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Custom Truck One Source

CTOS
24
Rental & Leasing Services · Industrials
Price
$10.34
-0.08 (-0.77%)
Market Cap
$2.35B
Winston Score
24
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

6.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 241.4M (2021) → 226.6M (2025)

Custom Truck One Source rents, sells, and services specialized trucks and heavy equipment used to build and maintain infrastructure. Its core products include bucket trucks, digger derricks, cranes, and other work-ready vehicles used by electric utilities, telecom companies, railroads, and government agencies. The company is one of the largest providers of specialty truck solutions in North America.

The business earns money three ways: renting equipment by the month, selling new and used trucks, and providing parts and repair services. It operates primarily across the United States and Canada, with a large fleet that gives it scale advantages smaller competitors struggle to match. Growth depends heavily on infrastructure spending, including grid upgrades and broadband expansion, but the company carries significant debt from past acquisitions, which limits financial flexibility and makes it sensitive to rising interest rates.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+74.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

73.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Custom Truck One Source is growing revenue at 9% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
22.3%
Thin — 22.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
6.8%
Modest — 6.8% operating margin
ROCE
1.0%
Weak — 1.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+9.4%
Steady sales growth (9.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
-1.7%
Burning cash (-1.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
2.95
Heavy debt load (2.95)
Interest Cover
1.02x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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