.01M
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Dana leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Dana 7, Waste Management 4, Gencor Industries 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDANWMGENCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.96B $94.24B $255.71M WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.7x 33.0x 17.2x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.2x 27.9x 15.2x DAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.7% +7.2% -6.4% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.6% 11.1% 13.5% DAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.0% 10.7% — WM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 3.0x — DAN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.02% 0.00% DAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.1% +12.3% +18.5% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.0%/yr +9.2%/yr +9.3%/yr GENC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.2% 21.3% 38.4% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 57/100 61/100 DAN

Percentile Scorecard

DANWMGENC

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

AxisDANWMGENC
Valuation 95 #11 of 203 53 #8 of 16 65 #72 of 203
Growth 82 #35 of 187 69 #5 of 14 42 #109 of 187
Profitability 46 #100 of 185 92 #2 of 14 37 #117 of 185
Financial Health 21 #174 of 219 13 #14 of 16 100 #1 of 219
Shareholder Returns 64 #56 of 153 – –
Overall 61 57 61
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • GENC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDANWMGENCSPY
1 month -0.3%+16.5%-1.2% -0.8%
3 months -0.7%+1.4%+15.3% +3.5%
6 months -29.7%+6.6%+15.8% +7.0%
Year to date +13.8%+9.7%+32.9% +12.2%
1 year +36.1%+12.3%+18.5% +13.0%
3 years +114.3%+49.4%+23.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +29.0%+14.3%+7.2% +23.1%
5 years +21.8%+55.4%+56.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +4.0%+9.2%+9.3% +11.0%
10 years +78.5%+276.9%+47.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.0%+14.2%+3.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureDANWMGENCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.2%21.3%38.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.1%20.7%30.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.30-0.410.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.820.580.48 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.7%-18.7%-55.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.5%-2.2%-14.4% -1.8%
52-week high $38.93$246.51$20.14 $779.14
52-week low $19.47$196.77$12.23 $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.

MultipleDANWMGENC
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 26.0x 33.9xmedian 34.0x 17.0xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.9x 3.8xmedian 3.4x 1.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 14.0x 15.9xmedian 15.3x 3.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.3xmedian 21.4x 27.0xmedian 18.5x -131.6xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 9.7xmedian 3.0x 0.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 1.26 4.17median 3.42 2.31median 1.26

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 monthsDANWMGENC
Revenue $7.66B $25.67B $110.01M
Gross profit $725.00M $10.49B $31.45M
Operating income $210.00M $4.51B $12.92M
Net income $1.13B $2.85B $14.89M
Free cash flow $143.00M $3.57B -$1.62M
R&D – – $2.73M
EPS (diluted) $10.18 $7.09 $1.02
Cash & equivalents $331.00M $557.00M $26.26M
Total debt $1.34B $93.65B –
Shares (diluted) 109.50M 402.40M 14.66M
Enterprise value $1.27B $93.15B -$347.63M

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
MetricDANWMGENC
P/E 2.6x 33.9x 17.0x
P/FCF 20.3x 27.0x -131.6x
P/Operating cash flow 6.4x 14.8x 194.3x
P/S 0.4x 3.8x 1.9x
P/B 1.5x 9.7x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 15.3x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x 15.9x 3.2x
EV/EBIT 18.7x 26.4x 3.7x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 4.6x 0.4x
EV/FCF 27.4x 33.4x -30.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.6x 18.3x 44.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 4.17 2.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDANWMGENC
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.7% 7.2% -6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.9% 8.6% 0.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 79.0% -18.6% -3.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -6.4% 11.8% 4.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 307.9% 7.3% -16.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 9.1% 2.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 28,400% 4.8% -2.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 83.0% 7.7% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 6,201% 5.3% -2.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 108.3% 8.1% 7.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.3% 15.9% 796.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.6% 14.8% 28.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 180.4% 65.2% -78.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 33.4% 50.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDANWMGENC
Gross margin 9.5% 40.9% 28.6%
EBITDA margin 7.3% 29.3% 13.7%
Operating margin 2.7% 17.6% 11.7%
Pretax margin 1.0% 14.1% 17.0%
Net margin 14.6% 11.1% 13.5%
FCF margin 1.9% 13.9% -1.5%
Operating cash flow margin 6.0% 25.4% 1.0%
Return on equity 56.6% 28.6% 6.7%
Return on assets 18.6% 6.2% 6.3%
Return on invested capital 0.0% 10.7% –
Return on capital employed 5.3% 11.2% 5.7%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.3x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDANWMGENC
Debt / assets 22.0% 50.3% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 2.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 3.0x –
Debt / FCF 9.4x 6.5x –
Liabilities / assets 67.6% 78.6% 5.9%
Equity / assets 32.4% 21.4% 94.1%
Interest coverage 1.5x – –
Current ratio 1.5x 0.9x 19.2x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.8x 14.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 14.1x
Altman Z-score 2.29 2.99 11.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDANWMGENC
Dividend yield 1.7% 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 19.3% 1.0% –
Shareholder yield 21.0% 2.5% –
Payout ratio (earnings) 4.5% 50.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.7% 40.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -12.1% 12.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -4.2% 8.9% –

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.

ConsensusDANWMGENC
Forward P/E 14.2xFY2026 27.9xFY2026 15.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.90FY2026 $8.65FY2026 $1.13FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +413.5%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +128.4% +9.5% -15.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.05BFY2026 $25.84BFY2026 $111.17MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 -3.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.2% +12.0% +38.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDANWMGENC
Held by institutions 99.2% 82.3% 48.7%
Institutions holding 342 2,348 94
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +0.8% -2.6%
Institutions buying 168 1,094 40
Institutions selling 126 901 33
Buyers to sellers 1.33 1.21 1.21

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.

DANWMGENC
DAN 1.00 -0.11 0.35
WM -0.11 1.00 0.04
GENC 0.35 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DAN, WM and GENC?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dana (DAN) $2.96B, Waste Management (WM) $94.24B, Gencor Industries (GENC) $255.71M.

Which stock is cheaper, DAN, WM and GENC?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dana (DAN) 2.7x, Waste Management (WM) 33.0x, Gencor Industries (GENC) 17.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dana (DAN) is cheapest (Dana (DAN) 14.2x, Waste Management (WM) 27.9x, Gencor Industries (GENC) 15.2x). 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) +3.7%, Waste Management (WM) +7.2%, Gencor Industries (GENC) -6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Dana (DAN) has the highest net margin (Dana (DAN) 14.6%, Waste Management (WM) 11.1%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 13.5%). On return on invested capital, Waste Management (WM) leads (Dana (DAN) 0.0%, Waste Management (WM) 10.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Dana (DAN) +36.1%, Waste Management (WM) +12.3%, Gencor Industries (GENC) +18.5%. Over five years, Gencor Industries (GENC) compounded fastest (Dana (DAN) +4.0%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +9.2%/yr, Gencor Industries (GENC) +9.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dana (DAN) has the highest dividend yield: Dana (DAN) 0.02%, Waste Management (WM) 0.02%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 0.00%. Gencor Industries (GENC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Dana (DAN) 44.2%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%, Gencor Industries (GENC) 38.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.