Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (ALSN) Key Metrics
ALSN valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $9.23B
- Enterprise value
- $13.18B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.8 10-yr median 11.3
- Forward P/E
- 10.2
- PEG ratio
- 0.52
- Price / sales
- 2.1 10-yr median 2.3
- Price / book
- 4.8 10-yr median 5.9
- EV / EBITDA
- 12.2 10-yr median 8.6
- Dividend yield
- 1.04% $1.16 a year
- Beta
- 0.98
ALSN key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsALSN valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
ALSN returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
ALSN per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
ALSN financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
ALSN efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
ALSN valuation history
ALSN returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
ALSN debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
ALSN cash returned to shareholders
ALSN price vs earnings per share
ALSN key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $8.32B | $9.51B | $5.29B | $3.99B | $3.89B | $4.92B | $5.94B | $5.87B | $6.46B | $5.70B |
| Enterprise value | $9.75B | $11.15B | $7.26B | $6.29B | $6.29B | $7.14B | $8.29B | $8.17B | $8.81B | $7.65B |
| P/E ratio | 13.4 | 13.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 16.4 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 26.5 |
| Price / sales | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Price / book | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 5.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 12.8 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 11.4 | 11.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 10.1 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| EV / sales | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 11.0 | 12.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | 15.0 | 16.9 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 15.5 | 14.7 |
| Earnings yield | 7.5% | 7.7% | 12.7% | 13.3% | 11.4% | 6.1% | 10.2% | 10.9% | 7.8% | 3.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.8% | 6.9% | 12.5% | 12.3% | 11.8% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 12.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 5.0% | 3.6% | 6.7% | 9.0% | 15.3% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 11.7% | 15.1% | 6.3% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $97.90 | $108.06 | $58.15 | $41.60 | $36.35 | $43.13 | $48.32 | $43.91 | $43.07 | $33.69 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $35.41 | $36.65 | $33.35 | $28.84 | $22.45 | $18.25 | $21.93 | $20.29 | $15.08 | $10.88 |
| Earnings per share | $7.33 | $8.31 | $7.40 | $5.53 | $4.13 | $2.62 | $4.91 | $4.78 | $3.36 | $1.27 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $9.69 | $9.10 | $8.62 | $6.84 | $5.93 | $4.92 | $6.89 | $6.26 | $4.39 | $3.49 |
| Free cash flow per share | $7.64 | $7.48 | $7.24 | $5.10 | $4.30 | $3.91 | $5.49 | $5.51 | $3.78 | $3.07 |
| Cash per share | $17.59 | $8.88 | $6.10 | $2.42 | $1.19 | $2.72 | $1.56 | $1.73 | $1.33 | $1.21 |
| Book value per share | $21.96 | $18.76 | $13.55 | $9.10 | $5.93 | $6.63 | $6.35 | $4.93 | $4.59 | $6.38 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$11.79 | −$14.16 | −$18.42 | −$21.66 | −$21.93 | −$19.92 | −$18.72 | −$17.56 | −$16.03 | −$12.43 |
| Dividends per share | $1.07 | $0.99 | $0.91 | $0.83 | $0.76 | $0.68 | $0.59 | $0.60 | $0.59 | $0.59 |
| Capex per share | $2.06 | $1.62 | $1.37 | $1.74 | $1.64 | $1.01 | $1.40 | $0.75 | $0.61 | $0.42 |
| Debt per share | $34.36 | $27.50 | $27.70 | $26.29 | $23.62 | $22.23 | $20.66 | $18.95 | $16.97 | $12.76 |
| Shares outstanding | 85.0M | 88.0M | 91.0M | 96.0M | 107.0M | 114.0M | 123.0M | 133.7M | 150.0M | 169.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −3.4% | −3.3% | −5.2% | −10.3% | −6.1% | −7.3% | −8.0% | −10.9% | −11.4% | −4.4% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 35.4% | 50.7% | 63.9% | 70.4% | 63.6% | 38.9% | 83.9% | 94.8% | 57.0% | 19.0% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 22.9% | 24.9% | 23.5% | 20.8% | 17.2% | 13.3% | 23.0% | 24.4% | 20.5% | 9.0% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 10.9% | 14.1% | 13.9% | 11.6% | 9.9% | 6.7% | 13.9% | 15.1% | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| Return on tangible assets | 19.4% | 30.0% | 31.8% | 30.9% | 29.9% | 20.6% | 44.2% | 52.0% | 45.4% | 20.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 21.6% | 20.4% | 21.7% | 17.7% | 19.2% | 21.4% | 25.0% | 27.2% | 25.1% | 28.3% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.32 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.24 | 1.44 | 1.88 | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1.31 | 2.75 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $2.92B | $2.42B | $2.52B | $2.52B | $2.53B | $2.53B | $2.54B | $2.53B | $2.55B | $2.16B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.50B | $781.0M | $555.0M | $232.0M | $127.0M | $310.0M | $192.0M | $231.0M | $199.0M | $204.7M |
| Net debt | $1.43B | $1.64B | $1.97B | $2.29B | $2.40B | $2.22B | $2.35B | $2.30B | $2.35B | $1.95B |
| Debt / equity | 1.56 | 1.47 | 2.04 | 2.89 | 3.99 | 3.35 | 3.25 | 3.84 | 3.70 | 2.00 |
| Debt / assets | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.51 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.39 | 1.48 | 1.81 | 2.50 | 2.86 | 3.28 | 2.20 | 2.11 | 2.93 | 3.16 |
| Current ratio | 4.85 | 3.04 | 2.50 | 1.80 | 1.46 | 2.03 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.52 | 1.60 |
| Quick ratio | 4.17 | 2.42 | 1.94 | 1.34 | 1.02 | 1.54 | 1.17 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.23 |
| Interest coverage | 9.9 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| Working capital | $1.77B | $1.03B | $749.0M | $386.0M | $212.0M | $383.0M | $269.0M | $299.0M | $215.0M | $205.4M |
