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$15.99
+$2.46 (+18.14%)Today 1M +6.00%
After hours$15.79−1.24%

Updated Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET · Regular session · May be delayed

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Latest filed annual earnings; price snapshot date unavailable. Not forward P/E.
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$13.54
Prior regular-session close from the quote source.
$13.62–$16.05
Regular-session low and high so far today.
6.7M
Regular-session shares traded · Nov 11, 4:00 PM ET.
Feb 8 projected
Projected for 2027-02-08 from the company’s own results filings (SEC 8-K Item 2.02). The company has not confirmed the date.
$12.41–$35.50
52-week trading low and high returned by the quote source.

Understand the Business

Why the Stock Moved

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The core investment thesis

Own EQPT if EquipmentShare is a technology-enabled equipment-rental roll-up whose upside depends on proving that its connected T3 fleet creates enough customer value and fleet productivity to overcome the capital intensity and leverage of the rental model.

EQPT price history

Latest price$15.99Today+$2.46 (+18.14%)
EQPT +7.17%S&P 500 -2.42%Since first plotted close
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Investment thesis

What must happen next

5 MATERIAL PROPOSITIONS
  • Contractors keep shifting rental spend to Equipment share because the T3-connected fleet gives them better visibility and coordination than a traditional rental transaction.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    GAAP annual revenue rose to $4.379 billion in FY2025 from $3.764 billion in FY2024 and $2.557 billion in FY2023. If the T3 value proposition is real, revenue growth can remain demand-led rather than discount-led; if it is copied or ignored, Equipment share becomes a less differentiated rental operator.

    Watch: United Rentals or Sunbelt integrates comparable telematics, fleet-management software, and branch coverage so customers no longer see T3 as differentiated.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual revenue rose to $4.379 billion in FY2025 from $3.764 billion in FY2024 and $2.557 billion in FY2023.

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  • The connected-fleet model and nationwide footprint allow Equipment share to earn better utilization and pricing rather than buying growth with rental-rate concessions.StrengtheningMateriality: High

    GAAP annual gross profit increased to $1.239 billion in FY2025 from $946 million in FY2024. This determines whether growth is value-accretive or merely expands a low-return fleet base.

    Watch: Industry overcapacity leads United Rentals, Sunbelt, or regional rental firms to cut rates in EquipmentShare markets.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual gross profit increased to $1.239 billion in FY2025 from $946 million in FY2024.

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  • Branch density, centralized technology, and operating scale increasingly convert gross profit into GAAP operating income instead of being consumed by expansion costs.HoldingMateriality: Medium

    GAAP annual operating income increased to $297 million in FY2025 from $218 million in FY2024. Operating leverage is the bridge from a fast-growing rental platform to a business that can compound earnings.

    Watch: New branch openings require sustained labor, sales, repair, and logistics investment that prevents mature-market leverage from showing up.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual operating income increased to $297 million in FY2025 from $218 million in FY2024.

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  • Management can expand the fleet and footprint without letting the asset-heavy model consume all operating cash or force increasingly expensive financing.HoldingMateriality: Medium

    GAAP annual operating cash flow remained positive at $264 million in FY2025, $282 million in FY2024, and $279 million in FY2023. For common shareholders, growth only creates value if fleet investment is funded on terms that leave cash and returns for equity holders.

    Watch: Credit markets tighten or interest rates stay high, raising the cost of financing rental fleet growth.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual operating cash flow remained positive at $264 million in FY2025, $282 million in FY2024, and $279 million in.

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  • The operating improvement increasingly accrues to common equity rather than being absorbed by interest expense, fleet depreciation, taxes, or dilution.HoldingMateriality: Medium

    GAAP annual net income improved to $40 million in FY2025 from $3 million in FY2024. This is the per-share value test: a better rental platform is not enough if creditors and reinvestment capture most of the economics.

    Watch: Higher interest expense from fleet financing prevents operating income growth from reaching net income.

    Supporting sources

    Source notes are factual paraphrases; read the original disclosures below.

    GAAP annual net income improved to $40 million in FY2025 from $3 million in FY2024.

    Open source ↗
Full investment case & evidence

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Original research

Contractors keep shifting rental spend to Equipment share because the T3-connected fleet gives them better visibility and coordination than a traditional rental transaction. If the T3 value proposition is real, revenue growth can remain demand-led rather than discount-led; if it is copied or ignored, Equipment share becomes a less differentiated rental operator.

The connected-fleet model and nationwide footprint allow Equipment share to earn better utilization and pricing rather than buying growth with rental-rate concessions. This determines whether growth is value-accretive or merely expands a low-return fleet base.

Branch density, centralized technology, and operating scale increasingly convert gross profit into GAAP operating income instead of being consumed by expansion costs. Operating leverage is the bridge from a fast-growing rental platform to a business that can compound earnings.

