DAN vs WM vs WNC Stock Comparison

Dana, Waste Management and Wabash National Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DAN DANA Inc
$25.44 -6.3% 1M +27.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.74B
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.78B
Div. yield
1.81%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
WM Waste Management Inc
$225.20 +9.1% 1M +10.3% 1Y
Market cap
$89.56B
P/E
29.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.07B
Div. yield
1.62%
Solid Waste Industrials
6 wins
WNC WABASH NATIONAL Corp
$13.84 +9.5% 1M +61.7% 1Y
Market cap
$563.80M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.42B
Div. yield
2.31%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Waste Management leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Waste Management 6, Dana 3, Wabash National 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDANWMWNCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.74B $89.56B $563.80M WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 2.6x 29.3x -7.3x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.4x 26.0x — DAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +5.2% -17.3% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.8% -5.5% WM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.4% -7.4% WM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x -20.4x WNC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.81% 1.62% 2.31% WNC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +27.0% +10.3% +61.7% WNC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.8%/yr +7.0%/yr -2.3%/yr WM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.6% 21.4% 57.2% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 53/100 31/100 DAN

Percentile Scorecard

DANWMWNC

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

AxisDANWMWNC
Valuation 99 #4 of 203 53 #8 of 16 31 #140 of 203
Growth 76 #46 of 188 62 #6 of 14 10 #169 of 188
Profitability 75 #47 of 184 92 #2 of 14 16 #154 of 184
Financial Health 8 #199 of 217 7 #15 of 16 9 #197 of 217
Shareholder Returns 79 #33 of 153 – 87 #21 of 153
Overall 67 53 31
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • WNC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDANWMWNCSPY
1 month -6.3%+9.1%+9.5% +0.9%
3 months -5.1%-4.8%+12.2% +5.9%
6 months -29.0%-2.2%+65.9% +8.5%
Year to date +7.1%+2.5%+60.0% +13.3%
1 year +27.0%+10.3%+61.7% +12.4%
3 years +101.6%+39.5%-32.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +26.3%+11.8%-12.5% +23.5%
5 years +14.6%+40.5%-10.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year +2.8%+7.0%-2.3% +11.0%
10 years +65.9%+252.0%+24.7% +263.4%
10 years, per year +5.2%+13.4%+2.2% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureDANWMWNCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.6%21.4%57.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.0%20.8%51.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.28-0.421.51 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.610.481.08 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.7%-18.7%-77.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.7%-8.6%-3.4% -0.9%
52-week high $38.93$246.51$14.32 $779.14
52-week low $19.47$196.77$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.

MultipleDANWMWNC
P/E now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 25.4x 29.3xmedian 31.3x -7.3xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.9x 3.4xmedian 3.1x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.3x 14.5xmedian 14.3x -46.4xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.6xmedian 21.8x 23.9xmedian 16.9x -13.1xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.2x 9.1xmedian 2.7x 1.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 1.41 2.79median 2.37 0.21median 1.41

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 monthsDANWMWNC
Revenue $7.78B $26.07B $1.42B
Gross profit – $10.53B $14.26M
Operating income $249.00M $4.80B -$79.95M
Net income $1.06B $3.07B -$77.96M
Free cash flow – $3.74B -$42.92M
EPS (diluted) $9.56 $7.68 $-1.91
Cash & equivalents $321.00M $247.00M $71.50M
Total debt – $23.37B $513.22M
Shares (diluted) 109.50M 399.80M 40.92M
Enterprise value $2.80B $88.40B $326.68M

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
MetricDANWMWNC
P/E 2.6x 29.3x -7.3x
P/FCF 20.6x 23.9x -13.1x
P/Operating cash flow 6.5x 13.6x -756.8x
P/S 0.4x 3.4x 0.4x
P/B 1.5x 9.1x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 14.2x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA – 14.5x -46.4x
EV/EBIT – 23.5x -12.6x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 4.3x 0.7x
EV/FCF – 30.1x -23.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.5x 17.2x -1,350x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 2.79 0.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDANWMWNC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 5.2% -17.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.8% 9.0% -18.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -21.0% -91.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% -68.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 722.5% 17.9% 33.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.1% 10.5% -31.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 1,378% 19.7% 29.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 143.1% 10.0% -33.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 2,174% 21.1% 27.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 149.7% 10.5% -34.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.4% 12.1% -100.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 14.4% -26.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 55.7% -248.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 30.8% -34.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDANWMWNC
Gross margin – 40.4% 1.0%
EBITDA margin – 29.8% -1.5%
Operating margin – 18.4% -5.6%
Pretax margin – 14.9% -7.3%
Net margin – 11.8% -5.5%
FCF margin – 14.3% -3.0%
Operating cash flow margin 5.4% 25.2% -0.1%
Return on equity 56.6% 31.0% -25.4%
Return on assets 17.5% 6.6% -6.3%
Return on invested capital – 11.4% -7.4%
Return on capital employed – 12.0% -9.3%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.6x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.1x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDANWMWNC
Debt / assets – 50.2% 41.4%
Debt / equity – 2.4x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x -20.4x
Debt / FCF – 6.2x -12.0x
Liabilities / assets 70.8% 78.8% 76.4%
Equity / assets 29.2% 21.2% 23.6%
Interest coverage – – -3.4x
Current ratio 1.1x 0.8x 1.3x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.89 1.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDANWMWNC
Dividend yield 1.8% 1.6% 2.3%
Net buyback yield – 1.7% 1.2%
Shareholder yield 1.8% 3.3% 3.5%
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.

ConsensusDANWMWNC
Forward P/E 13.4xFY2026 26.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.90FY2026 $8.65FY2026 $-2.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +413.5%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +128.4% +9.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.05BFY2026 $25.84BFY2026 $1.68BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.3%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +9.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +34.2% +12.0% +13.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDANWMWNC
Held by institutions 99.2% 82.3% 91.8%
Institutions holding 342 2,349 165
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.8% +0.8% -3.6%
Institutions buying 168 1,095 84
Institutions selling 126 901 61
Buyers to sellers 1.33 1.22 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.

DANWMWNC
DAN 1.00 -0.04 0.25
WM -0.04 1.00 -0.03
WNC 0.25 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DAN, WM and WNC?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dana (DAN) $2.74B, Waste Management (WM) $89.56B, Wabash National (WNC) $563.80M.

Which stock is cheaper, DAN, WM and WNC?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dana (DAN) 2.6x, Waste Management (WM) 29.3x, Wabash National (WNC) -7.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dana (DAN) is cheapest (Dana (DAN) 13.4x, Waste Management (WM) 26.0x). 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%, Wabash National (WNC) -17.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Waste Management (WM) has the highest net margin (Waste Management (WM) 11.8%, Wabash National (WNC) -5.5%). On return on invested capital, Waste Management (WM) leads (Waste Management (WM) 11.4%, Wabash National (WNC) -7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Wabash National (WNC) returned the most: Dana (DAN) +27.0%, Waste Management (WM) +10.3%, Wabash National (WNC) +61.7%. Over five years, Waste Management (WM) compounded fastest (Dana (DAN) +2.8%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +7.0%/yr, Wabash National (WNC) -2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Wabash National (WNC) has the highest dividend yield: Dana (DAN) 1.81%, Waste Management (WM) 1.62%, Wabash National (WNC) 2.31%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Dana (DAN) 44.6%, Waste Management (WM) 21.4%, Wabash National (WNC) 57.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DAN, WM 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, Waste Management (WM) leads on 6. 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.