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WillScot Holdings Corporation WSC
$17.30 +0.46% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.13B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.38, down 163.3% year over year.
- Net debt is 10.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
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 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 46%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 37%
- Gross marginTop 13%
- Operating marginTop 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Interest coverBottom 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 28%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 3%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 36%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 34%
- 6-month returnBottom 46%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 27%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 39%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 23%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -4.1% | -2.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -522.2% | -163.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 53.3% | 48.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 20.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 15.2% | 23.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.5% | -4.1% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -163.3% | -522.2% | ↑ | Bottom 7% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 53.3% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 16.4% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Net margin | -3.0% | 4.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 23.4% | 15.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | — | Top 37% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.1% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -13.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 10.58×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.63%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.07%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.8%
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
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $27.50
- Target vs current price
- +59.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 54%
- 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 | +14.0% | -2.8% | -17.0% | -26.3% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +31.2% | -0.4% | +10.6% | +13.2% | +9.9% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -12.1% | +0.1% | -1.0% | -21.1% | +18.3% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +3.4% | -6.0% | -12.5% | +2.0% | -4.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -25.0% | -2.5% | -18.5% | -17.2% | -26.5% |
| May 1, 2025 | -14.3% | +2.0% | +5.5% | +8.6% | +25.9% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +2.1% | -1.0% | -12.9% | -21.3% | -24.3% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -20.8% | -0.7% | -3.4% | -1.7% | -5.7% |
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 | $0.28 | $0.25 | +14.0% | $612.2M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.16 | +31.2% | $548.6M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.33 | -12.1% | $566.0M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.30 | $0.29 | +3.4% | $566.8M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.36 | -25.0% | $589.1M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.28 | -14.3% | $559.6M |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.49 | $0.48 | +2.1% | $602.5M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.38 | $0.48 | -20.8% | $601.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 15.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.4× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| EV / Sales | 3.01× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 17.16% | — | — | Top 3% |
| Earnings yield | -2.20% | — | — | Bottom 28% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.2× – 353.4× 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
- -18.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -163.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -95.4%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -14.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -18.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.1%
- RSI (14)
- 28.4
- Relative volume
- 1.08×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 40.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 54th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.99
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.60
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2023 | Nov 19, 2025 | -71.8% | 680 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 | -24.5% | 113 days | 34 days (Aug 5, 2022) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.4% | 8 days | 9 days (Feb 9, 2021) |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -12.1% | 58 days | 41 days (Sep 15, 2021) |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -10.4% | 29 days | 8 days (Oct 6, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.13B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.38
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.29B
- Dividend yield
- 1.62%
- 52-week range
- $14.91 – $29.77
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.67B | $2.14B | $2.36B | $2.40B | $2.28B |
| Gross profit | $844.7M | $1.14B | $1.33B | $1.30B | $1.07B |
| Operating income | $300.4M | $511.5M | $673.5M | $263.9M | $488.9M |
| Net income | $160.1M | $339.5M | $476.5M | $28.1M | -$53.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.69 | $1.25 | $2.36 | $0.15 | -$0.29 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $601.4M | $602.5M | $559.6M | $589.1M | $566.8M | $566.0M | $548.6M | $612.2M |
| Net income | -$70.5M | $89.2M | $43.1M | $47.9M | $43.3M | -$187.3M | $28.1M | $47.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.37 | $0.48 | $0.23 | $0.26 | $0.24 | -$1.03 | $0.15 | $0.26 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $539.9M | $744.7M | $761.2M | $561.6M | $762.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$309.0M | -$486.8M | -$249.2M | -$299.3M | -$24.3M |
| Free cash flow | $230.9M | $257.9M | $512.0M | $262.4M | $737.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$51.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$356.1M | -$740.6M | -$817.7M | -$278.0M | -$89.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $18.2M
- Total assets
- $5.87B
- Total liabilities
- $4.95B
- Total debt
- $3.79B
- Net debt
- $3.78B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $910.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $0.07 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $0.07 | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.07 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $0.07 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $0.07 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Jun 4, 2025 | $0.07 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.07 | Mar 19, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,834,384
- Days to cover
- 4.93
- Change vs previous report
- -3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.