Stocks · Industrials · Rental & Leasing Services
Custom Truck One Source, Inc. CTOS
$9.78 +3.16% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.22B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 5.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 140 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.04B, up 7.0% from a year earlier, slowing from 9.4% a quarter earlier.
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 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 17%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginTop 44%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Interest coverBottom 33%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 18%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 35%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 26%
- 6-month returnTop 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 39%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 41%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.4% | 7.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 20.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 8.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -10.6% | -5.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.0% | 9.4% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 18.8% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 6.5% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -1.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -5.4% | -10.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.3% | — | Bottom 47% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.3% | — | Top 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.1%
- 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.
- +23.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.28×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.4%
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 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +32.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +328.4% | +4.7% | +2.7% | -9.4% | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +60.0% | +0.5% | +15.6% | +5.6% | +20.5% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | +32.9% | -11.3% | -3.4% | +4.1% | +54.1% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | +0.0% | +2.0% | -10.9% | -18.5% | +0.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -160.0% | -1.4% | +3.6% | +4.0% | +11.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -14.3% | -4.7% | -2.1% | +3.1% | +40.9% |
| Mar 4, 2025 | +194.7% | -2.9% | +14.7% | +1.9% | +5.3% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -150.0% | +9.4% | +19.8% | +59.8% | +39.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.01 | +328.4% | $563.4M |
| Apr 27, 2026 | -$0.02 | -$0.05 | +60.0% | $461.6M |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +32.9% | $528.2M |
| Oct 27, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.03 | +0.0% | $482.1M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -$0.13 | -$0.05 | -160.0% | $511.5M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -$0.08 | -$0.07 | -14.3% | $422,232 |
| Mar 4, 2025 | $0.12 | $0.04 | +194.7% | $520.7M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -$0.07 | -$0.03 | -150.0% | $447.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 104.2× | 36.3× | 75th | Bottom 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 72.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.1× | — | — | Top 18% |
| EV / Sales | 2.28× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -4.91% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Earnings yield | 0.96% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 23.5× – 113.2× since Dec 31, 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
- 140
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +14.8%
- RSI (14)
- 57.0
- Relative volume
- 0.97×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 15th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.41
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2021 | Oct 9, 2024 | -72.4% | 730 days | 424 days (Jun 22, 2026) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Aug 16, 2021 | -39.8% | 50 days | 61 days (Nov 10, 2021) |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | -26.4% | 55 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 10, 2021 | May 20, 2021 | -13.6% | 8 days | 10 days (Jun 4, 2021) |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | -12.3% | 11 days | 12 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.22B
- P/E (TTM)
- 104.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.04B
- 52-week range
- $5.18 – $12.23
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.17B | $1.57B | $1.87B | $1.80B | $1.94B |
| Gross profit | $165.6M | $340.4M | $410.1M | $343.4M | $367.4M |
| Operating income | $9.9M | $129.5M | $185.1M | $120.8M | $141.6M |
| Net income | -$181.5M | $38.9M | $50.7M | -$28.7M | -$31.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.75 | $0.16 | $0.21 | -$0.12 | -$0.14 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $447.2M | $520.7M | $422.2M | $511.5M | $482.1M | $528.2M | $461.6M | $563.4M |
| Net income | -$17.4M | $27.6M | -$17.8M | -$28.4M | -$5.8M | $20.9M | -$4.1M | $10.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | $0.12 | -$0.08 | -$0.13 | -$0.03 | $0.09 | -$0.02 | $0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $157.2M | -$18.0M | -$147.4M | $44.7M | $349.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$188.4M | -$340.8M | -$364.2M | -$398.3M | -$457.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$31.2M | -$358.7M | -$511.6M | -$353.6M | -$107.6M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $883.0M | -$10.3M | -$38.8M | -$29.0M | -$32.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $10.3M
- Total assets
- $3.60B
- Total liabilities
- $2.79B
- Total debt
- $2.43B
- Net debt
- $2.42B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $816.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,670,693
- Days to cover
- 4.22
- Change vs previous report
- +5.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.