Cummins Inc. (CMI) Key Metrics

NYSE: CMIValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

CMI valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$73.15B
Enterprise value
$76.59B
P/E (TTM)
27.2
10-yr median 16.3
Forward P/E
15.4
PEG ratio
1.06
Price / sales
2.1
10-yr median 1.3
Price / book
5.6
10-yr median 3.9
EV / EBITDA
14.5
10-yr median 9.7
Dividend yield
1.66%
$8.80 a year
Beta
1.24

CMI key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

CMI valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio+102.7%
24.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 16.6 (+47.9%)2017: 29.6 (+78.2%)2018: 10.2 (−65.6%)2019: 12.4 (+21.6%)2020: 18.9 (+53.0%)2021: 14.9 (−21.0%)2022: 16.0 (+7.3%)2023: 46.5 (+190.2%)2024: 12.3 (−73.6%)2025: 24.9 (+102.7%)
20162025
Price / sales+47.9%
2.1
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 1.3 (+60.8%)2017: 1.4 (+9.5%)2018: 0.9 (−36.7%)2019: 1.2 (+29.5%)2020: 1.7 (+44.1%)2021: 1.3 (−22.4%)2022: 1.2 (−7.3%)2023: 1.0 (−18.3%)2024: 1.4 (+41.7%)2025: 2.1 (+47.9%)
20162025
Price / book+21.4%
5.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.4 (+58.8%)2017: 4.1 (+21.0%)2018: 3.0 (−27.3%)2019: 3.7 (+25.7%)2020: 4.2 (+12.8%)2021: 3.8 (−10.5%)2022: 3.8 (+2.3%)2023: 3.9 (+0.6%)2024: 4.7 (+22.2%)2025: 5.7 (+21.4%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA+64.3%
14.0
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 9.3 (+56.7%)2017: 9.9 (+6.2%)2018: 6.5 (−34.1%)2019: 8.1 (+24.3%)2020: 11.1 (+37.0%)2021: 9.4 (−15.1%)2022: 10.6 (+12.2%)2023: 21.9 (+107.3%)2024: 8.5 (−61.3%)2025: 14.0 (+64.3%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow−82.9%
29.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 17.3 (+38.5%)2017: 17.5 (+1.3%)2018: 13.6 (−21.9%)2019: 11.6 (−14.9%)2020: 15.8 (+35.7%)2021: 21.7 (+37.4%)2022: 33.0 (+52.2%)2023: 12.4 (−62.3%)2024: 173.8 (+1,299.6%)2025: 29.7 (−82.9%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield+2.8 pts
3.4%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 5.8% (−2.2 pts)2017: 5.7% (−0.1 pts)2018: 7.3% (+1.6 pts)2019: 8.6% (+1.3 pts)2020: 6.3% (−2.3 pts)2021: 4.6% (−1.7 pts)2022: 3.0% (−1.6 pts)2023: 8.1% (+5.0 pts)2024: 0.6% (−7.5 pts)2025: 3.4% (+2.8 pts)
20162025

