PCAR · Paccar Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $58.33B |
| P/E | 23.29 |
| Float | 516.5M |
| Beta | 0.95 |
| Volatility | 23.8% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Machinery |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 80.2 |
| Price | 108.90 |
| Change | −1.73% |
| Prev Close | 110.82 |
| Open | 111.62 |
| Day Low | 110.53 |
| Day High | 112.71 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $355.4M |
| 52W High | 139.24 |
| 52W Low | 93.19 |
| 52W Pos | 34.1% |
| From High | −21.79% |
| From Low | +16.86% |
| Max DD 1Y | −22.68% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −1.23% |
| SMA 50 | −9.03% |
| SMA 200 | −9.71% |
| RSI (14) | 41.8 |
| Vol 30D | 19.1% |
| Vol 90D | 26.6% |
| 1Y Range | 93–139 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +2.57% |
| Perf Month | −5.57% |
| Perf Quarter | −10.87% |
| Perf Half Y | −12.22% |
| Perf Year | +16.37% |
| Perf YTD | −2.38% |
| Prev Day | −1.73% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 0.81 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.71 |
| Int Cover | 10.4× |
| FCF Margin | 12.9% |
| Rev Growth | −15.5% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 11 / 23 |
What PCAR does
PACCAR Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes light, medium, and heavy-duty commercial trucks in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Europe, Central and South America, and internationally.
It operates through three segments: Truck, Parts, and Financial Services. The Truck segment designs, manufactures, and distributes trucks for the over-the-road and off-highway hauling of commercial and consumer goods; and diesel engine products.
It sells its trucks through a network of independent dealers under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF nameplates.
The Parts segment distributes aftermarket parts for trucks and related commercial vehicles. The Financial Services segment conducts full-service leasing operations under the PacLease trade name, as well as provides finance and leasing products and services to customers and dealers.
This segment offers equipment financing and administrative support services for its franchisees; retail loan and leasing services for small, medium, and large commercial trucking companies, as well as independent owners/operators and other businesses; and truck inventory financing services to independent dealers.
In addition, this segment offers loans and leases directly to customers for the acquisition of trucks and related equipment; and operates its own full-service lease outlets.
The company manufactures and markets industrial winches under the Braden, Carco, and Gearmatic nameplates.
PACCAR Inc was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayPCAR grades B+, 80.2 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (66), most exposed on Sector Resilience (57, mixed). 1 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Machinery median. Ranks 11 of 23 in Machinery by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| PCAR | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.95 | 1.09 |
| Volatilityannualized | 23.8% | 27.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −22.7% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.02% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 21 (8%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| PCAR | Machinery median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.95 | 1.09 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 67% of 24 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Machinery names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| PCAR | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +2.6% |
| 1 month | −5.6% |
| Year to date | −2.4% |
| 1 year | +16.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| PCAR | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 14 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 58 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 19 · 7 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 19 ↑ 7 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 24 Machinery names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| PCAR | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −15.5% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Machinery median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openA Washington federal judge ruled that PACCAR must face a proposed class action lawsuit claiming it sold faulty diesel engines, rejecting the company's argument that the case was preempted by the Clean Air Act. The judge found the lawsuit plausibly alleges the engine defects breached the warranty. The article provides no further detail on financial exposure or case status.
The article summarizes a bullish investment thesis on PACCAR (PCAR) originally published on the Astute Optics Substack, asking whether a truck replacement cycle can revive the company's earnings growth, and comparing PCAR against peers OSK and CMI. PCAR was trading at $109.81 as of September 30, 2026, with a trailing P/E of 23.60 and a forward P/E of 15.06. The full article body is truncated in the source provided.
A shippers' coalition has ordered 2,500 Class 8 (heavy-duty) electric trucks, with Tesla as the primary manufacturer and Volvo, Kenworth, and RIDE as secondary options. The article provides no further detail on pricing, delivery timeline, or coalition members.
PACCAR declared a quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share, payable on December 2nd to shareholders of record on November 11th. The annualized payout works out to $1.40 per share, yielding about 1.2%.
Paccar (PCAR) shares fell 7.3% over the past four weeks and are now in technically oversold territory, a signal that the heavy selling pressure may be running out. Wall Street analysts have been raising their earnings estimates for the company, which the article argues could help reverse the stock's downward trend.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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