RYDER SYSTEM, INC. vs U-HAUL HOLDING COMPANY, two Auto Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Ryder manages and leases truck fleets; U-Haul rents moving trucks and self-storage to consumers, two takes on putting trucks to work. Ryder earns far more on equity, 17.28% against U-Haul's 1.09%, and converts positive free cash, 4.62%, where U-Haul runs a negative 10.37% amid heavy fleet-and-storage spending. Ryder trades at 21.76 times earnings, U-Haul at no clean multiple. Both carry about a turn of debt. The pair prices a commercial fleet-leasing company against a consumer truck-rental-and-storage one: Ryder earns steady returns on managed fleets, U-Haul is investing through a low-return stretch as it builds out trucks and storage.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | R | UHAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $269.36 | $67.27 |
| Market cap | $10.7B | $13.2B |
| Sector | Auto Services | Auto Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.2% | — |
| P/E | 22.4 | — |
| P/B | 3.73 | 1.73 |
| P/S | 0.84 | 2.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.5 | 28.3 |
| Revenue growth | -0.1% | +3.5% |
| Operating margin | — | -6.0% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 1.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.3% | 1.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.0% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 2.2% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | -10.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 0.68 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.38 | 1.36 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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