PACCAR Inc PCAR

What the company does

PACCAR Inc is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery), with a market value of $56.3B, based in the USA.

It employs about 25,900 people and has been listed since Jul 09, 1986.

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.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 23.1 versus 29.6 for 3 direct peers — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is growing 0% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 16.5 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 133.38, 25% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 32% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Quarterly report in 2 days (2026-10-27) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 10 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (9 vs 0).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (1.2% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 3.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

This week's news

• Paccar (PCAR) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investors finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  In the latest trading session, Paccar (PCAR) closed at $107.26, marking a -2.13% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.52% loss on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 1.24%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.21%. Coming into today, shares of the truck maker had lost 0.98%… source ↗

• PACCAR (PCAR) Stock May Be 23% Undervalued Following PACCAR Connect Launch Plans finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  PACCAR has delivered a 5 year share price gain that long term holders will be very aware of, and the question now is whether the current US$110.22 price still lines up with the cash the business is expected to generate. With a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) view available, the issue is less about short term swings and… source ↗

• Insights Into Paccar (PCAR) Q3: Wall Street Projections for Key Metrics finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Wall Street analysts forecast that Paccar (PCAR) will report quarterly earnings of $1.61 per share in its upcoming release, pointing to a year-over-year increase of 43.8%. It is anticipated that revenues will amount to $7.56 billion, exhibiting an increase of 23.9% compared to the year-ago quarter. Over the past 30… source ↗

• Ford Motor Company (F) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Should You Buy? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-21
  What the article says

  Wall Street expects a year-over-year decline in earnings on lower revenues when Ford Motor Company (F) reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is… source ↗

• Paccar (PCAR) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Release finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-20
  What the article says

  Paccar (PCAR) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2026. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful… source ↗

• 3 Industrials Stocks That Fall Short finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-20
  What the article says

  3 Industrials Stocks That Fall Short Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn as the industry has shed 11.5%… source ↗

What changed since last week

• The price fell 3.5% since the last summary.