ALTG-PA Industrials

Alta Equipment Group Inc.

$25.44+0.32%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026

Basics

Sector: Industrials
Industry: Industrial Distribution
Country: United States
Enterprise value: 1.5B USD
Full-time employees: 2,750

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.70 vs a peer median of 0.64)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.70 vs peers 0.64)
About average: valuation

Ranks #2,127 of 2,308 industrials companies (bottom 8%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.
Alta Equipment's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 68% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Alta Equipment looks cheaper than 68% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.
Sales growing faster than profits. Since 2022: revenue +17%, operating profit −43%.
Since 2022, Alta Equipment's revenue changed +17% while operating profit fell 43%: costs rose faster than sales.
Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.
Alta Equipment reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

StockQuotient Score

22/ 100

Oct 5 22 → Nov 4 22

Valuation

Is the price right?

49/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ FCF yield
▲ EBITDA yield
▼ Earnings yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-9.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.28Sector median: 0.0377 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield9.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.61Sector median: 0.0695 · MAD: 0.0425

Free cash flow yield6.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.67Sector median: 0.0370 · MAD: 0.0370

Other data (not scored)

Book yield-4.4%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5027 · MAD: 0.2823

Growth

Is it growing?

25/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

The loss per share widened33% base weight · Z-score -1.31Sector median: 0.0709 · MAD: 0.2481

3-year revenue growth1.8%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.38Sector median: 0.0421 · MAD: 0.0625

Revenue growth-1.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.81Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0766

Profitability

Does it earn well?

12/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin0.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.35Sector median: 0.0773 · MAD: 0.0507

Return on assets-6.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.56Sector median: 0.0311 · MAD: 0.0241

Return on invested capital1.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.94Sector median: 0.0715 · MAD: 0.0558

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin25.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.2573 · MAD: 0.1038

Return on equity-2085.7%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0802 · MAD: 0.0639

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity
▼ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.70

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.49Sector median: 0.6440 · MAD: 0.2745

Current ratio1.38×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.44Sector median: 1.6180 · MAD: 0.5360

Debt / equityUnavailable

Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group33% base weight · Z-score -6.37Sector median: 0.4019 · MAD: 0.3378

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Alta Equipment

Is Alta Equipment getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 22/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Alta Equipment valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 49/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Free cash flow yield 6.2% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 68% of peers).Free cash flow yield 6.2% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 68% of peers). Earnings yield -9.7% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -9.7% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Alta Equipment growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Revenue growth -1.8% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 72% of peers).Revenue growth -1.8% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 72% of peers).
How profitable is Alta Equipment?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 12/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Return on assets -6.1% vs a peer median of 3.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -6.1% vs peers 3.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Alta Equipment?: Higher risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.70 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 1.70 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: Alta Equipment is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	1.8B USD	1.8B USD	−0.3%
Net income (12 months)	−78.9M USD	−80.3M USD	+1.8%
Operating margin	0.9%	0.9%	−0.0 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	60.8M USD	51.2M USD	−15.8%
Debt	727.4M USD	730.6M USD	+0.4%
Cash	23.9M USD	20.9M USD	−12.6%
Shares outstanding	32.5M	32.7M	+0.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Industrials · 318 companies

Valuations in Industrials are near the top of their range since 2016.

85% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
41% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +20% and earnings +14% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −24% vs the whole market, against a usual −31%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Industrials: too few Industrial Distribution companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	25.9%	26.7%	27.0%	26.3%	25.9%	▼ 0.5 pts
Operating margin	1.5%	2.6%	2.9%	1.0%	1.3%	▲ 0.3 pts
Net margin	-1.7%	0.6%	0.5%	-3.3%	-4.4%	▼ 1.1 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-2.1%	0.7%	0.6%	-4.2%	-6.0%	▼ 1.8 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-15.4%	6.7%	5.9%	-80.0%	—	—
Free cash flow margin	1.9%	0.4%	2.5%	2.2%	1.3%	▼ 0.9 pts
Current ratio	1.39×	1.41×	1.32×	1.34×	1.43×	▲ 6.9%
Quick ratio	0.65×	0.56×	0.48×	0.41×	0.48×	▲ 16%
Debt to equity	3.12×	3.92×	4.46×	9.10×	—	—
Interest coverage	0.75×	1.28×	0.95×	0.23×	0.26×	▲ 15%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.70 vs a peer median of 0.64)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.70 vs peers 0.64)

About average: valuation

Ranks #2,127 of 2,308 industrials companies (bottom 8%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.

Alta Equipment's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 68% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its free cash flow, Alta Equipment looks cheaper than 68% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Sales growing faster than profits. Since 2022: revenue +17%, operating profit −43%.

Since 2022, Alta Equipment's revenue changed +17% while operating profit fell 43%: costs rose faster than sales.

Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.

Alta Equipment reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

Questions investors ask about Alta Equipment

Is Alta Equipment getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 6, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 22/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Alta Equipment valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 49/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Free cash flow yield 6.2% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 68% of peers).Free cash flow yield 6.2% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 68% of peers). Earnings yield -9.7% vs a peer median of 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -9.7% vs peers 3.8% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Alta Equipment growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Revenue growth -1.8% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 72% of peers).Revenue growth -1.8% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 72% of peers).

How profitable is Alta Equipment?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 12/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Return on assets -6.1% vs a peer median of 3.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -6.1% vs peers 3.1% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Alta Equipment?

Higher risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.70 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 1.70 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

1.8B USD

1.8B USD

−0.3%

Net income (12 months)

−78.9M USD

−80.3M USD

+1.8%

Operating margin

0.9%

0.9%

−0.0 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

60.8M USD

51.2M USD

−15.8%

Debt

727.4M USD

730.6M USD

+0.4%

Cash

23.9M USD

20.9M USD

−12.6%

Shares outstanding

32.5M

32.7M

+0.4%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

25.9%

26.7%

27.0%

26.3%

25.9%

▼ 0.5 pts

Operating margin

1.5%

2.6%

2.9%

1.0%

1.3%

▲ 0.3 pts

Net margin

-1.7%

0.6%

0.5%

-3.3%

-4.4%

▼ 1.1 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-2.1%

0.7%

0.6%

-4.2%

-6.0%

▼ 1.8 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-15.4%

6.7%

5.9%

-80.0%

—

Free cash flow margin

1.9%

0.4%

2.5%

2.2%

1.3%

▼ 0.9 pts

Current ratio

1.39×

1.41×

1.32×

1.34×

1.43×

▲ 6.9%

Quick ratio

0.65×

0.56×

0.48×

0.41×

0.48×

▲ 16%

Debt to equity

3.12×

3.92×

4.46×

9.10×

—

Interest coverage

0.75×

1.28×

0.95×

0.23×

0.26×

▲ 15%