CMI valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

CMI returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

CMI debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

CMI cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

CMI price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

CMI key metrics

2016–2025
Cummins Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$70.80B$48.49B$34.19B$34.48B$31.83B$33.84B$27.94B$21.76B$29.55B$23.14B
Enterprise value$75.30B$53.82B$38.65B$40.26B$33.25B$34.59B$29.33B$22.71B$29.99B$23.58B
P/E ratio24.912.346.516.014.918.912.410.229.616.6
Price / sales2.11.41.01.21.31.71.20.91.41.3
Price / book5.74.73.93.83.84.23.73.04.13.4
Price / free cash flow29.7173.812.433.021.715.811.613.617.517.3
Price / operating cash flow19.632.68.617.614.112.48.89.113.012.0
EV / sales2.21.61.11.41.41.71.21.01.51.3
EV / EBITDA14.08.521.910.69.411.18.16.59.99.3
EV / free cash flow31.6192.914.038.522.616.112.214.217.717.6
Earnings yield4.0%8.1%2.1%6.2%6.7%5.3%8.1%9.8%3.4%6.0%
Free cash flow yield3.4%0.6%8.1%3.0%4.6%6.3%8.6%7.3%5.7%5.8%
Dividend yield1.5%2.0%2.7%2.5%2.5%2.3%2.7%3.3%2.4%2.9%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)1.5%2.0%2.7%3.6%6.9%4.2%7.3%8.5%3.9%6.3%
Share price at fiscal year-end$510.45$348.60$239.57$242.29$218.14$227.10$178.96$133.64$176.64$136.67
Per share
Revenue per share$242.75$245.16$238.72$197.29$164.64$132.96$151.00$146.01$122.10$103.42
Earnings per share$20.50$28.37$5.15$15.12$14.61$12.01$14.48$13.15$5.97$8.23
Operating cash flow per share$26.11$10.69$27.79$13.79$15.46$18.27$20.38$14.61$13.61$11.43
Free cash flow per share$17.20$2.01$19.29$7.35$10.08$14.41$15.41$9.79$10.10$7.92
Cash per share$26.02$16.28$19.21$18.08$21.84$25.92$9.42$9.37$9.37$8.15
Book value per share$89.03$73.84$62.02$63.07$58.08$54.11$48.09$45.14$43.39$40.61
Tangible book value per share$57.38$39.90$26.85$27.72$43.09$38.97$33.43$32.64$31.11$35.81
Dividends per share$7.61$6.97$6.45$6.01$5.54$5.25$4.88$4.41$4.19$3.99
Capex per share$8.90$8.68$8.50$6.44$5.39$3.86$4.96$4.82$3.51$3.51
Debt per share$58.50$54.62$50.51$58.71$31.62$30.99$18.37$15.21$11.99$10.76
Shares outstanding138.7M139.1M142.7M142.3M145.9M149.0M156.1M162.8M167.3M169.3M
Change in shares outstanding−0.3%−2.5%+0.3%−2.5%−2.1%−4.5%−4.1%−2.7%−1.2%−5.1%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)25.1%41.3%8.2%24.7%25.8%23.0%30.4%29.3%14.1%19.5%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)18.5%21.5%6.5%18.4%22.7%19.8%25.1%27.7%15.5%19.5%
Return on assets (ROA)8.7%12.4%2.4%8.0%9.2%8.4%11.6%11.5%6.0%9.2%
Return on tangible assets9.6%14.7%2.7%8.5%9.9%8.8%13.0%12.6%6.2%9.8%
Free cash flow margin7.1%0.8%8.1%3.7%6.1%10.8%10.2%6.7%8.3%7.7%
Income quality (OCF / net income)1.270.385.400.911.061.521.411.112.281.39
Financial health
Total debt$8.11B$7.60B$7.21B$8.36B$4.61B$4.62B$2.87B$2.48B$2.01B$1.82B
Cash & short-term investments$3.61B$2.26B$2.74B$2.57B$3.19B$3.86B$1.47B$1.52B$1.57B$1.38B
Net debt$4.50B$5.33B$4.47B$5.78B$1.43B$755.0M$1.40B$951.0M$439.0M$441.0M
Debt / equity0.660.740.810.930.540.570.380.340.280.26
Debt / assets0.240.240.230.280.190.200.150.130.110.12
Net debt / EBITDA0.830.842.541.520.400.240.390.270.140.17
Current ratio1.761.311.181.271.741.881.501.541.571.78
Quick ratio1.160.800.740.771.121.340.940.951.011.16
Interest coverage12.210.14.714.724.422.724.824.428.827.2
Working capital$7.32B$3.52B$2.29B$3.03B$5.22B$5.56B$3.13B$3.43B$3.25B$3.38B
Invested capital$16.85B$15.61B$13.32B$14.76B$9.90B$8.82B$8.90B$8.30B$7.70B$7.32B
Tangible asset value$9.02B$6.59B$4.89B$5.20B$7.21B$6.73B$6.18B$6.22B$6.11B$6.36B
Net current asset value−$3.66B−$5.48B−$6.90B−$5.62B−$2.00B−$1.74B−$1.89B−$985.0M−$983.0M−$130.0M
Graham number$202.64$217.09$84.78$146.46$138.16$120.90$125.16$115.57$76.35$86.74
Graham net-net per share−$69.94−$80.60−$86.43−$75.88−$40.80−$34.87−$33.99−$27.64−$24.19−$16.84
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$1.05B$969.0M$921.0M$855.0M$809.0M$782.0M$761.0M$718.0M$701.0M$676.0M
Share buybacks (net)—$0$4.0M$374.0M$1.40B$641.0M$1.27B$1.14B$451.0M$778.0M
Dividend payout ratio37.1%24.6%125.3%39.7%38.0%43.7%33.7%33.5%70.2%48.5%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow44.2%347.3%33.6%117.5%150.4%66.3%84.5%116.6%68.2%108.4%
Capex / revenue3.7%3.5%3.6%3.3%3.3%2.9%3.3%3.3%2.9%3.4%
Capex / operating cash flow34.1%81.2%30.6%46.7%34.8%21.1%24.4%33.0%25.8%30.7%
Capex / depreciation1.121.131.181.171.190.851.151.281.011.12
Stock-based compensation / revenue——0.2%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.2%
R&D / revenue4.1%4.3%4.4%4.6%4.5%4.6%4.2%3.8%3.7%3.6%
SG&A / revenue9.3%9.6%9.4%9.6%9.9%10.7%10.4%10.3%11.7%11.7%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding59.657.657.859.859.369.058.357.559.360.9
Days of inventory on hand83.981.279.785.177.584.675.270.169.575.3
Days payables outstanding56.258.460.262.258.265.555.654.752.849.8
Cash conversion cycle (days)87.380.477.382.778.688.077.972.976.186.4
Receivables turnover6.126.346.326.116.155.296.266.356.155.99
Payables turnover6.496.256.075.876.275.576.576.686.927.33
Inventory turnover4.354.494.584.294.714.324.865.215.254.85
Asset turnover1.031.071.091.041.040.941.221.281.231.16
Average receivables$5.50B$5.38B$5.39B$4.60B$3.90B$3.75B$3.77B$3.74B$3.32B$2.92B
Average payables$3.88B$4.11B$4.26B$3.64B$2.92B$2.68B$2.68B$2.70B$2.22B$1.78B
Average inventory$5.78B$5.71B$5.64B$4.98B$3.89B$3.46B$3.62B$3.46B$2.92B$2.69B
Intangibles / total assets12.9%15.0%15.7%16.6%9.2%10.0%11.6%10.7%11.4%5.4%

