Stocks · Industrials · Specialty Business Services

RB Global, Inc. RBA

$81.88 +0.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $15.25B

Weak trendLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +8.3%).
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. The shares trade at 35.1× trailing earnings, lower than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.

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.

Growth68Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 5%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Quality71Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 46%
  • Gross marginTop 30%
  • Operating marginTop 14%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 39%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 39%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
  • Interest coverTop 44%
Value65Positive

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 46%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 41%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 33%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 31%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 20%
Momentum18Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 19%
  • 6-month returnBottom 23%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 38%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Revisions93Exceptional

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 21%
Stability82Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 48%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 16%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 10%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)9.4%10.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)5.9%15.3%↑
Gross margin45.8%37.5%↓
Operating margin16.7%18.9%↑
FCF margin13.7%12.6%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)10.1%9.4%↑Top 42%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)15.3%5.9%↑Top 42%
Gross margin37.5%45.8%↓Top 30%
Operating margin18.9%16.7%↑Top 14%
Net margin10.0%9.5%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin12.6%13.7%↓—
Return on invested capital6.6%—Top 46%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR39.1%—Top 5%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.78×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.0%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.7%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-9.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.81×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
5.0×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
1.63%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.66%
Shareholder yield
2.30%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.1%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.7%

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 4, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
14
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+8.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.3%
Positive 20 days after report
6 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$134.50
Target vs current price
+64.3%
Analysts with a rating
25
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
64%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 4, 2026+3.7%-1.0%-16.4%-24.6%—
May 4, 2026+4.1%+0.1%-1.5%+0.4%+9.8%
Feb 17, 2026+12.1%+2.0%-3.6%-2.9%+1.4%
Nov 6, 2025+13.4%-1.5%+4.4%+0.5%+17.5%
Aug 6, 2025+12.6%-0.7%+6.4%+4.7%-8.9%
May 7, 2025+3.5%+0.4%+2.8%+2.3%+6.3%
Feb 18, 2025+17.3%+0.3%+6.8%+1.7%+8.7%
Nov 8, 2024+14.5%+2.8%+3.4%+8.4%+2.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 4, 2026$1.13$1.09+3.7%$1.30B
May 4, 2026$1.01$0.97+4.1%$1.21B
Feb 17, 2026$1.11$0.99+12.1%$1.20B
Nov 6, 2025$0.93$0.82+13.4%$1.09B
Aug 6, 2025$1.07$0.95+12.6%$1.19B
May 7, 2025$0.89$0.86+3.5%$1.11B
Feb 18, 2025$0.95$0.81+17.3%$1.14B
Nov 8, 2024$0.71$0.62+14.5%$981.8M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)35.1×47.7×19thTop 46%
P/E (forward)19.2×———
EV / EBITDA13.3×——Top 33%
EV / Sales3.63×——Bottom 31%
Free-cash-flow yield4.01%——Top 41%
Earnings yield2.85%——Top 46%

P/E over the past five years

Range 18.8× – 79.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-23.8%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+15.3%
Change in P/E multiple
-11.5%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

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
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-11.6%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-1.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-8.4%
Distance from 200-day average
-19.7%
RSI (14)
39.2
Relative volume
0.97×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
42.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
91th percentile · High for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.53
Correlation with S&P 500
0.29
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-31.3%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-32.4%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 6, 2020Nov 8, 2022-32.9%504 days323 days (Feb 23, 2024)
Feb 10, 2026Sep 10, 2026-32.4%146 daysNot yet recovered
Sep 19, 2025Nov 24, 2025-19.7%46 days52 days (Feb 10, 2026)
Feb 19, 2025Apr 8, 2025-14.4%34 days21 days (May 8, 2025)
Jul 16, 2024Aug 5, 2024-11.8%14 days8 days (Aug 15, 2024)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$15.25B
P/E (TTM)
35.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.33
Revenue (TTM)
$4.87B
Dividend yield
1.54%
52-week range
$78.05 – $119.33
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$1.42B$1.73B$3.68B$4.28B$4.67B
Gross profit$813.9M$957.1M$1.78B$2.00B$1.67B
Operating income$241.0M$453.5M$471.3M$761.2M$825.0M
Net income$151.9M$319.8M$206.5M$413.1M$435.9M
EPS (diluted)$1.36$2.86$1.04$2.01$2.08
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$981.8M$1.14B$1.11B$1.19B$1.09B$1.22B$1.23B$1.32B
Net income$76.1M$118.5M$113.4M$109.8M$95.5M$110.8M$135.5M$143.5M
EPS (diluted)$0.36$0.58$0.55$0.53$0.43$0.53$0.66$0.71
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$317.6M$463.1M$544.0M$932.0M$995.3M
Capital expenditure-$43.5M-$72.0M-$346.2M-$276.9M-$263.5M
Free cash flow$274.1M$391.1M$197.8M$655.1M$731.8M
Dividends paid-$103.8M-$115.2M-$298.0M-$206.0M-$227.2M
Net share buybacks$16.1M$5.6M$550.5M$71.9M$51.4M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$524.9M
Total assets
$12.49B
Total liabilities
$6.44B
Total debt
$2.94B
Net debt
$2.42B
Shareholders’ equity
$6.05B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 25, 2026$0.33Sep 17, 2026
May 27, 2026$0.31Jun 18, 2026
Feb 9, 2026$0.31Mar 2, 2026
Nov 26, 2025$0.31Dec 17, 2025
Aug 28, 2025$0.31Sep 18, 2025
May 29, 2025$0.29Jun 20, 2025
Feb 14, 2025$0.29Mar 3, 2025
Nov 27, 2024$0.29Dec 18, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
16,043,053
Days to cover
9.85
Change vs previous report
+8.8%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Apr 28, 2008
3-for-1
May 7, 2004
2-for-1