EQPT vs FSS vs HD Stock Comparison

EquipmentShare.com, Federal Signal and Home Depot Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FSS Federal Signal Corp /De/
$115.92 +1.1% 1M -7.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.08B
P/E
24.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.45B
Div. yield
0.51%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
6 wins
HD Home Depot, Inc.
$318.56 +8.7% 1M -17.3% 1Y
Market cap
$317.92B
P/E
22.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$169.18B
Div. yield
2.92%
Home Improvement Retail Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Home Depot leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Home Depot 6, Federal Signal 6). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEQPTFSSHDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.81B $7.08B $317.92B HD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 280.0x 24.7x 22.3x HD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.6x 23.6x 22.8x HD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +24.0% +2.5% FSS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.7% 8.4% FSS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.3% 23.3% HD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x 2.0x FSS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.51% 2.92% HD
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -7.5% -17.3% FSS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +22.1%/yr -3.0%/yr FSS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 83.5% 35.0% 26.9% HD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 75/100 41/100 FSS

Percentile Scorecard

EQPTFSSHD

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

AxisEQPTFSSHD
Valuation 11 #41 of 46 51 #101 of 203 23 #80 of 104
Growth – 94 #13 of 188 29 #71 of 99
Profitability – 90 #20 of 183 90 #11 of 98
Financial Health 28 #34 of 47 75 #55 of 217 31 #78 of 112
Shareholder Returns – 65 #54 of 153 32 #49 of 72
Overall – 75 41
  • EQPT ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • FSS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HD ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEQPTFSSHDSPY
1 month +2.1%+1.1%+8.7% -0.2%
3 months -8.4%-1.6%-7.6% +3.9%
6 months -23.0%+3.7%-3.2% +8.2%
Year to date —+6.8%-7.4% +12.9%
1 year —-7.5%-17.3% +12.3%
3 years —+102.4%+15.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+26.5%+4.8% +23.3%
5 years —+171.6%-14.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+22.1%-3.0% +10.9%
10 years —+848.6%+160.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+25.2%+10.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureEQPTFSSHDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 83.5%35.0%26.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 84.6%35.9%26.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.071.280.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.21-0.64 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -60.8%-33.3%-35.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.9%-13.3%-18.5% -1.2%
52-week high $34.63$133.73$391.05 $779.14
52-week low $13.59$104.77$281.12 $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.

MultipleEQPTFSSHD
P/E now vs peer median 280.0xmedian 25.3x 24.7xmedian 25.2x 22.3xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 1.0x 2.9xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.4x 15.4xmedian 14.0x 14.6xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 21.9x 20.9xmedian 21.7x 21.1xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.6x 4.7xmedian 2.3x 19.1xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.38 0.87median 1.32 -5.46median 0.72

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 monthsEQPTFSSHD
Revenue – $2.45B $169.18B
Gross profit – $714.00M $56.18B
Operating income – $395.40M $21.02B
Net income – $285.40M $14.23B
Free cash flow – $339.20M $15.10B
EPS (diluted) – $4.64 $14.28
Cash & equivalents $443.00M $62.80M $2.09B
Total debt $3.64B $453.60M $214.74B
Shares (diluted) 260.00M 61.50M 996.00M
Enterprise value $3.36B $6.82B $311.16B

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
MetricEQPTFSSHD
P/E 280.0x 24.7x 22.3x
P/FCF – 20.9x 21.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 19.0x 16.9x
P/S 2.6x 2.9x 1.9x
P/B 3.1x 4.7x 19.1x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 6.3x 51.8x
EV/EBITDA – 15.4x 14.6x
EV/EBIT – 18.9x 17.5x
EV/Revenue – 3.1x 2.2x
EV/FCF – 22.0x 24.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 20.0x 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.87 -5.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEQPTFSSHD
Revenue growth (1Y) – 24.0% 2.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 16.1% 3.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 24.5% 2.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.1% 2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 27.8% -2.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% -3.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 28.8% -2.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 28.6% -4.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 28.4% -2.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 28.6% -4.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 45.6% 5.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 59.2% -1.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 49.8% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 73.3% -2.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEQPTFSSHD
Gross margin – 29.2% 33.2%
EBITDA margin – 19.8% 15.0%
Operating margin – 16.2% 12.4%
Pretax margin – 15.2% 11.1%
Net margin – 11.7% 8.4%
FCF margin – 13.9% 8.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.2% 11.1%
Return on equity – 19.4% 93.3%
Return on assets – 11.7% 13.1%
Return on invested capital – 15.3% 23.3%
Return on capital employed – 18.5% 28.5%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.6% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEQPTFSSHD
Debt / assets 51.1% 18.6% 48.4%
Debt / equity 3.0x 0.3x 3.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x 2.0x
Debt / FCF – 1.3x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 83.0% 38.2% 84.8%
Equity / assets 17.0% 61.8% 15.2%
Interest coverage – 19.3x 8.7x
Current ratio 2.4x 2.7x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.1x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 7.19 5.52

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEQPTFSSHD
Dividend yield – 0.5% 2.9%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% -0.1%
Shareholder yield – 0.5% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 12.6% 64.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.6% 61.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.6% 2.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 17.0% 4.4%

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.

ConsensusEQPTFSSHD
Forward P/E 31.6xFY2026 23.6xFY2026 22.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.56FY2026 $4.92FY2026 $13.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5,500.0%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026 -4.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.4% +10.0% +10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.53BFY2026 $2.79BFY2026 $163.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +26.3%FY2026 +28.1%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +26.0% -5.3% +14.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEQPTFSSHD
Held by institutions 42.5% 100.0% 75.0%
Institutions holding 144 474 4,109
Change in shares held, QoQ +11.3% +3.9% +3.1%
Institutions buying 102 249 1,918
Institutions selling 23 152 1,767
Buyers to sellers 4.43 1.64 1.09

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.

EQPTFSSHD
EQPT 1.00 0.29 0.18
FSS 0.29 1.00 0.31
HD 0.18 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EQPT, FSS and HD?

Home Depot (HD) is the largest by market capitalisation: EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) $3.81B, Federal Signal (FSS) $7.08B, Home Depot (HD) $317.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, EQPT, FSS and HD?

Home Depot (HD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) 280.0x, Federal Signal (FSS) 24.7x, Home Depot (HD) 22.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Home Depot (HD) is cheapest (EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) 31.6x, Federal Signal (FSS) 23.6x, Home Depot (HD) 22.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Federal Signal (FSS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Federal Signal (FSS) +24.0%, Home Depot (HD) +2.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Federal Signal (FSS) has the highest net margin (Federal Signal (FSS) 11.7%, Home Depot (HD) 8.4%). On return on invested capital, Home Depot (HD) leads (Federal Signal (FSS) 15.3%, Home Depot (HD) 23.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Federal Signal (FSS) returned the most: Federal Signal (FSS) -7.5%, Home Depot (HD) -17.3%. Over five years, Federal Signal (FSS) compounded fastest (Federal Signal (FSS) +22.1%/yr, Home Depot (HD) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Home Depot (HD) has the highest dividend yield: Federal Signal (FSS) 0.51%, Home Depot (HD) 2.92%. EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Home Depot (HD) has been the steadiest (EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) 83.5%, Federal Signal (FSS) 35.0%, Home Depot (HD) 26.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EQPT, FSS and HD?

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