Computed from CMI's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 10, 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.

CMI valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Cummins traded at 24.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 16.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 27.2 and the forward P/E is 15.4. Cummins earned a return on equity of 25.1% and a return on invested capital of 18.5% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $8.1 billion of debt and $3.6 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $4.5 billion. It returned $1.1 billion to shareholders: $1.1 billion in dividends and $0 in share buybacks, 44% of free cash flow. The share count fell 18.1% from 169.3M to 138.7M over 9 years.

See the CMI income statement, the CMI chart for price history, or the CMI stock overview for the latest quote and news.

CMI key metrics FAQ

What is Cummins's P/E ratio?

Cummins's trailing P/E ratio is 27.2 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 15.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 24.9, compared with a 10-year median of 16.3.

What is Cummins's EV/EBITDA?

Cummins's enterprise value was 14.0 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $75.3 billion, EBITDA $5.4 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 14.5.

What is Cummins's return on equity?

Cummins's return on equity (ROE) was 25.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of $2.8 billion on average shareholders' equity of $11.3 billion.

What is Cummins's ROIC?

Cummins's return on invested capital was 18.5% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Cummins have?

Cummins had total debt of $8.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66 and $4.5 billion of net debt (0.83 times EBITDA).

What is Cummins's dividend yield?

Cummins's forward dividend yield is 1.66%. Cummins paid $1.1 billion in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($7.61 per share), a payout ratio of 37.1%.

What is Cummins's free cash flow yield?

Cummins generated $2.4 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.4% on its market value at year-end ($70.8 billion).

What is Cummins's current ratio?

Cummins's current ratio was 1.76 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.76 times current liabilities.

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