PROG vs Sunbelt Rentals
PRG and SUNB side by side, both in miscellaneous equipment rental and leasing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How PRG and SUNB compare
Sunbelt Rentals is the larger company, worth 23 times as much as PROG ($33.7B against $1.5B).
On earnings, PROG is cheaper: it trades at 10.3× trailing earnings, against 26.1× for Sunbelt Rentals.
PROG grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.4% versus 3.4% for Sunbelt Rentals).
Sunbelt Rentals keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.9% compared with 5.5% at PROG.
Both pay dividends: PROG yields 1.4% and Sunbelt Rentals 1.3%.
PROG scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 7 for Sunbelt Rentals), 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 | PRG | SUNB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.5B | $33.7B |
| Share price | $38.38 | $82.20 |
| Change, 1 year | 36.0% | 26.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −19.2% | −2.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.35 | 1.29 |
| Employees | – | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.3× (better) | 26.1× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 3.0× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 4.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.0× (better) | 9.4× |
| P/FCF | 4.7× | – |
| PEG | 0.44 | – |
| FCF yield | 21.1% | – |
| Fair value | $55.26 | $73.24 |
| Margin of safety | 30.5% (better) | −12.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.4% (better) | 3.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.61% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −8.0% (better) | −14.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −6.1% (better) | −11.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 38.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 19.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 11.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 11.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 20.0% (better) | 17.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 30.5% (better) | 13.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.90 |
| Interest coverage | 3.5× | – |
| Current ratio | – | 0.94 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.59 (better) | 2.48 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.4% (better) | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | 14.5% | 35.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 25.8% | – |
| Buyback yield | 3.1% | 4.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% | 5.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 108% | 80.3% |
| Held by insiders | 3.9% | 0.30% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$183K (better) | −$476K |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 8 |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.4% | 2.1% |
Go deeper
- PRG stock overview
- PRG income statement
- PRG valuation and score
- SUNB stock overview
- SUNB income statement
- SUNB valuation and score
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