SUNB vs TT vs FSS Stock Comparison

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Trane Technologies and Federal Signal Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TT Trane Technologies plc
$454.94 +0.1% 1M +6.8% 1Y
Market cap
$101.98B
P/E
34.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$22.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
HVAC Industrials
5 wins
FSS Federal Signal Corp /De/
$114.29 -0.3% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$7.07B
P/E
24.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.45B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Trane Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Trane Technologies 5, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings 4, Federal Signal 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSUNBTTFSSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $33.52B $101.98B $7.07B TT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.8x 34.6x 24.8x SUNB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.6x 29.1x 23.2x SUNB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.0% +24.0% FSS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.3% 13.3% 11.7% SUNB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.8% 24.4% 15.3% TT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 0.8x TT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% TT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9.8% +6.8% -8.8% SUNB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.4%/yr +20.7%/yr +22.3%/yr FSS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.8% 29.2% 35.0% TT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 51/100 75/100 FSS

Percentile Scorecard

SUNBTTFSS

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

AxisSUNBTTFSS
Valuation 62 #18 of 46 9 #51 of 56 52 #99 of 203
Growth – 63 #20 of 52 94 #13 of 187
Profitability 90 #5 of 40 88 #7 of 51 89 #22 of 185
Financial Health 21 #39 of 49 56 #26 of 58 75 #55 of 219
Shareholder Returns 84 #6 of 32 40 #25 of 41 65 #54 of 153
Overall 64 51 75
  • SUNB ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • TT ranked among 60 companies in Construction Products
  • FSS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSUNBTTFSSSPY
1 month +5.8%+0.1%-0.3% -0.8%
3 months +5.2%-5.8%-3.5% +3.5%
6 months +6.4%-6.4%-1.2% +7.0%
Year to date +16.3%+16.9%+5.2% +12.2%
1 year +9.8%+6.8%-8.8% +13.0%
3 years +38.5%+146.3%+99.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +11.5%+35.1%+25.9% +23.1%
5 years -1.8%+155.8%+173.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -0.4%+20.7%+22.3% +11.0%
10 years +412.5%+784.1%+835.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +17.8%+24.4%+25.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSUNBTTFSSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.8%29.2%35.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.5%30.2%35.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.341.151.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.220.23-0.25 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.4%-40.3%-33.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.8%-9.6%-14.5% -1.8%
52-week high $86.06$503.46$133.73 $779.14
52-week low $60.42$376.43$104.77 $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.

MultipleSUNBTTFSS
P/E now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 25.1x 34.1xmedian 19.4x 24.4xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 1.0x 4.5xmedian 1.5x 2.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 13.3x 23.6xmedian 12.1x 15.2xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 21.5x 28.0xmedian 16.1x 20.6xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.4x 11.6xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.38 1.95median 0.93 0.85median 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 monthsSUNBTTFSS
Revenue $11.52B $22.21B $2.45B
Gross profit $4.56B $7.86B $714.00M
Operating income $2.46B $3.98B $395.40M
Net income $1.54B $2.97B $285.40M
Free cash flow $1.54B $3.58B $339.20M
EPS (diluted) $3.74 $13.25 $4.64
Cash & equivalents $32.00M $1.32B $62.80M
Total debt $8.56B $4.62B $453.60M
Shares (diluted) 411.31M 222.50M 61.50M
Enterprise value $33.40B $96.70B $6.82B

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
MetricSUNBTTFSS
P/E 21.2x 34.1x 24.4x
P/FCF 21.1x 28.0x 20.6x
P/Operating cash flow 8.9x 25.6x 18.7x
P/S 2.8x 4.5x 2.8x
P/B 4.4x 11.6x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 19.5x 6.2x
EV/EBITDA 8.7x 23.6x 15.2x
EV/EBIT 16.7x 25.9x 18.6x
EV/Revenue 3.6x 4.7x 3.0x
EV/FCF 26.6x 28.9x 21.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.3x 26.4x 19.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.95 0.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSUNBTTFSS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.0% 24.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.7% 16.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.5% 24.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 0.7% 22.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 4.4% 27.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 14.4% 28.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 3.3% 28.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 16.1% 28.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 4.5% 28.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 17.5% 28.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 19.9% 45.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% 59.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 26.1% 49.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 32.3% 73.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSUNBTTFSS
Gross margin 39.6% 35.4% 29.2%
EBITDA margin 41.1% 19.7% 19.8%
Operating margin 21.4% 17.9% 16.2%
Pretax margin 18.0% 16.8% 15.2%
Net margin 13.3% 13.3% 11.7%
FCF margin 13.4% 16.1% 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin 31.7% 17.6% 15.2%
Return on equity 20.7% 34.4% 19.4%
Return on assets 6.7% 12.7% 11.7%
Return on invested capital 11.8% 24.4% 15.3%
Return on capital employed 12.2% 26.7% 18.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.0x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 1.3x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.4% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSUNBTTFSS
Debt / assets 36.2% 19.3% 18.6%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 0.8x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 5.5x 1.3x 1.3x
Liabilities / assets 68.5% 63.9% 38.2%
Equity / assets 31.5% 36.1% 61.8%
Interest coverage – 18.1x 19.3x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.1x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.49 6.06 7.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSUNBTTFSS
Dividend yield 1.3% 0.9% 0.5%
Net buyback yield 3.1% 1.4% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 4.4% 2.3% 0.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 29.6% 12.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 24.6% 10.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 10.3% 13.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.6% 17.0%

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.

ConsensusSUNBTTFSS
Forward P/E 19.6xFY2026 29.1xFY2026 23.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.05FY2026 $15.64FY2026 $4.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.9%FY2026 +19.8%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.4% +10.2% +10.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.64BFY2026 $25.40BFY2026 $2.79BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.3%FY2026 +19.1%FY2026 +28.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.7% +7.8% -5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSUNBTTFSS
Held by institutions 78.3% 87.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 496 1,809 474
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.2% +0.3% +3.9%
Institutions buying 315 894 249
Institutions selling 136 578 152
Buyers to sellers 2.32 1.55 1.64

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.

SUNBTTFSS
SUNB 1.00 0.34 0.33
TT 0.34 1.00 0.37
FSS 0.33 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SUNB, TT and FSS?

Trane Technologies (TT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) $33.52B, Trane Technologies (TT) $101.98B, Federal Signal (FSS) $7.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, SUNB, TT and FSS?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 21.8x, Trane Technologies (TT) 34.6x, Federal Signal (FSS) 24.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) is cheapest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 19.6x, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.1x, Federal Signal (FSS) 23.2x). 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: Trane Technologies (TT) +7.0%, Federal Signal (FSS) +24.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) has the highest net margin (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 13.3%, Trane Technologies (TT) 13.3%, Federal Signal (FSS) 11.7%). On return on invested capital, Trane Technologies (TT) leads (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 11.8%, Trane Technologies (TT) 24.4%, Federal Signal (FSS) 15.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) returned the most: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) +9.8%, Trane Technologies (TT) +6.8%, Federal Signal (FSS) -8.8%. Over five years, Federal Signal (FSS) compounded fastest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) -0.4%/yr, Trane Technologies (TT) +20.7%/yr, Federal Signal (FSS) +22.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Trane Technologies (TT) has the highest dividend yield: Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 0.00%, Trane Technologies (TT) 0.01%, Federal Signal (FSS) 0.01%. Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Trane Technologies (TT) has been the steadiest (Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) 44.8%, Trane Technologies (TT) 29.2%, Federal Signal (FSS) 35.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trane Technologies (TT) leads on 5. 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.