Is it safe?
Can RUSHB take a bad year?
Rush Enterprises, Inc. carries $38M of net debt at 0.07× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$38M
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 0.07×
Net debt / EBITDA · 0.29× a year ago · the load is coming down
- Altman Z-score
- 4.34
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Interest cover
- 9.09×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2026
- $278M
- Cash and short-term investments
- $240M
- Net debt
- $38M
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $549M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $384M
- Debt / equity
- 0.12×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 0.51×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 34%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −58%
- Below its 52-week high
- −5.1%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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