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Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc

$SUNB·$31B·Financial - Credit Services·Financial Services
$71.88-4.7%1Y+2.2%
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SUSUNB
$SUNBSunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc
$71.88-4.69%124 posts
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AI analysis

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Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-06-24

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Sunbelt Rentals just reported Q4 — equipment-rental giant down 9.4% today on something the print revealed.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings is a major US-and-UK equipment-rental operator (the recent spin-out of Ashtead's North American business), and the live setup is the equity down 9.4% today following the just-reported June 23 Q4 FY26 earnings.

  • The fundamentals reflect a slowing-equipment-rental-cycle shape: Q4 (April-end) revenue grew 8.9% YoY to $2.75B at a -63% gross margin (likely a depreciation/impairment-driven GAAP figure for an equipment-rental business) and 12% operating margin (Q3 ran 19% — a meaningful sequential compression), with $0M FCF; FY27 consensus pencils to $11.10B revenue and $3.59 EPS rising to $11.72B and $4.02 in FY28.
  • The catalyst flow is mainly the earnings print itself: the June 23 8-K confirmed Q4 results, with the today's 9.4% drop suggesting either softer-than-expected forward guidance or unfavorable margin commentary — without published sentiment to confirm, the print-driven price action is the dominant near-term signal.
  • The internal and chart picture is balanced: multiple insider F-InKind events on June 23 ($60K-$71K each for Fuller-Andrews, Clark, Washburn, Lull, Horgan — small tax-withholding on vesting), basically flat vs the 50-day MA (no 200-day reference yet as the spin-out is relatively new) at the 1.22x normal volume — the spin-out structure means historical comparison is limited; debt-to-equity at 1.37 is typical for an equipment-rental operator.

The September 8 Q1 FY27 earnings is the next test — visible utilization-rate stabilization AND any explicit fleet-investment commentary into the Trump-era infrastructure cycle extends the chart; another quarter of margin compression, and the post-print drop extends. The equipment-rental cycle is mid-late stage; the structural support is the multi-decade Sunbelt brand and US-construction-spend exposure.

What to watch: September 8 Q1 FY27 earnings — needs visible utilization-rate stabilization AND explicit fleet-investment commentary into the Trump-era infrastructure cycle. Another margin-compression quarter, and the post-print drop extends.

On the calendar: 2026-09-08 — Q1 FY27 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Large equipment rental company providing tools, machinery, and specialty solutions to construction and industrial sectors.

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Where Financial - Credit Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SUNB.

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Industry benchmark

13-name peer basket
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
24.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
7.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
19.6%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
11.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
17.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
38.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 23, 2026$0.74$0.74-0.7%
Q1 2026Jun 23, 2026$0.55$0.74-26.2%
Q4 2025Mar 12, 2026$0.78$0.81-3.8%
Q4 2025Mar 12, 2026$0.78$0.81-3.8%
Next earningsTue, Sep 8·consensus EPS $1.06

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$2.8B+8.9%-63.1%12.4%$0.55—
Q3 FY26$2.6B+2.7%37.3%18.7%$0.69$1.5B
Q2 FY26$3.0B+0.7%87.6%23.8%$1.00$566.5M
Q1 FY26$2.8B—87.4%22.9%$0.88$485.3M

Forward consensus

2-year forecast · up to 8 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$11.1B$11.1B – $11.2B$3.59$3.42 – $3.698
FY27$11.7B$11.5B – $11.9B$4.02$3.77 – $4.408

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.—Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-1.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.—Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 407.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.655-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KAcquisition completedMar 28-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 3.03 · Item 4.01 · Item 5.01: Change in control · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 263
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc. (SUNB) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·1d agoSunbelt Rentals Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2026 Resultsbusinesswire.com·1d agoMany Hedge Funds Bought Up This Stock Last Quarter — And You've Probably Never Heard of It247wallst.com·8d ago

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