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Paccar PCAR Return on equity

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.8B-8.9%
Gross profit$1.4B-12.3%
Net income$605.3M+19.8%
EPS (diluted)$1.15+19.8%

Balance sheet

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Total equity$19.8B+9.6%
Total assets$43.6B+1.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$971.8M+6.8%
CapEx$147.2M-10.8%
Free cash flow$824.6M+10.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$61.75B+18.8%
P/E24.9×+10.0×
P/S2.2×+0.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.9%-2.0pp
Net margin8.9%-1.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Paccar’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Paccar’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Paccar's return on equity?
Paccar (PCAR) reported return on equity of 13.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Paccar's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Paccar's return on equity decreased by 34.1% year-over-year, from 19.9% to 13.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Paccar's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Paccar's return on equity has grown at a 0.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 63.5% to 63.7%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.