MMarketMath

TT

StalwartQuality: High (90/100)

Trane Technologies · Industrials · Building Products

$452.96

52w 348.06 – 505.87

20y monthly, adjusted

Mkt cap

$99.7B

P/E

34.9

P/FCF

36.3

FCF yield

2.8%

ROE

34.0%

Shldr yield

2.3%

div 0.8% + bb 1.5%

What today's price assumes

At $99.7B, the market is pricing in 15.8% annual free-cash-flow growth for the next decade (10% discount rate, 2.5% terminal growth). Over the last ten years, FCF actually grew 16.0% per year — expectations are roughly in line with history.

Simple DCF per-share range: $195 · $437 · $584 (4% / base / optimistic growth). An estimate, not a target.

Adjust the assumptions yourself →

Historical multiple lens

At its own median P/OCF of 11.6× across 18 years, TT would trade near $169/share (25th–75th percentile: $137–$342); it trades at 31.2× today.

Assumes the historical multiple regime persists — re-ratings can be permanent.

Growth record

Compound annual growth rates from as-filed 10-K data, split-adjusted

Rev 3y

+10.1%

Rev 5y

+11.4%

Rev 10y

+4.8%

EPS 5y

+29.8%

EPS 10y

+18.0%

FCF 5y

+16.9%

FCF 10y

+16.0%

Fundamentals

Fiscal 2007–2025, from SEC filings

Revenue

2007: $8.8B
2008: $13.0B
2009: $13.0B
2010: $14.0B
2011: $14.8B
2012: $12.0B
2013: $12.4B
2014: $12.9B
2015: $13.3B
2016: $13.5B
2017: $14.2B
2018: $12.3B
2019: $13.1B
2020: $12.5B
2021: $14.1B
2022: $16.0B
2023: $17.7B
2024: $19.8B
2025: $21.3B
$0$10.0B$20.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Net income

2007: $4.0B
2008: −$2.6B
2009: $451.3M
2010: $642.2M
2011: $343.2M
2012: $1.0B
2013: $618.8M
2014: $931.7M
2015: $664.6M
2016: $1.5B
2017: $1.3B
2018: $1.3B
2019: $1.4B
2020: $854.9M
2021: $1.4B
2022: $1.8B
2023: $2.0B
2024: $2.6B
2025: $2.9B
−$2.0B$0$2.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Free cash flow

2007: $706.6M
2008: $118.5M
2009: $1.6B
2010: $515.9M
2011: $943.9M
2012: $952.3M
2013: $849.3M
2014: $739.7M
2015: $638.8M
2016: $1.3B
2017: $1.3B
2018: $1.1B
2019: $1.7B
2020: $1.3B
2021: $1.4B
2022: $1.2B
2023: $2.1B
2024: $2.8B
2025: $2.8B
$0$1.0B$2.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Diluted shares (lower is better)

2008: 303.7M
2009: 329.1M
2010: 339.8M
2011: 339.3M
2012: 310.6M
2013: 298.3M
2014: 274.3M
2015: 267.8M
2016: 261.7M
2017: 258.1M
2018: 250.1M
2019: 244.4M
2020: 243.1M
2021: 242.3M
2022: 234.9M
2023: 230.7M
2024: 228.4M
2025: 224.9M
0100.0M200.0M300.0M
07
11
15
19
23

Margins

-20%0%20%40%07101316192225
Net marginFCF marginGross margin

Capital returned (dividends + buybacks)

2007: $2.2B
2008: $214.9M
2009: $160.8M
2010: $90.7M
2011: $1.3B
2012: $1.0B
2013: $1.5B
2014: $1.6B
2015: $553.4M
2016: $598.7M
2017: $1.4B
2018: $1.4B
2019: $1.3B
2020: $757.3M
2021: $1.7B
2022: $1.8B
2023: $1.4B
2024: $2.0B
2025: $2.3B
$0$1.0B$2.0B
07
11
15
19
23

Cash vs long-term debt

$2.0B$4.0B07101316192225
CashLT debt

Quarterly

Discrete quarters from 10-Q filings; Q4 derived as fiscal year minus Q1–Q3. OCF is unwound from the year-to-date figures 10-Qs report. Compare to the same quarter a year ago — most businesses are seasonal.

