Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) Q3 FY2026 earnings: revenue $2.6 billion, up 2.7% on the year
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. (SUNB) reported revenue of $2.6 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 January 2026, up 2.7% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $290 million, down 10.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.69. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 12 March 2026.
The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier
| Line | Q3 FY2026 | Q1 FY2026 | Q3 FY2025 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,637 | 2,801 | 2,567 | +2.7% |
| Cost of revenue | 1,653 | 1,678 | 1,577 | +4.8% |
| Gross profit | 984 | 1,123 | 990 | -0.6% |
| Gross margin | 37.3% | 40.1% | 38.6% | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 379 | 414 | 347 | +9.2% |
| Operating income | 492 | 596 | 532 | -7.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.7% | 21.3% | 20.7% | |
| Pre-tax income | 394 | 508 | 430 | -8.4% |
| Income tax | 104 | 135 | 105 | -1.0% |
| Effective tax rate | 26.4% | 26.6% | 24.4% | |
| Net income | 290 | 373 | 325 | -10.8% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 13.3% | 12.7% | |
| Diluted EPS | $0.69 | $0.87 | $0.74 | -6.8% |
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Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.Cash flow and capital returned
| Line | Q3 FY2026 | Q1 FY2026 | Q3 FY2025 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | n/a | 868 | n/a | n/a |
| Cash from investing | n/a | -422 | n/a | n/a |
| Cash from financing | n/a | -444 | n/a | n/a |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 113 | 571 | 111 | +1.8% |
| Share-based compensation | 6.0 | 23.0 | 3.0 | +100.0% |
| Buybacks | n/a | 330 | n/a | n/a |
| Dividends paid | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | n/a |
| Diluted shares, weighted | 418m | 429m | 437m | -4.4% |
| Shares outstanding at period end | 415m | 410m | 413m | +0.4% |
Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.
Balance sheet at quarter end
| Line | Q3 FY2026 | Q1 FY2026 | Q3 FY2025 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 7,615 | 7,834 | 7,774 | -2.0% |
| Debt | 7,644 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Operating lease liabilities | 2,541 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Other liabilities | 4,513 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total liabilities and equity | 22,313 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Goodwill | 3,444 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Intangible assets | 365 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cash and equivalents | 39.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | +50.0% |
| Receivables | 1,683 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Inventory | 159 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Other assets | 16,623 | 22,245 | n/a | n/a |
| Total assets | 22,313 | 22,268 | n/a | n/a |
Questions
What was Sunbelt Rentals Holdings' revenue in Q3 FY2026?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings (SUNB) reported revenue of $2.6 billion for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 31 January 2026, up 2.7% on the same quarter a year earlier.
How much did Sunbelt Rentals Holdings earn in Q3 FY2026?
Net income for Q3 FY2026 was $290 million, down 10.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.69.
When did Sunbelt Rentals Holdings report Q3 FY2026 results?
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 January 2026 with the SEC on 12 March 2026.
Quarterly results, the last 4 quarters
| Q3 FY2025 | Q1 FY2026 | Q3 FY2026 | Q1 FY2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,567 | 2,801 | 2,637 | 3,115 |
| Cost of revenue | 1,577 | 1,678 | 1,653 | 1,866 |
| Gross profit | 990 | 1,123 | 984 | 1,249 |
| Gross margin | 39% | 40% | 37% | 40% |
| SG&A | 347 | 414 | 379 | 443 |
| Operating income | 532 | 596 | 492 | 691 |
| Operating margin | 21% | 21% | 19% | 22% |
| Pre-tax income | 430 | 508 | 394 | 591 |
| Tax rate | 24% | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| Net income | 325 | 373 | 290 | 438 |
| Net margin | 13% | 13% | 11% | 14% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.74 | $0.87 | $0.69 | $1.07 |
| Operating cash flow | n/a | 868 | n/a | 840 |
| Buybacks | n/a | 330 | n/a | 56.0 |
| Dividends paid | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | 307 |
| Shares outstanding | 413m | 410m | 415m | 410m |
| Filing | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q |
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Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.10-Q for the period ended 31 January 2026, filed 12 March 2026: the filing.