RUSHA Stock Analysis: Rush Enterprises | NASDAQ
Auto & Truck Dealerships | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 5.866m USD | 12M Return: 42.6% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 36.7M
EPS Trend: -93.1%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: -68.1%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Rush Enterprises, Inc. (RUSHA) is the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, operating Rush Truck Centers across the United States and Canada. Headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, and incorporated in 1965, the company is an integrated retailer primarily focused on Peterbilt trucks but also sells and services International, Hino, Ford, Isuzu, IC Bus, Blue Bird, Blue Arc, and Battle Motors vehicles.
Beyond new and used truck sales, Rush generates revenue through a diversified mix of related services, including aftermarket parts, repair and maintenance, financing, leasing and rental, and insurance products such as collision, liability, cargo, and credit life coverage. Its customer base spans regional and national fleets, government entities, corporations, and independent owner-operators.
As a company in the Trading Companies & Distributors sub-industry, Rushs business model is closely tied to commercial vehicle demand cycles, freight activity, and the broader industrial economy, since dealership performance depends on both truck sales volumes and the recurring, higher-margin aftermarket service and parts revenue.
- Class 8 truck demand softens amid freight recession
- Aftermarket service revenue offsets new truck sales weakness
- EV truck adoption accelerates through Blue Arc partnership
| Net Income: 264.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -5.77 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 9.53% < 20% (prev 9.49%; Δ 0.03% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.18 > 3% & CFO 795.4m > Net Income 264.9m |
| Net Debt (1.43b) to EBITDA (592.5m): 2.42 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.46 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (79.9m) vs 12m ago -3.05% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 18.91% > 18% (prev 18.70%; Δ 0.21% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 157.9% > 50% (prev 166.0%; Δ -8.11% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 9.63 > 6 (EBIT TTM 382.4m / Interest Expense TTM 39.7m) |
| A: 0.15 (Total Current Assets 2.21b - Total Current Liabilities 1.51b) / Total Assets 4.52b |
| B: 0.43 (Retained Earnings 1.95b / Total Assets 4.52b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 382.4m / Avg Total Assets 4.60b) |
| D: 1.02 (Book Value of Equity 2.27b / Total Liabilities 2.22b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 4.04 = AA |
| DSRI: 1.00 (Receivables 280.0m/300.2m, Revenue 7.27b/7.78b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 18.70% / 18.91%) |
| AQI: 1.08 (AQ_t 0.11 / AQ_t-1 0.11) |
| SGI: 0.93 (Revenue 7.27b / 7.78b) |
| TATA: -0.12 (NI 264.9m - CFO 795.4m) / TA 4.52b) |
| Beneish M = -3.05 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 75.86 with a total of 484,365 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +5.23%, over one month by +8.29%, over three months by +6.72% and over the past year by +42.57%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 72.60 (which is 4.3% or 1.5 ATR below the current price).
Rush Enterprises has received a consensus analysts rating of 5.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy RUSHA.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 85 | 12% |
P/E Trailing = 22.8036
P/E Forward = 11.0742
P/S = 0.8071
P/B = 2.5854
P/EG = 3.1615
Revenue TTM = 7.27b USD
EBIT TTM = 382.4m USD
EBITDA TTM = 592.5m USD
Long Term Debt = 277.6m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 971.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.67b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 238.8m
Net Debt = 1.43b USD (calculated: Debt 1.67b - CCE 239.7m)
Enterprise Value = 7.30b USD (5.87b + Debt 1.67b - CCE 239.7m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 9.63 (Ebit TTM 382.4m / Interest Expense TTM 39.7m)
EV/FCF = 38.77x (Enterprise Value 7.30b / FCF TTM 188.3m)
FCF Yield = 2.58% (FCF TTM 188.3m / Enterprise Value 7.30b)
FCF Margin = 2.59% (FCF TTM 188.3m / Revenue TTM 7.27b)
Net Margin = 3.65% (Net Income TTM 264.9m / Revenue TTM 7.27b)
Gross Margin = 18.91% ((Revenue TTM 7.27b - Cost of Revenue TTM 5.89b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 19.30% (prev 18.64%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.62 (Enterprise Value 7.30b / Total Assets 4.52b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.37% (Interest Expense 39.7m / Debt 1.67b)
Taxrate = 22.06% (75.6m / 342.7m)
NOPAT = 298.1m (EBIT 382.4m * (1 - 22.06%))
Current Ratio = 1.46 (Total Current Assets 2.21b / Total Current Liabilities 1.51b)
Debt / Equity = 0.74 (Debt 1.67b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.27b)
Debt / EBITDA = 2.42 (Net Debt 1.43b / EBITDA 592.5m)
Debt / FCF = 7.62 (Net Debt 1.43b / FCF TTM 188.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.21b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 5.76% (Net Income 264.9m / Total Assets 4.52b)
RoE = 11.99% (Net Income TTM 264.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.21b)
RoCE = 15.37% (EBIT 382.4m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.21b + L.T.Debt 277.6m))
RoIC = 7.98% (NOPAT 298.1m / Invested Capital 3.74b)
WACC = 7.58% (E(5.87b)/V(7.54b) * Re(9.21%) + D(1.67b)/V(7.54b) * Rd(2.37%) * (1-Tc(0.22)))
Discount Rate = 9.21% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -68.35 | Cagr: -1.24%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈299.3m ; Y1≈262.5m ; Y5≈212.1m
[DCF] Fair Price = 32.28 (EV 3.40b - Net Debt 1.43b = Equity 1.97b / Shares 61.0m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -93.15 | EPS CAGR: -13.39% | SUE: 1.18 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: -68.08 | Revenue CAGR: -1.93% | SUE: -0.19 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.89 | Chg30d=-1.93% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.01 | Chg30d=-0.49% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.68 | Chg30d=-0.67% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+12.7% | GrowthRev=+3.8%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.54 | Chg30d=-0.27% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+23.2% | GrowthRev=+10.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=4, down=4)