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Makes commercial laundry equipment under the Speed Queen brand for laundromats, multi-housing and on-premise laundry.
Makes commercial laundry equipment under the Speed Queen brand for laundromats, multi-housing and on-premise laundry.
Sells machines through a network of independent distributors that serve laundromat owners and route operators, who buy in volume, while parts and service bring repeat income from machines already installed. Speed Queen also sells to households through appliance dealers, and sister brands such as UniMac and Huebsch serve on-premise laundries in hotels and hospitals.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, installed base). Speed Queen brand durability reputation and an established distributor/route-operator network.
Headquarters: Ripon, Wisconsin, United States · Founded: 1908 · Employees: 3,923
Size Alliance Laundry (ALH) is a United States Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $4.49B, the 1264th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $22.60 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.1%, against -16.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.7%); the operating margin is 19.2% (peer median 10.7%).
Valuation It trades at 16.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.9× (6th cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +8 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.7 points above its cost of capital (10.4% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 2.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.78B | $1.71B | $1.51B | $1.37B | $1.38B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +10% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | $659M | $598M | $552M | $473M | $417M |
| EBITDA | $434M | $416M | $381M | $326M | $279M |
| Net income | $179M | $102M | $98.3M | $88.2M | $99.7M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $158M | $102M | $176M | $79.6M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $53.7M | $43.5M | $32.7M | $25.4M |
| Total debt | $1.90B | $2.00B | $2.63B | $1.79B | n/a |
The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Laundry ALH | $4.49B | -11% | +10% | 19% | 16.4× | 15.2% |
| Whirlpool WHR | $2.01B | -32% | -6% | 2% | n/a | n/a |
| Electrolux Professional EPRO-B.ST | $1.52B | +20% | -4% | 10% | 16.2× | 4.9% |
| Lgelectronics 066570.KS | $17.3B | -2% | +8% | 4% | 11.3× | -4.5% |
| Haier Smart Home 600690.SS | $28.0B | 0% | -8% | 7% | 11.1× | -5.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | ALH | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +6.4% | -15.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.1% | -16.9% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.9% | -40.1% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.9% | +10.7% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 19.2% | 10.7% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 16.4× | 17.9× | 6th cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 15.2% | 10.6% | 4th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +7.5% | +11.6% | 2nd lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +7.7 pp | -1.6 pp | 4th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.7 pp | -1.2 pp | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3× | 9.8× | 4th most expensive of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.0× | -0.4× | most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Laundry ALH | United States | $4.49B | -11% | +10% | 19% | 16.4× | 15.2% | +7.5% |
| Circuit Fabology Microelectronics Equipment 688630.SS | China | $4.50B | -12% | +93% | 27% | 51.5× | 39.4% | +35.4% |
| Interpump IP.MI | Italy | $4.57B | +3% | +1% | 14% | 16.8× | 12.6% | +9.9% |
| Rainbow Robotics 277810.KS | South Korea | $4.59B | -52% | +92% | -16% | 653.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Jusung Engineering 036930.KS | South Korea | $4.39B | +5% | -33% | 0% | 145.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Renishaw RSW.L | United Kingdom | $4.61B | -7% | +14% | 16% | 18.5× | 24.8% | +7.5% |
| Neway Valve (Suzhou) 603699.SS | China | $4.66B | -36% | +11% | 26% | 17.9× | 10.0% | +16.5% |
| Leo 002131.SZ | China | $4.33B | -34% | +10% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan DR Laser Technology 300776.SZ | China | $4.69B | -24% | -23% | 19% | 37.9× | 51.8% | +13.6% |
| Hangcha 603298.SS | China | $4.71B | -12% | +7% | 12% | 13.3× | 2.9% | +9.1% |
| AAON AAON | United States | $4.72B | -59% | +54% | 11% | 20.7× | n/a | n/a |
| UBTECH ROBOTICS 9880.HK | Hong Kong | $4.73B | -41% | +90% | -21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| X-Energy XE | United States | $4.24B | -65% | -9% | -156% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Horiba 6856.T | Japan | $4.79B | -17% | +12% | 17% | 14.4× | 11.2% | +12.2% |
| DMG MORI Aktiengesellschaft GIL.DE | Germany | $4.17B | 0% | +3% | 5% | n/a | 11.3% | +2.7% |
| Franklin Electric FELE | United States | $4.16B | -5% | +7% | 13% | 18.0× | 9.2% | +11.3% |
| Jiangsu Gao Kai Precision Fluid 688835.SS | China | $4.15B | n/a | +21% | 24% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Amada 6113.T | Japan | $4.10B | -20% | +18% | 10% | 15.9× | 8.7% | +11.8% |
| HOSHIZAKI 6465.T | Japan | $4.93B | +5% | +12% | 10% | 17.8× | -4.5% | +15.3% |
| Kion KGX.DE | Germany | $5.05B | -25% | +3% | 6% | 10.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Krones KRN.DE | Germany | $3.94B | -7% | +3% | 7% | 11.2× | -1.8% | +11.3% |