PCAR vs WNC vs WPRT Stock Comparison

Paccar, Wabash National and Aetherion Technologies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
PCAR Paccar Inc
$102.29 -8.5% 1M +4.2% 1Y
Market cap
$53.75B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.08B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
6 wins
WNC WABASH NATIONAL Corp
$13.29 +4.9% 1M +59.9% 1Y
Market cap
$483.49M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.52B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionPCARWNCWPRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $53.75B $483.49M $34.58M PCAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.5x -3.5x -0.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.4x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.5% -7.3% -73.4% PCAR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.5% -9.1% -493.2% PCAR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -50.7% -14.8% -39.8% WNC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.1x -4.7x 1.0x WNC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.2% +59.9% -0.6% WNC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.4%/yr -3.1%/yr -43.0%/yr PCAR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.0% 57.3% 53.5% PCAR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 24/100 25/100 PCAR

Percentile Scorecard

PCARWNCWPRT

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

AxisPCARWNCWPRT
Valuation 53 #96 of 203 21 #161 of 203 11 #180 of 203
Growth 19 #153 of 188 2 #185 of 188 31 #131 of 188
Profitability 31 #127 of 183 15 #155 of 183 4 #175 of 183
Financial Health 56 #95 of 216 9 #196 of 216 54 #100 of 216
Shareholder Returns 69 #48 of 152 72 #43 of 152 –
Overall 46 24 25
  • PCAR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WNC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WPRT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPCARWNCWPRTSPY
1 month -8.5%+4.9%-2.9% +0.7%
3 months -23.5%+7.2%+18.5% +3.7%
6 months -13.9%+52.9%+2.8% +7.1%
Year to date -6.6%+53.6%+26.8% +12.8%
1 year +4.2%+59.9%-0.6% +11.9%
3 years +22.3%-36.2%-59.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +7.0%-13.9%-26.2% +22.8%
5 years +71.2%-14.4%-94.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year +11.4%-3.1%-43.0% +10.9%
10 years +177.0%+19.7%-87.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.7%+1.8%-18.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasurePCARWNCWPRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.0%57.3%53.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.5%51.4%47.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.891.520.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.151.05-0.01 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.6%-77.4%-96.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.0%-7.2%-19.4% -1.2%
52-week high $138.21$14.32$2.47 $779.14
52-week low $94.15$6.77$1.54 $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.

MultiplePCARWNCWPRT
P/E now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 25.8x -3.9xmedian 25.8x -0.8xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.9x 0.4xmedian 1.9x 4.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.9xmedian 14.6x -10.1xmedian 14.6x -0.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.9xmedian 22.2x -3.8xmedian 22.2x -3.9xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 2.2x 2.0xmedian 2.2x 0.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -1.56median 1.45 0.10median 1.45 -0.11median 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 monthsPCARWNCWPRT
Revenue $29.08B $1.52B $8.50M
Gross profit $5.86B $13.43M $952.00K
Operating income -$20.02B -$157.62M -$23.52M
Net income $2.76B -$138.69M -$41.91M
Free cash flow $2.17B -$144.30M -$8.83M
R&D $438.50M – $5.35M
EPS (diluted) $5.23 $-3.38 $-2.42
Cash & equivalents $6.15B $69.29M $23.95M
Total debt $10.40B $540.26M $972.00K
Shares (diluted) 527.70M 40.99M 17.34M
Enterprise value $16.61B $267.35M -$202.52M

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
MetricPCARWNCWPRT
P/E 19.5x -3.9x -0.8x
P/FCF 24.9x -3.8x -3.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.7x -4.4x -4.4x
P/S 1.9x 0.4x 4.1x
P/B 2.6x 2.0x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 2.5x 0.7x
EV/EBITDA -2.9x -10.1x -0.5x
EV/EBIT -2.7x -6.4x -0.5x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 0.7x 1.4x
EV/FCF 25.3x -7.0x -1.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.0x -8.2x -1.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.56 0.10 -0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPCARWNCWPRT
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.5% -7.3% -73.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -5.2% -16.4% -70.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.0% -88.7% -72.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -8.7% -69.7% -72.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.5% -142.5% -71.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.2% -35.9% -35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 2.6% -153.3% 21.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -12.4% -37.9% 7.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 2.4% -153.5% 18.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.5% -39.7% 7.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -22.3% -182.2% 55.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.8% -35.4% 10.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -32.2% -330.0% 55.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.7% -43.3% 27.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPCARWNCWPRT
Gross margin 20.1% 0.9% 11.2%
EBITDA margin -65.9% -6.6% -267.3%
Operating margin -68.8% -10.4% -276.7%
Pretax margin 12.2% -12.0% -423.1%
Net margin 9.5% -9.1% -493.2%
FCF margin 7.4% -9.5% -103.9%
Operating cash flow margin 12.6% -8.1% -93.2%
Return on equity 13.4% -49.0% -29.3%
Return on assets 6.2% -11.2% -19.9%
Return on invested capital -50.7% -14.8% -39.8%
Return on capital employed -51.1% -18.1% -42.2%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.2x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.9x 0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 8.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPCARWNCWPRT
Debt / assets 23.0% 43.8% 1.1%
Debt / equity 0.5x 2.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.1x -4.7x 1.0x
Debt / FCF 4.8x -3.7x -0.1x
Liabilities / assets 53.6% 78.0% 38.5%
Equity / assets 46.4% 22.0% 61.5%
Interest coverage – -6.2x -100.9x
Current ratio 2.8x 1.4x 1.1x
Quick ratio 2.2x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.2x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 1.41 1.51 -19.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPCARWNCWPRT
Dividend yield 2.7% 2.4% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.1% 320.2%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 2.5% 320.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusPCARWNCWPRT
Forward P/E 16.4xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $6.23FY2026 $-2.47FY2026 $-1.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +24.4%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $26.76BFY2026 $1.68BFY2026 $10.34MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.0%FY2026 +9.3%FY2026 -55.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.1% +13.4% +10.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPCARWNCWPRT
Held by institutions 73.8% 91.8% 21.0%
Institutions holding 1,096 165 47
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% -3.6% +70.5%
Institutions buying 504 84 17
Institutions selling 406 61 13
Buyers to sellers 1.24 1.38 1.31

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.

PCARWNCWPRT
PCAR 1.00 0.40 0.18
WNC 0.40 1.00 0.13
WPRT 0.18 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PCAR, WNC and WPRT?

Paccar (PCAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Paccar (PCAR) $53.75B, Wabash National (WNC) $483.49M, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) $34.58M.

Which company is growing faster?

Paccar (PCAR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Paccar (PCAR) -1.5%, Wabash National (WNC) -7.3%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -73.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Paccar (PCAR) has the highest net margin (Paccar (PCAR) 9.5%, Wabash National (WNC) -9.1%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -493.2%). On return on invested capital, Wabash National (WNC) leads (Paccar (PCAR) -50.7%, Wabash National (WNC) -14.8%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -39.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Wabash National (WNC) returned the most: Paccar (PCAR) +4.2%, Wabash National (WNC) +59.9%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -0.6%. Over five years, Paccar (PCAR) compounded fastest (Paccar (PCAR) +11.4%/yr, Wabash National (WNC) -3.1%/yr, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) -43.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Paccar (PCAR) has been the steadiest (Paccar (PCAR) 27.0%, Wabash National (WNC) 57.3%, Aetherion Technologies (WPRT) 53.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PCAR, WNC and WPRT?

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