Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Dealerships
Rush Enterprises, Inc. RUSHA
$47.18 +2.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.50B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +34.2%).
- The shares trade at 14.2× trailing earnings, higher than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $7.24B, down 5.9% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth24Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 36%
Quality65Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 44%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 30%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
- Interest coverTop 27%
Value45Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 50%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 18%
Momentum79Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
- 6-month returnTop 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 17%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Revisions95Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 25%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 42%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 10%
Stability85Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 43%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.6% | -5.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -7.5% | -5.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 18.8% | 19.0% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 5.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.2% | 1.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.9% | -6.6% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.4% | -7.5% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| Gross margin | 19.0% | 18.8% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 5.6% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 3.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.7% | 5.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2% | — | Top 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.5% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.64×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.4%
- 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.
- +2.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.27×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.09%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.10%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.6%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +34.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $89.33
- Target vs current price
- +89.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 47%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +7.0% | +2.4% | +5.1% | +2.3% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +7.7% | -4.4% | -5.8% | -4.2% | +1.7% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | +75.7% | -2.2% | +2.3% | -12.9% | +0.5% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +46.6% | -1.2% | -7.0% | -0.1% | +24.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +75.4% | -2.6% | +3.5% | +6.7% | -6.0% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +1.4% | +0.2% | -5.6% | -3.8% | +7.7% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +11.0% | +1.2% | -8.7% | -10.8% | -14.4% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +75.4% | -0.8% | +5.0% | +13.7% | +9.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.61 | $0.57 | +7.0% | $1.90B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.51 | $0.48 | +7.7% | $1.68B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.81 | $0.46 | +75.7% | $1.77B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.85 | $0.58 | +46.6% | $1.88B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.90 | $0.51 | +75.4% | $1.93B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.48 | +1.4% | $1.85B |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.55 | +11.0% | $2.01B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $0.97 | $0.55 | +75.4% | $1.90B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.2× | 7.5× | 86th | Top 24% |
| P/E (forward) | 19.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5× | — | — | Bottom 50% |
| EV / Sales | 0.93× | — | — | Top 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.28% | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Earnings yield | 7.04% | — | — | Top 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 3.6× – 16.1× 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
- +34.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -5.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +53.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
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
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 40.3
- Relative volume
- 1.17×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 23th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.89
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.44
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -28.1% | 180 days | 99 days (Feb 16, 2023) |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 4, 2025 | -27.7% | 248 days | 52 days (Jan 21, 2026) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -23.1% | 67 days | 19 days (Aug 1, 2024) |
| May 17, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | -20.0% | 81 days | 30 days (Oct 22, 2021) |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | -19.8% | 60 days | 37 days (Dec 19, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.50B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.32
- Revenue (TTM)
- $7.24B
- Dividend yield
- 1.50%
- 52-week range
- $30.45 – $55.74
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.13B | $7.10B | $7.93B | $7.80B | $7.43B |
| Gross profit | $1.09B | $1.49B | $1.59B | $1.53B | $1.39B |
| Operating income | $309.0M | $506.1M | $512.4M | $468.1M | $393.3M |
| Net income | $241.4M | $391.4M | $347.1M | $304.2M | $263.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.17 | $4.57 | $4.15 | $3.72 | $3.27 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.90B | $2.01B | $1.85B | $1.93B | $1.88B | $1.77B | $1.68B | $1.90B |
| Net income | $79.1M | $74.8M | $60.3M | $72.4M | $66.7M | $64.3M | $61.5M | $72.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.97 | $0.91 | $0.73 | $0.90 | $0.83 | $0.81 | $0.77 | $0.91 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $422.3M | $294.4M | $295.7M | $619.5M | $973.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$167.2M | -$243.1M | -$368.9M | -$433.0M | -$399.8M |
| Free cash flow | $255.2M | $51.3M | -$73.2M | $186.5M | $573.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$41.1M | -$44.6M | -$50.6M | -$55.5M | -$58.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$15.3M | -$93.7M | -$193.7M | -$15.7M | -$178.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $264.9M
- Total assets
- $4.66B
- Total liabilities
- $2.31B
- Total debt
- $1.49B
- Net debt
- $1.22B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.33B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.14 | Sep 24, 2026 |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.19 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.19 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.19 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.19 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.18 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.18 | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.18 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,504,652
- Days to cover
- 10.74
- Change vs previous report
- +45.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 1, 2026
- 3-for-2
- Aug 11, 2026
- 3-for-2
- Aug 29, 2023
- 3-for-2
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3-for-2
- Oct 11, 2007
- 3-for-2