Allison Transmission
Allison Transmission's revenue fell 6.7% to $3.0 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 29.2%, down from 30.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $661 million, up 0.5%. It paid out $419 million in dividends and buybacks, 63% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.4%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 21.5% a year and net income 12.5% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 50%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Allison Transmission yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Allison Transmission's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Allison Transmission's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $661M, net cash of −$1.4B at December 31, 2025 and 85 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Allison Transmission: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 2.8% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 12%: 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Construction Machinery & Heavy Transportation Equipment), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $9.0B; the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $107.19
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Allison Transmission's earnings per share of $6.28 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 17.1×, the middle of Allison Transmission's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (Allison Transmission's own P/E today) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 13%, 12% and 11%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $107.19
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Allison Transmission's P/E at the last close
- 17.1×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| WabtecWAB | $277.67 | $8.06 | 34.5× |
| Allison TransmissionALSN | $107.19 | $6.28 | 17.1× |
| GATXGATX | $166.63 | $10.10 | 16.5× |
| OshkoshOSK | $133.34 | $8.98 | 14.8× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 127 | 232 | 555 | 781 | 1,495 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,531 | 2,525 | 2,518 | 2,414 | 2,909 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 2,404 | 2,293 | 1,963 | 1,633 | 1,414 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.9x | 2.4x | 1.8x | 1.5x | 1.4x |
| Debt to equity | 4.0x | 2.9x | 2.0x | 1.5x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | 6.5x | 6.7x | 7.0x | 8.0x | 7.3x |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.8x | 2.5x | 3.0x | 4.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.9x | 2.4x | 4.2x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Allison Transmission shares on the open market, and 5 insiders sold $6.0 million, $1.4 million of it under trading plans set up in advance.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | David S. GraziosiChair, President and CEO, Director | Sold | 26,708 | $132.98 | $3.6 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Eric C. ScrogginsCLO & Asst. Secretary | Sold | 1,050 | $125.00 | $131,250 | Form 4 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Bohley G FrederickSee Remarks | Sold | 3,961 | $122.38 | $484,747 | Form 4 |
| May 8, 2026 | Scott A MellCFO & Treasurer | Sold | 2,270 | $125.00 | $283,750 | Form 4 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Eric C. ScrogginsCLO & Asst. Secretary | Sold | 1,313 | $114.40 | $150,207 | Form 4 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Bohley G FrederickAllison COO,Pres.&BU Leader AT | Sold plan | 10,348 | $116.40 | $1.2 million | Form 4 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | John CollSVP, Global MSS | Sold plan | 1,791 | $98.79 | $176,933 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 9 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −2.3% | −1.4% | −3.7% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Transmission | FY25 | −6.7% | 29.2% | 22.0% | 20.8% | 1.4x | 6 | |
| GATX | FY25 | 9.8% | — | — | 4.0% | 10.6x | — | Compare |
| Terex | FY25 | 5.7% | 8.8% | 5.9% | 9.0% | 2.9x | 6 | Compare |
| Oshkosh | FY25 | −2.9% | 9.0% | 5.9% | 14.8% | 0.6x | 5 | Compare |
| Wabtec | FY25 | 7.5% | 16.1% | 13.4% | 9.1% | 2.1x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,840 | 2,262 | 2,713 | 2,698 | 2,081 | 2,402 | 2,769 | 3,035 | 3,225 | 3,010 |
| Revenue growth | −7.3% | 22.9% | 19.9% | −0.6% | −22.9% | 15.4% | 15.3% | 9.6% | 6.3% | −6.7% |
| Gross profit | 864 | 1,131 | 1,422 | 1,394 | 998 | 1,145 | 1,297 | 1,470 | 1,529 | 1,463 |
| Research and development | 88 | 105 | 131 | 154 | 147 | 171 | 185 | 194 | 200 | 174 |
| Operating income | 452 | 652 | 923 | 892 | 534 | 669 | 784 | 919 | 992 | 880 |
| Net income | 215 | 504 | 639 | 604 | 299 | 442 | 531 | 673 | 731 | 623 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 1.27 | 3.36 | 4.78 | 4.91 | 2.62 | 4.13 | 5.53 | 7.40 | 8.31 | 7.33 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 169 | 150 | 134 | 123 | 114 | 107 | 96 | 91 | 88 | 85 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 591 | 658 | 837 | 847 | 561 | 635 | 657 | 784 | 801 | 836 |
| Capital expenditure | 71 | 91 | 100 | 172 | 115 | 175 | 167 | 125 | 143 | 175 |
| Free cash flow | 520 | 567 | 737 | 675 | 446 | 460 | 490 | 659 | 658 | 661 |
| Dividends paid | 100 | 89 | 80 | 73 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 91 |
| Share buybacks | 256 | 885 | 609 | 393 | 225 | 513 | 278 | 263 | 254 | 328 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 27 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 205 | 199 | 231 | 192 | 310 | 127 | 232 | 555 | 781 | 1,495 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,188 | 2,576 | 2,548 | 2,544 | 2,538 | 2,531 | 2,525 | 2,518 | 2,414 | 2,909 |
| Total assets | 4,219 | 4,205 | 4,237 | 4,450 | 4,477 | 4,457 | 4,671 | 5,025 | 5,336 | 6,082 |
| Total liabilities | 3,138 | 3,516 | 3,578 | 3,669 | 3,721 | 3,823 | 3,797 | 3,792 | 3,685 | 4,215 |
| Shareholders' equity | 1,081 | 689 | 659 | 781 | 756 | 634 | 874 | 1,233 | 1,651 | 1,867 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 47.0% | 50.0% | 52.4% | 51.7% | 48.0% | 47.7% | 46.8% | 48.4% | 47.4% | 48.6% |
| Operating margin | 24.6% | 28.8% | 34.0% | 33.1% | 25.7% | 27.9% | 28.3% | 30.3% | 30.8% | 29.2% |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 22.3% | 23.6% | 22.4% | 14.4% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 22.2% | 22.7% | 20.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 28.3% | 25.1% | 27.2% | 25.0% | 21.4% | 19.1% | 17.7% | 21.7% | 20.4% | 22.0% |
| Return on capital | 8.9% | 20.3% | 24.2% | 23.0% | 13.3% | 17.2% | 20.8% | 23.5% | 24.9% | 20.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.9% | 57.0% | 94.8% | 83.9% | 38.9% | 63.6% | 70.4% | 63.9% | 50.7% | 35.4% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 12.0% | 15.1% | 13.9% | 6.7% | 9.9% | 11.6% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 10.9% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.2x | 2.9x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 3.3x | 2.9x | 2.4x | 1.8x | 1.5x | 1.4x |