Herc vs U-Haul
HRI and UHAL side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How HRI and UHAL compare
U-Haul is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Herc ($11.2B against $5.5B).
U-Haul keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 2.3% compared with 1.0% at Herc.
Herc pays a dividend yielding 1.7%; U-Haul does not pay one.
Herc scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 2 for U-Haul), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | HRI | UHAL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.5B | $11.2B |
| Share price | $165.76 | $57.50 |
| Change, 1 year | 17.0% | 7.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −14.5% | −24.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.62 | 0.84 |
| Employees | 9,600 | 33K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.8× |
| P/B | 2.9× | 1.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 23.7× |
| P/FCF | 5.0× | – |
| FCF yield | 19.9% (better) | −11.0% |
| Fair value | $197.41 | $38.48 |
| Margin of safety | 16.0% (better) | −49.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 28.5% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 19.7% (better) | 5.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 113% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −58.7% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 96.0% |
| Operating margin | – | 7.0% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 2.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 22.8% (better) | −20.3% |
| Return on equity | 2.6% (better) | 1.8% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 4.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 4.19 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 1.1× |
| Current ratio | 1.10 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.69 | 1.35 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | – |
| Payout ratio | 190% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 4 | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 37.3% |
| Held by insiders | 5.8% | 88.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $930K | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.9% | – |
Go deeper
- HRI stock overview
- HRI income statement
- HRI valuation and score
- UHAL stock overview
- UHAL income statement
- UHAL valuation and score
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