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what it is
It makes heating, cooling, and refrigerated transport systems for buildings, homes, and food shipments.
how it gets paid
Last year Trane Technologies made $21.3B in revenue. Americas was the main engine at $17.0B, or 80% of sales.
why it's growing
Revenue grew 7.5% last year. EPS of $2.71 mattered most because it missed $2.79 by 2.87%.
what just happened
Trane missed estimates by $0.08 in the latest quarter.
At a glance
A balance sheet — strong enough to weather a downturn
95/100 earnings predictability — you can trust these numbers
30.0x trailing p/e — priced about right
1.1% dividend yield — cash in your pocket every quarter
25.0% return on capital — every dollar works hard here
xvary composite: 69/100 — average
What they do
It makes heating, cooling, and refrigerated transport systems for buildings, homes, and food shipments.
You do not replace a building’s climate system like a router. Trane has 36 factories and about 45,000 employees, so service and parts are already close to the customer. Operating margin → profit from sales before interest and taxes → 20.5 cents of every dollar stays after the work is done.
How they make money
$21.3B
annual revenue · their business grew +7.5% last year
Americas
$17.0B
EMEA
$2.8B
Asia Pacific
$1.5B
The products that matter
home hvac systems
Trane Residential
core demand driver
it sits inside a company producing $28B in annual revenue. residential demand matters because replacement cycles keep moving even when new construction slows.
installed base
building hvac & automation
Trane Commercial
efficiency + retrofit exposure
commercial systems help explain how trane keeps a 13.9% net margin on $28B in sales. once equipment is in a building, service and upgrades tend to follow.
higher-value mix
brands and channel relationships
American Standard and contractor network
brand leverage
the current dataset is thin on brand-level revenue, so we will not invent it. what we do know is that a 24.5% return on capital usually does not happen without real channel strength.
data thin
Key numbers
$21.3B
annual revenue
That is the size of the machine. A 7.5% rise means demand is still growing, not just treading water.
20.5%
operating margin
Operating margin → profit from sales before interest and taxes → Trane keeps 20.5 cents of every dollar.
25.0%
return on capital
Return on capital → profit earned on money invested in the business → the factory network is working hard.
30.0x
trailing p/e
Price to earnings → what you pay for past profit → you are paying for quality, not a bargain.
Financial health
A
strength
- balance sheet grade A — very strong financial position
- risk rank 3 — safer than 50% of stocks
- price stability 75 / 100
- long-term debt $3.9B (4% of capital)
- net profit margin 14.4% — keeps 14 cents of every dollar in revenue
- return on equity 32% — $0.32 profit for every $1 investors have put in
A — among the top-rated companies for balance sheet quality.
Total return vs. market
You invested $10,000 in TT 3 years ago → it's now worth $23,850.
The index would have given you $13,920.
source: institutional data · total return
What just happened
missed estimates
Trane missed estimates by $0.08 in the latest quarter.
Yahoo Finance shows $2.71 actual EPS versus $2.79 expected. EDGAR lists $16.2B of latest-quarter revenue, and web coverage puts gross margin at 34.09%.
$16.2B
revenue
$2.71
eps
34.09%
gross margin
the number that mattered
EPS of $2.71 mattered most because it missed $2.79 by 2.87%, so the market saw a small crack, not a collapse.
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management reduced its 2025 outlook for trane technologies in late october.
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leadership conceded that revenues at the hvac maker and developer of refrigerated freight solutions were likely to increase 7% for the year as a whole, 200 basis points shy of the 9% advance it was eying roughly three months earlier.
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at the same time, it went to a target range for adjusted earnings that incorporated its previous single-point estimate of $13.05 a share (implying 16% annual growth) at the high end and introduced $12.95 (+15%) at the low end.the generally less-positive stance reflected what was expected to be a particularly weak end to the year for trane's residential hvac business in the americas.
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to wit, sales there were anticipated to decline roughly 20%, vs. prior year, in the december quarter.weighing on the business of late has been a need to work off bloated wholesale inventories, amid cautious household spending and a fairly mild summer cooling season.
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the industry's transition to new, more eco-friendly refrigerants has also proved.if management had it right, the commercial hvac segment more than made up for residential weakness in the fourth quarter.
source: company earnings report, 2026
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What could go wrong
the #1 risk is tariff and trade-cost inflation on hvac equipment and components. management has already framed the 2025 hit at $250M–$275M.
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tariff and trade-cost inflation
the company has already quantified this one at $250M–$275M for 2025. that is real money, even for a business doing $28B in revenue.
if costs rise faster than pricing, margin expansion gets harder and the premium valuation looks less comfortable.
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construction and retrofit cyclicality
trane sells into building budgets. when commercial spending pauses or residential demand slows, equipment orders usually notice.
this is why a 95/100 predictability score matters. if the cycle turns and predictability slips, the multiple can compress before earnings fully do.
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guidance execution risk
management opened 2026 with 6–7% organic revenue growth guidance. that is now the number that matters.
when a stock trades 37% above its 10-year median p/e, a normal miss can still create an abnormal reaction.
a $250M–$275M tariff hit is manageable on $28B of revenue. stacked on top of a slower building cycle, it is enough to pressure both margins and the premium multiple at the same time.
source: institutional data · regulatory filings · risk analysis
Pay attention to
the number that mattered
6–7% organic revenue growth
management put this number on the table for 2026. if updates drift lower, the valuation debate gets louder fast.
cost pressure
tariff exposure vs. pricing response
the current estimate is $250M–$275M for 2025. watch whether management talks about offsetting that through price, mix, or sourcing.
calendar
q1 2026 earnings report
this should be the first real scorecard on the 2026 guide. for a stock like TT, confirmation matters almost as much as acceleration.
demand trend
enterprise bookings and backlog tone
record enterprise bookings hit $6B in q3 2025. if that tone softens, you will hear it before it shows up in the income statement.
Analyst rankings
short-term outlook
average
momentum score 3 — in human-speak, analysts do not see a strong short-term edge either way.
risk profile
average
stability score 3 — typical risk profile. safer than some industrials, but not the place you hide in a downturn.
chart momentum
top 5%
technical score 1 — the chart has been strong even while the fundamental debate is really about valuation.
earnings predictability
95 / 100
few surprises. that consistency is a big part of why investors let this industrial trade like a premium asset.
source: institutional data
Institutional activity
651 buyers vs. 726 sellers in 3q2025. total institutional holdings: 0.2B shares.
source: institutional data
Price targets
3-5 year target range
$327
$648
$390
current price
$488
target midpoint · +25% from current · 3-5yr high: $540 (+40% · 10% ann'l return)
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