Management can expand the fleet and footprint without letting the asset-heavy model consume all operating cash or force increasingly expensive financing. For common shareholders, growth only creates value if fleet investment is funded on terms that leave cash and returns for equity holders.

The operating improvement increasingly accrues to common equity rather than being absorbed by interest expense, fleet depreciation, taxes, or dilution. This is the per-share value test: a better rental platform is not enough if creditors and reinvestment capture most of the economics.

All standing thesis claims
Original report summary

EquipmentShare is a technology-enabled equipment-rental roll-up whose upside depends on proving that its connected T3 fleet creates enough customer value and fleet productivity to overcome the capital intensity and leverage of the rental model.

Evidence assessed Oct 25, 2026. Expand each conclusion for its evidence and what would change it. Thesis evidence—not a buy or sell recommendation.

Bull case and bear case

Bull case and bear case for EquipmentShare.com

Where the evidence on EquipmentShare.com stands: Holding on the latest evidence (Oct 25, 2026). Of its 5 thesis points, 2 strengthening and 3 holding.

Bull case: what the evidence supports

  • Contractors keep shifting rental spend to Equipment share because the T3-connected fleet gives them better visibility and coordination than a traditional rental transaction.

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  • The connected-fleet model and nationwide footprint allow Equipment share to earn better utilization and pricing rather than buying growth with rental-rate concessions.

    sec.gov ↗

  • Branch density, centralized technology, and operating scale increasingly convert gross profit into GAAP operating income instead of being consumed by expansion costs.

    sec.gov ↗

  • Management can expand the fleet and footprint without letting the asset-heavy model consume all operating cash or force increasingly expensive financing.

    sec.gov ↗

  • The operating improvement increasingly accrues to common equity rather than being absorbed by interest expense, fleet depreciation, taxes, or dilution.

    sec.gov ↗

Bear case: what would count against it

  • United Rentals or Sunbelt integrates comparable telematics, fleet-management software, and branch coverage so customers no longer see T3 as differentiated.

    sec.gov ↗

  • Industry overcapacity leads United Rentals, Sunbelt, or regional rental firms to cut rates in EquipmentShare markets.

    sec.gov ↗

  • New branch openings require sustained labor, sales, repair, and logistics investment that prevents mature-market leverage from showing up.

    sec.gov ↗

Thesis-Break Engine

Thesis-break watch · EquipmentShare.com

12 mo agonow
Trailing daily price. No thesis break has crossed here, so there is no break base rate to project.

No break has crossed EquipmentShare.com’s thesis. Its break conditions are checked against every new filing as it lands.

How the Thesis-Break Engine works →Historical outcomes are measured against the market after past breaks of the same kind, across all companies. Not a prediction.

MARKET + FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT

The numbers behind the thesis

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What Changed

  1. Mixed
    Regulation FD disclosure.

    EquipmentShare.com filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-10-19: Regulation FD disclosure. It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  2. Mixed
    Reported results of operations (earnings release).

    EquipmentShare.com filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-08-12: Reported results of operations (earnings release). It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

  3. Mixed
    Reported results of operations (earnings release).

    EquipmentShare.com filed an SEC 8-K on 2026-07-10: Reported results of operations (earnings release). It is a dated development that tests the current thesis.

Risks / falsifiers

What could break the thesis

  • United Rentals or Sunbelt integrates comparable telematics, fleet-management software, and branch coverage so customers no longer see T3 as differentiated.
  • Industry overcapacity leads United Rentals, Sunbelt, or regional rental firms to cut rates in EquipmentShare markets.
  • New branch openings require sustained labor, sales, repair, and logistics investment that prevents mature-market leverage from showing up.
  • Credit markets tighten or interest rates stay high, raising the cost of financing rental fleet growth.
  • Higher interest expense from fleet financing prevents operating income growth from reaching net income.

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Financial statements

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EQPT: quick answers

When does EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) report earnings next?
EquipmentShare.com's next results are projected for February 8, 2027, from the dates of its own results filings with the SEC. The company has not confirmed the date. It last reported on November 9, 2026. Earnings calendar
What is EQPT's short interest?
As of October 30, 2026, 16.5M EQPT shares were sold short, 7.64% of its shares outstanding, down 12.0% from the count before. At the stock's average daily volume that is 5.6 days to cover. FINRA publishes the count twice a month. EQPT short interest history
Which well-known investors own EQPT?
1 of the 37 well-known funds tracked here reported EQPT shares in their latest 13F filing. By share of the fund's portfolio: Tiger Global Management (Chase Coleman), 0.4%. Fund portfolios

EQPT in well-known investors’ portfolios

1 of 37 funds reported EQPT shares in their latest 13F filing. A 13F shows quarter-end positions and arrives up to 45 days later.

FundOf its portfolioValueChangeQuarter
Chase ColemanTiger Global Management0.38%$90.0MNo changeQ2 2026

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