SUNB vs FSS vs R Stock Comparison

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Federal Signal and Ryder System 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
3 wins
R Ryder System Inc
$279.65 +18.7% 1M +66.2% 1Y
Market cap
$10.69B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.08B
Div. yield
1.34%
Logistics Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ryder System leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ryder System 7, Federal Signal 3, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSUNBFSSRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $33.54B $7.08B $10.69B SUNB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.8x 24.7x 20.6x R
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.2x 23.6x 19.4x R
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +24.0% +3.2% FSS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.3% 11.7% 4.0% SUNB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.8% 15.3% -70.6% FSS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x -0.9x R
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.28% 0.51% 1.34% R
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.1% -7.5% +66.2% R
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.5%/yr +22.1%/yr +26.4%/yr R
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.9% 35.0% 32.1% R
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 75/100 40/100 FSS

Percentile Scorecard

SUNBFSSR

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

AxisSUNBFSSR
Valuation 67 #16 of 46 51 #101 of 203 37 #86 of 136
Growth – 94 #13 of 188 62 #47 of 121
Profitability 90 #5 of 39 90 #20 of 183 27 #84 of 115
Financial Health 22 #37 of 47 75 #55 of 217 4 #137 of 143
Shareholder Returns 81 #7 of 32 65 #54 of 153 69 #26 of 82
Overall 65 75 40
  • SUNB ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • FSS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • R ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSUNBFSSRSPY
1 month +9.0%+1.1%+18.7% -0.2%
3 months +8.5%-1.6%+7.5% +3.9%
6 months +7.7%+3.7%+12.9% +8.2%
Year to date +19.9%+6.8%+46.1% +12.9%
1 year +16.1%-7.5%+66.2% +12.3%
3 years +42.8%+102.4%+202.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +12.6%+26.5%+44.7% +23.3%
5 years -2.3%+171.6%+222.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.5%+22.1%+26.4% +10.9%
10 years +428.3%+848.6%+304.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +18.1%+25.2%+15.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSUNBFSSRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.9%35.0%32.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.5%35.9%29.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.351.281.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.36-0.212.06 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.4%-33.3%-28.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.9%-13.3%-0.9% -1.2%
52-week high $86.06$133.73$282.13 $779.14
52-week low $60.42$104.77$162.50 $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.

MultipleSUNBFSSR
P/E now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 25.3x 24.7xmedian 25.2x 20.6xmedian 16.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.0x 2.9xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 13.4x 15.4xmedian 14.0x -2.2xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 21.9x 20.9xmedian 21.7x 11.2xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 2.6x 4.7xmedian 2.3x 3.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.38 0.87median 1.32 2.47median 0.82

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 monthsSUNBFSSR
Revenue $11.52B $2.45B $13.08B
Gross profit $4.56B $714.00M $2.56B
Operating income $2.46B $395.40M -$9.81B
Net income $1.54B $285.40M $520.00M
Free cash flow $1.54B $339.20M $954.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.74 $4.64 $13.41
Cash & equivalents $32.00M $62.80M $198.00M
Total debt $8.56B $453.60M $30.21B
Shares (diluted) 411.31M 61.50M 38.79M
Enterprise value $33.42B $6.82B $9.89B

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
MetricSUNBFSSR
P/E 21.8x 24.7x 20.6x
P/FCF 21.8x 20.9x 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow 9.2x 19.0x 3.9x
P/S 2.9x 2.9x 0.8x
P/B 4.5x 4.7x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 4.7x 6.3x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA 8.9x 15.4x -2.2x
EV/EBIT 17.1x 18.9x -1.8x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 3.1x 1.4x
EV/FCF 27.3x 22.0x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.5x 20.0x 6.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.87 2.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSUNBFSSR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 24.0% 3.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 16.1% 3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 24.5% -0.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.1% 3.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 27.8% -4.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% -3.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – 28.8% 3.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 28.6% 2.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 28.4% 11.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 28.6% 8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 45.6% 13.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 59.2% 4.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 49.8% 1,184%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 73.3% 47.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSUNBFSSR
Gross margin 39.6% 29.2% 19.6%
EBITDA margin 41.1% 19.8% -61.9%
Operating margin 21.4% 16.2% -75.0%
Pretax margin 18.0% 15.2% 5.4%
Net margin 13.3% 11.7% 4.0%
FCF margin 13.4% 13.9% 7.3%
Operating cash flow margin 31.7% 15.2% 20.9%
Return on equity 20.7% 19.4% 17.8%
Return on assets 6.7% 11.7% 3.2%
Return on invested capital 11.8% 15.3% -70.6%
Return on capital employed 12.2% 18.5% -80.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 1.3x 5.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSUNBFSSR
Debt / assets 36.2% 18.6% 44.6%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.3x 2.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x -0.9x
Debt / FCF 5.5x 1.3x 7.6x
Liabilities / assets 68.5% 38.2% 81.6%
Equity / assets 31.5% 61.8% 18.4%
Interest coverage – 19.3x -25.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 2.7x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.1x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 2.53 7.19 -0.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSUNBFSSR
Dividend yield 1.3% 0.5% 1.3%
Net buyback yield 3.0% 0.0% 5.2%
Shareholder yield 4.3% 0.5% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 12.6% 28.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.6% 15.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 13.6% 5.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 17.0% 6.3%

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.

ConsensusSUNBFSSR
Forward P/E 20.2xFY2026 23.6xFY2026 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.05FY2026 $4.92FY2026 $14.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.9%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.4% +10.0% +30.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.64BFY2026 $2.79BFY2026 $14.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +28.1%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.7% -5.3% +2.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSUNBFSSR
Held by institutions 78.3% 100.0% 90.8%
Institutions holding 496 474 579
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.2% +3.9% -0.6%
Institutions buying 315 249 309
Institutions selling 136 152 177
Buyers to sellers 2.32 1.64 1.75

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.

SUNBFSSR
SUNB 1.00 0.33 0.29
FSS 0.33 1.00 0.34
R 0.29 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SUNB, FSS and R?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) $33.54B, Federal Signal (FSS) $7.08B, Ryder System (R) $10.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, SUNB, FSS and R?

Ryder System (R) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 21.8x, Federal Signal (FSS) 24.7x, Ryder System (R) 20.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ryder System (R) is cheapest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 20.2x, Federal Signal (FSS) 23.6x, Ryder System (R) 19.4x). 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%, Ryder System (R) +3.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) has the highest net margin (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 13.3%, Federal Signal (FSS) 11.7%, Ryder System (R) 4.0%). On return on invested capital, Federal Signal (FSS) leads (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 11.8%, Federal Signal (FSS) 15.3%, Ryder System (R) -70.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ryder System (R) returned the most: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) +16.1%, Federal Signal (FSS) -7.5%, Ryder System (R) +66.2%. Over five years, Ryder System (R) compounded fastest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) -0.5%/yr, Federal Signal (FSS) +22.1%/yr, Ryder System (R) +26.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ryder System (R) has the highest dividend yield: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 1.28%, Federal Signal (FSS) 0.51%, Ryder System (R) 1.34%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ryder System (R) has been the steadiest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 44.9%, Federal Signal (FSS) 35.0%, Ryder System (R) 32.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SUNB, FSS and R?

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