Revenue by quarter

Q2'23: $4.7B
Q3'23: $4.9B
Q4'23: $4.4B
Q1'24: $4.2B
Q2'24: $5.3B
Q3'24: $5.4B
Q4'24: $4.9B
Q1'25: $4.7B
Q2'25: $5.7B
Q3'25: $5.7B
Q4'25: $5.1B
Q1'26: $5.0B
Q2'26: $6.4B
$0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B
23
24
24
25
26

Net income by quarter

Q2'23: $586.2M
Q3'23: $626.3M
Q4'23: $504.3M
Q1'24: $436.3M
Q2'24: $755.3M
Q3'24: $772.0M
Q4'24: $604.3M
Q1'25: $604.9M
Q2'25: $874.8M
Q3'25: $847.6M
Q4'25: $591.3M
Q1'26: $584.4M
Q2'26: $925.7M
$0$250.0M$500.0M$750.0M
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24
24
25
26
QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYEPSOCF
Q2'26$6.4B+10.6%$925.7M+5.8%4.16$1.1B
Q1'26$5.0B+6.0%$584.4M−3.4%2.62$626.2M
Q4'25 *$5.1B+5.5%$591.3M−2.2%2.64$1.2B
Q3'25$5.7B+5.5%$847.6M+9.8%3.78$1.0B
Q2'25$5.7B+8.3%$874.8M+15.8%3.89$692.1M
Q1'25$4.7B+11.2%$604.9M+38.6%2.67$339.5M
Q4'24 *$4.9B+10.2%$604.3M+19.8%2.65$899.9M
Q3'24$5.4B+11.4%$772.0M+23.3%3.39$1.3B
Q2'24$5.3B+12.8%$755.3M+28.8%3.30$695.9M
Q1'24$4.2B+15.0%$436.3M+42.1%1.90$247.2M
Q4'23 *$4.4B+8.6%$504.3M+14.8%2.17$934.8M
Q3'23$4.9B+11.7%$626.3M+14.3%2.72$922.3M
Q2'23$4.7B+12.3%$586.2M+15.1%2.55$524.0M

Track record

Compound annual growth by period. For debt and share count, negative is the good direction.

Series3y5y10y15y
Revenue+10.1%+11.4%+4.8%+2.8%
Operating cash flow+28.5%+17.4%+13.7%+10.7%
Free cash flow+32.4%+16.9%+16.0%+12.0%
EPS (diluted)+20.2%+29.8%+18.0%+13.7%
Equity+12.1%+6.0%+4.0%+0.5%
LT debt+1.2%−2.7%+0.5%+2.0%
Diluted shares−1.4%−1.5%−1.7%−2.7%
Stock price+31.3%+19.4%+25.9%+24.8%

$100, 3 years ago

$226vs $176 in SPY

31.3% vs 20.7%/yr

$100, 5 years ago

$243vs $181 in SPY

19.4% vs 12.6%/yr

$100, 10 years ago

$1,003vs $412 in SPY

25.9% vs 15.2%/yr

$100, 15 years ago

$2,767vs $813 in SPY

24.8% vs 15.0%/yr

The $1 test — market value created per $1 of earnings retained (Buffett's hurdle: at least $1)

Last 5 years

$8.52

$61.6B created / $7.2B retained

Last 10 years

$7.51

$85.1B created / $11.3B retained

Quality & capital discipline

Cash-based returns and how management deploys capital

Cash ROIC

25.6%

OCF ÷ (equity + debt)

OCF / EV yield

3.1%

MC vs 10× OCF

3.19

≤1 = priced under 10× OCF

Debt / FCF

1.4y

SBC / FCF

3.1%

Owner earnings

$2.7B

OCF − capex − SBC

OE yield

2.7%

Share count 5y

−1.8%

per year; negative = buybacks

Capital intensity

10.6%

net PP&E ÷ revenue

Sales efficiency

$0.10

new PP&E per $1 new revenue, 5y

Growth engine (5y): reinvested 26.4% of operating cash flow at an incremental return of 56.3% — an organically fundable growth rate of about 14.9% per year (growth ≈ reinvestment rate × incremental ROIC).

Checklist

23 of 26 checks pass · 88%. Checks with structurally missing inputs are excluded.