| Invested capital | $3.29B | $3.29B | $3.20B | $3.17B | $3.03B | $2.98B | $3.13B | $2.96B | $3.04B | $3.03B |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.00B | −$1.25B | −$1.68B | −$2.08B | −$2.35B | −$2.27B | −$2.30B | −$2.35B | −$2.40B | −$2.10B |
| Net current asset value | −$1.98B | −$2.15B | −$2.54B | −$2.93B | −$3.15B | −$2.96B | −$2.98B | −$2.85B | −$2.88B | −$2.59B |
| Graham number | $60.19 | $59.22 | $47.48 | $33.66 | $23.47 | $19.78 | $26.49 | $23.03 | $18.63 | $13.51 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$27.20 | −$28.14 | −$31.12 | −$33.13 | −$31.48 | −$27.63 | −$25.92 | −$22.75 | −$20.33 | −$16.09 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $91.0M | $87.0M | $83.0M | $80.0M | $81.0M | $78.0M | $73.0M | $80.0M | $89.0M | $100.6M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $328.0M | $254.0M | $270.0M | $278.0M | $513.0M | $225.0M | $393.0M | $609.0M | $885.0M | $256.2M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 14.6% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 15.1% | 18.3% | 26.1% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 17.7% | 46.8% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 64.6% | 51.8% | 53.6% | 73.1% | 129.1% | 67.9% | 69.0% | 93.5% | 171.8% | 68.6% |
| Capex / revenue | 5.8% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.8% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 21.2% | 17.9% | 15.9% | 25.4% | 27.6% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 11.9% | 13.8% | 11.9% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.41 | 1.18 | 0.81 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 0.78 | 1.03 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.40 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| R&D / revenue | 5.8% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.8% |
| SG&A / revenue | 12.6% | 10.4% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 12.7% | 15.2% | 13.1% | 13.4% | 15.1% | 17.6% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 42.0 | 40.5 | 43.2 | 43.8 | 40.2 | 42.2 | 37.1 | 36.9 | 36.4 | 38.9 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 74.1 | 63.6 | 58.3 | 53.1 | 55.9 | 64.0 | 51.6 | 45.8 | 45.1 | 49.9 |
| Days payables outstanding | 47.2 | 45.4 | 47.2 | 46.4 | 48.8 | 51.7 | 44.6 | 46.4 | 46.3 | 47.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 68.9 | 58.7 | 54.3 | 50.5 | 47.3 | 54.5 | 44.1 | 36.4 | 35.2 | 41.3 |
| Receivables turnover | 8.69 | 9.01 | 8.44 | 8.34 | 9.08 | 8.65 | 9.85 | 9.88 | 10.03 | 9.39 |
| Payables turnover | 7.73 | 8.04 | 7.73 | 7.87 | 7.48 | 7.06 | 8.18 | 7.87 | 7.88 | 7.68 |
| Inventory turnover | 4.93 | 5.74 | 6.26 | 6.88 | 6.53 | 5.70 | 7.07 | 7.97 | 8.09 | 7.31 |
| Asset turnover | 0.53 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.43 |
| Average receivables | $346.5M | $358.0M | $359.5M | $332.0M | $264.5M | $240.5M | $274.0M | $274.5M | $225.4M | $195.9M |
| Average payables | $201.0M | $211.0M | $202.5M | $187.0M | $168.0M | $153.5M | $159.5M | $164.0M | $143.4M | $127.0M |
| Average inventory | $315.5M | $295.5M | $250.0M | $214.0M | $192.5M | $190.0M | $184.5M | $162.0M | $139.8M | $133.5M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 47.2% | 54.3% | 57.9% | 63.2% | 66.9% | 67.6% | 69.3% | 71.0% | 73.6% | 75.5% |
Computed from ALSN's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 24, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
ALSN valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Allison Transmission traded at 13.4 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 11.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 17.8 and the forward P/E is 10.2. Allison Transmission earned a return on equity of 35.4% and a return on invested capital of 22.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.9 billion of debt and $1.5 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $1.4 billion. It returned $419.0 million to shareholders: $91.0 million in dividends and $328.0 million in share buybacks, 65% of free cash flow. The share count fell 49.8% from 169.2M to 85.0M over 9 years.
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ALSN key metrics FAQ
What is Allison Transmission's P/E ratio?
Allison Transmission's trailing P/E ratio is 17.8 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 10.2. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 13.4, compared with a 10-year median of 11.3.
What is Allison Transmission's EV/EBITDA?
Allison Transmission's enterprise value was 9.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $9.7 billion, EBITDA $1.0 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 12.2.
What is Allison Transmission's return on equity?
Allison Transmission's return on equity (ROE) was 35.4% in fiscal 2025: net income of $623.0 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.8 billion.
What is Allison Transmission's ROIC?
Allison Transmission's return on invested capital was 22.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Allison Transmission have?
Allison Transmission had total debt of $2.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56 and $1.4 billion of net debt (1.39 times EBITDA).
What is Allison Transmission's dividend yield?
Allison Transmission's forward dividend yield is 1.04%. Allison Transmission paid $91.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.07 per share), a payout ratio of 14.6%.
Does Allison Transmission buy back its shares?
Yes. Allison Transmission spent $328.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −3.4% over the year, to 85.0M..
What is Allison Transmission's free cash flow yield?
Allison Transmission generated $649.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 7.8% on its market value at year-end ($8.3 billion).
What is Allison Transmission's current ratio?
Allison Transmission's current ratio was 4.85 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 4.85 times current liabilities.