ALTG
Alta Equipment Group Inc.
ALTG trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
VRT
Vertiv Holdings Co
VRT has the edge over ALTG overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
ALTG Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure |
ALTG's cash flow is currently healthy, and its revenue and profitability are stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
VRT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
VRT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
ALTG PE Valuation
ALTG has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 23x | $210 | — |
| Current | 39x | $210 | — |
| Cheap | 58x | $308 | +47% |
| Fair | 72x | $383 | +83% |
| Expensive | 88x | $472 | +125% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VRT's PE is in its cheap range at 39x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 23x next year's earnings.
ALTG Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Stable | |
| Weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ALTG's losses to grow, with revenue holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VRT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Moderate |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
ALTG Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.62 | +$0.89 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.56 | -$0.50 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.52 | -$0.29 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.55 | -$0.59 |
| Q3 2025 | -$2.51 | -$0.81 |
| Q2 2025 | -$2.06 | -$1.42 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.23 | -$2.02 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.96 | -1189% |
ALTG lost $1.62 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
VRT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $9.14 | +71% |
| Q3 2026 | $5.35 | +102% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.42 | +111% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.98 | +131% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.41 | +166% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.65 | +75% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.09 | +62% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.72 | +64% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.28 | +7.6% |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ALTG Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $417.4M | -1.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $475.5M | -1.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $410.5M | -3% |
| Q4 2025 | $509.1M | +2.2% |
| Q3 2025 | $422.6M | -5.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $481.2M | -1.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $423M | -4.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $498.1M | -4.5% |
ALTG's revenue fell from its 2023 peak and has held roughly level since: $417M last quarter, down 1.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.7% | +0.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 2.5% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1.4% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 1% | +0.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | 1.1% | -0.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 2.6% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 0.2% | +0.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.5% | -1.9 points |
ALTG's operating margin was 1.7% last quarter, up 0.6 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VRT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $4.3B | +61% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.3B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.6B | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.9B | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.7B | +29% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | +24% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | +26% |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +3.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 19% | +2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 17% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 20% | +0.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 19% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -0.4 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | +1.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 19% | +4.2 points |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ALTG Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $31.2M | +$32.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $2.3M | -81% |
| Q1 2026 | $17.8M | +$37M |
| Q4 2025 | $32.8M | +6.1% |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.7M | -104% |
| Q2 2025 | $11.9M | +$23.8M |
| Q1 2025 | -$19.2M | -$2.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $30.9M | -61% |
ALTG generated $84M in free cash flow over the past year, about four times what it generated the year before.
VRT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $654.9M | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $926.5M | +233% |
| Q1 2026 | $654.2M | +145% |
| Q4 2025 | $885.6M | +143% |
| Q3 2025 | $463.5M | +36% |
| Q2 2025 | $277.9M | -19% |
| Q1 2025 | $266.8M | +162% |
| Q4 2024 | $364.5M | +18% |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ALTG Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +141K shares |
| 1 year | +1.8% | +595K shares |
| 3 years | +0.6% | +197K shares |
| 5 years | +1.7% | +563K shares |
| Available history | +75% | +14.2M shares |
ALTG has 33M diluted shares, up 1.8% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | $1M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $3.8M |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q3 2020 | $3M |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | $2.9M |
VRT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | 0% | -64.9K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +1.8M shares |
| 3 years | +1.1% | +4.4M shares |
| 5 years | +10% | +36M shares |
| Available history | +63% | +152M shares |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | $599.9M |
ALTG Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q1 2026 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 2.9x | Moderate |
ALTG's net debt is about 3.2 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
VRT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 1.0x | Healthy |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
ALTG Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 36.9 | Neutral |
ALTG's weekly RSI is 45 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 37 (neutral).
VRT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.4 | Neutral |
VRT's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
ALTG PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ALTG | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 24x | — |
ALTG has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VRT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | VRT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 39x | 24x | 63% above |
| PE % | 3 | 58 | 55 pts below |
VRT is trading at 39x earnings, a 63% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
ALTG Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.27 | 9.7% below |
| 20 week MA | $6.38 | 11% below |
| 50 week MA | $6.34 | 11% below |
| 100 week MA | $6.30 | 10% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.98 | 37% below |
ALTG is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 37% below its 200-week average.
VRT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $221.8 | 5.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $254.4 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $253.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $189.1 | 11% above |
| 200 week MA | $123.5 | 70% above |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ALTG Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.1 | $9.16 | -9.1% |
| 2021 | $9.16 | $14.8 | +61% |
| 2022 | $14.8 | $12.5 | -16% |
| 2023 | $12.5 | $12.4 | -0.8% |
| 2024 | $12.4 | $6.74 | -46% |
| 2025 | $6.74 | $4.72 | -30% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.72 | $5.66 | +20% |
ALTG has finished four years in a row lower, and it's up 20% so far in 2026.
VRT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.9 | $18.9 | +73% |
| 2021 | $18.9 | $24.9 | +31% |
| 2022 | $24.9 | $12.8 | -48% |
| 2023 | $12.8 | $48.0 | +275% |
| 2024 | $48.0 | $115.1 | +140% |
| 2025 | $115.1 | $167.6 | +46% |
| 2026 YTD | $167.6 | $209.6 | +25% |
VRT has the edge over ALTG on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.