Growth & Consistency

7/7

  • Revenue growth

    11.4% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • EPS growth

    29.8% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • FCF growth

    16.9% · 5y CAGR ≥ 5%

    pass
  • Revenue rises consistently

    7 of 9 · up in ≥ 7 of last 10 years

    pass
  • FCF consistently positive

    10 of 10 · positive in ≥ 8 of last 10 years

    pass
  • Profitable every year

    10 of 10 · net income > 0 in ≥ 8 of last 10

    pass
  • Cash flow keeps up with sales

    17.4% vs 11.4% · OCF CAGR ≥ 0.9× revenue CAGR

    pass

Profitability

6/6

  • Net margin

    13.7% · ≥ 8%

    pass
  • Operating margin

    18.6% · ≥ 10%

    pass
  • Gross margin stable or rising

    · no drop > 2 pts over 3y

    na
  • Return on equity

    34.0% · ≥ 12%

    pass
  • Cash ROIC

    25.6% · ≥ 12%

    pass
  • FCF margin

    13.2% · ≥ 5%

    pass
  • Earnings back their cash

    OCF $3.2B vs NI $2.9B · OCF ≥ net income (latest FY)

    pass

Balance Sheet

4/5

  • Debt payable from cash flow

    1.4y · LT debt ≤ 3× FCF

    pass
  • Cash cushion

    45% · cash ≥ 50% of LT debt

    fail
  • Leverage

    0.46 · LT debt ≤ 1.5× equity

    pass
  • Equity positive and compounding

    $8.6B · equity > 0 and grew over ~5y

    pass
  • Interest burden

    6% · interest ≤ 15% of operating income

    pass

Capital Allocation

4/4

  • Share count flat or shrinking

    -1.8% · ≤ +0.5%/yr over ~5y

    pass
  • Stock comp restrained

    3% · SBC ≤ 15% of FCF

    pass
  • Distributions funded by FCF

    82% · dividends + buybacks ≤ 100% of FCF

    pass
  • Repurchases are a habit

    10 of 10 · buybacks in ≥ 5 of last 10 years

    pass

Valuation Discipline

2/4

  • FCF yield

    2.8% · ≥ 3%

    fail
  • Earnings multiple

    34.9 · P/E ≤ 25

    fail
  • Price asks less than history delivered

    15.8% vs 16.0% · implied FCF growth ≤ historical FCF CAGR

    pass
  • Shareholder yield

    2.3% · dividends + buybacks ≥ 2% of market cap

    pass

Financial data

As filed in 10-Ks; per-share figures split-adjusted. $ in millions.

FYRevenueGross profitOp incomeNet incomeEPSOCFCapExFCFDividendsBuybacksSBCCashLT debtEquityShares
202521,3223,9672,91912.983,1953832,8128371,481871,7633,9228,579225
202419,8383,5002,56811.243,1463712,7757581,281831,5904,3187,457228
202317,6782,8942,0248.772,3903012,089684669641,0953,9786,995231
202215,9922,4191,7577.481,5042921,2126201,200561,2213,7886,089235
202114,1362,0231,4235.871,5882231,3655611,100672,1594,4926,256242
202012,4551,5338553.521,4351461,289507250703,2904,4976,408243
201913,0761,6701,4115.771,9202051,714510750661,2794,9237,268244
201812,3441,5121,3385.351,4082851,123480900798783,7417,023250
201714,1981,6651,3035.051,5242211,3024301,017711,5242,9577,140258
201613,5091,6031,4765.651,5221831,339349250701,7153,7096,644262
201513,3011,4926652.48888250639303250637373,7145,817268
201412,8911,4059323.409732347402651,375681,7053,7425,987274
201312,3511,1056192.071,0922428492461,213721,9373,1547,069298
201211,9881,0721,0193.281,195243952192840507082,2677,148311
201114,7828603431.011,1872439441371,158439872,8796,924339
201014,0011,2616421.89695180516910748412,9227,964340
200913,0098854511.371,7572041,5531610688412,9057,072329
200813,045-2,521-2,625-8.73424305119213-2285502,7746,661304
20078,7631,0583,96713.438261207072102,000314,7358,005

Some concepts are structurally absent for certain industries (banks report no gross profit or capex). Missing ≠ zero.