Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Distribution
Alta Equipment Group Inc. ALTG
$6.48 +2.53% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $210.8M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 12.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.82B, down 1.8% from a year earlier.
- The stock is 22% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginBottom 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 6%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 5%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 26%
- 6-month returnTop 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 50%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 21%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.9% | -1.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 25.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -0.1% | 2.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.9% | 1.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -1.8% | -1.9% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | 25.8% | ↑ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | -0.1% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -3.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.5% | 0.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.3% | — | Top 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 12.51×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.47%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.47%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.00
- Target vs current price
- +54.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 5
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -16.8% | -1.5% | +4.1% | -21.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | -5.1% | -1.3% | -21.6% | -16.4% | -15.9% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -34.5% | -1.4% | +7.6% | -15.3% | -23.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -568.4% | -3.0% | -16.8% | -18.6% | +10.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -20.7% | -2.3% | +15.3% | +12.4% | -19.1% |
| May 7, 2025 | -18.6% | -4.6% | +12.6% | +14.0% | +56.4% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -9.7% | +7.1% | +3.2% | -4.0% | +2.5% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -258.3% | -5.6% | -18.6% | -9.7% | -13.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.25 | -$0.21 | -16.8% | $475.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.62 | -$0.59 | -5.1% | $410.5M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -$0.39 | -$0.29 | -34.5% | $509.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$1.31 | -$0.20 | -568.4% | $422.6M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.21 | -$0.17 | -20.7% | $481.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.65 | -$0.55 | -18.6% | $423.0M |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -$0.34 | -$0.31 | -9.7% | $498.1M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.86 | -$0.24 | -258.3% | $448.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 16.4× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 0.48× | — | — | Top 4% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 12.71% | — | — | Top 5% |
| Earnings yield | -39.66% | — | — | Bottom 6% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 45.9× – 283.5× since Jun 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 1
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.4%
- RSI (14)
- 56.5
- Relative volume
- 1.33×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.30
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.53
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -21.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2023 | Apr 8, 2025 | -80.1% | 523 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Jul 5, 2022 | -48.1% | 159 days | 146 days (Feb 1, 2023) |
| May 24, 2021 | Aug 4, 2021 | -20.2% | 50 days | 64 days (Nov 3, 2021) |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -11.6% | 15 days | 6 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -11.4% | 17 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $210.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.57
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.82B
- 52-week range
- $4.16 – $8.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.21B | $1.57B | $1.88B | $1.88B | $1.84B |
| Gross profit | $314.4M | $419.6M | $507.2M | $493.7M | $474.6M |
| Operating income | $18.0M | $40.8M | $54.4M | $18.6M | $23.2M |
| Net income | -$20.8M | $9.3M | $8.9M | -$62.1M | -$80.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.74 | $0.20 | $0.18 | -$1.96 | -$2.55 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $448.8M | $498.1M | $423.0M | $481.2M | $422.6M | $509.1M | $410.5M | $475.5M |
| Net income | -$27.7M | -$10.6M | -$20.9M | -$6.1M | -$41.6M | -$11.7M | -$19.5M | -$7.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.86 | -$0.34 | -$0.65 | -$0.21 | -$1.31 | -$0.39 | -$0.62 | -$0.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $30.7M | $18.5M | $58.4M | $57.0M | $33.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$50.4M | -$76.7M | -$74.6M | -$70.5M | -$51.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$19.7M | -$58.2M | -$16.2M | -$13.5M | -$18.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$3.7M | -$7.6M | -$7.8M | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$5.8M | -$7.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $20.9M
- Total assets
- $1.32B
- Total liabilities
- $1.36B
- Total debt
- $691.3M
- Net debt
- $670.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$36.2M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | $0.06 | May 30, 2025 |
| Feb 14, 2025 | $0.06 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.06 | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.06 | Aug 30, 2024 |
| May 14, 2024 | $0.06 | May 31, 2024 |
| Feb 14, 2024 | $0.06 | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Nov 14, 2023 | $0.06 | Nov 30, 2023 |
| Aug 14, 2023 | $0.06 | Aug 31, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 672,386
- Days to cover
- 3.31
- Change vs previous report
- +12.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.