Rush Enterprises, Inc.

RUSHA Consumer Cyclical Auto & Truck Dealerships

Rush Enterprises, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.4 billion, down 4.75% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.4%
EPS
+19.0%
Free cash flow
−56.2%
Total debt
−0.50%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.34 0.99 −2.14%
Market cap
$5.7B
P/E
19.1×
Fwd P/E
17.7×
Dividend yield
1.15%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.89
Beneish M
−3.23
Dividend safety
81/100

Rush Enterprises, Inc. (RUSHA) Operating margin

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Rush Enterprises, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 5.07%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.92% (fiscal 2016) to 7.13% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median of 3.69% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.30% (0.70)
FY2024 6.00% (0.47)
FY2023 6.47% (0.66)
FY2022 7.13% 1.10
FY2021 6.03% 2.77
FY2020 3.26% (0.46)
FY2019 3.72% 0.04
FY2018 3.68% 0.53
FY2017 3.15% 1.23
FY2016 1.92% (0.52)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 5.11% (0.01)
Jun 2026 5.12% 0.24
Mar 2026 4.88% (0.29)
Dec 2025 5.17% (0.15)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.92% High 7.13%
Ten-year median 3.72%
Current reading's percentile 53

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
OPLN OPENLANE, Inc. compare 16.9%
VVV Valvoline compare 15.3%
RUSHB Rush Enterprises, Inc. compare 5.13%
RUSHA Rush Enterprises, Inc. 5.07%
AN AutoNation, Inc. compare 4.60%
ABG Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. compare 4.24%
LAD Lithia Motors, Inc. compare 4.05%
GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc. compare 3.61%
KMX CarMax, Inc. compare 2.05%
Auto & Truck Dealerships industry median 3.69%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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