# Rush Enterprises Inc. Common Stock Cl A (RUSHA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Automobiles. Price $50.95, market value $5.9 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 23.1×** (5-yr avg 12.5×, 3-yr avg 14.2×). Rush Enterprises Inc. Common Stock Cl A trades at 23.1× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 12.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 16.7×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 0.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.9×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 2.5×**. The shares trade at 2.5× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 9.6×**. Enterprise value is 9.6× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.9%** (5-yr avg 4.7%). Free cash flow equals 5.9% of the market value, above its five-year average of 4.7%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 4.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 20.5%**. Rush Enterprises Inc. Common Stock Cl A keeps 20.5% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells, a thin margin typical of retail, distribution and commodity businesses.
- **Operating margin: 5.3%**. 5.3% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 3.7%**. 3.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 12.0%**. 12.0% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on invested capital: 12.9%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 12.9%.
- **Return on assets: 6.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -5.2%** (3-yr 1.4%/yr, 5-yr 9.4%/yr). Revenue fell 5.2% over the last year, against 9.4% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -12.1%** (3-yr -10.6%/yr, 5-yr 19.2%/yr). Earnings per share fell 12.1%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 108.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 108.0% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.12**. Debt is 0.12 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.1×**. It would take 0.1 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Piotroski F-score: 6/9**. 6 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.10%** ($0.51 per share, trailing). Rush Enterprises Inc. Common Stock Cl A yields 1.10%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 22%** (17% of free cash flow). 22% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 8**. 8 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 22.2%/yr** (1-yr 5.7%). The dividend has compounded at 22.2% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 3 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: strong_buy** (4 analysts). 4 analysts cover Rush Enterprises Inc. Common Stock Cl A; the consensus is strong_buy, with an average price target of $59.67 (+17% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -12.1%** (YTD -5.0%, 3-mo -24.0%). The shares are down 12.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.6%** (67.3% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 19**. An RSI of 19 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.89** (volatility 47%). Beta of 0.89 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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