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Transcat, Inc.TRNSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Electronic Equipment/Instruments
Momentum leader 89
Mkt cap
$955M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$17.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
45.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.6 pp
WACC 7.6%
Hurdle
+16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
87 days
1 Feb 2027
Close · USD$101.51
1D+1.1%
1W+17.6%
1M+17.5%
3M+11.7%
6M+33.1%
YTD+78.9%
1Y+66.5%
ATR %4.8%
Beta1.66
52w lowhigh8.1% off high

What Transcat does

Employees: 1,413

Transcat at a glance

Size Transcat (TRNS) is a United States Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $955M, the 2279th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $101.51 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 33.1%, against -17.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.3%); the operating margin is 4.7% (peer median 6.6%).

Valuation It trades at 45.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.2× (2nd most expensive of 12).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 30% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +16 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 4.6 points below its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $9.10M at 26 Sep 2026 — 0.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 4.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026TRNS 133Peer median 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Transcat against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Transcat financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$363M$332M$278M$259M$231M
Revenue growth—+19%+7%+13%—
Gross profit$119M$108M$89.5M$83.8M$68.4M
EBITDA$44.8M$41.9M$36.9M$35.1M$27.4M
Net income$4.59M$5.38M$14.5M$13.6M$10.7M
Free cash flow$23.0M$19.6M$25.8M$19.3M$7.54M
Capital expenditure$14.3M$15.3M$13.2M$13.3M$9.41M
Total debt$151M$133M$57.7M$21.5M$62.1M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Transcat competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-40%-20%0%+20%3004161408607734603416301629300420301282658824983003863019300080688628688550301525002730EVLVTRNS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Transcat is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%50×100×150×300416140860773460341630162905376588688628688550301525TRNSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Transcat is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%300416773460341605373019688550300018TRNSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Transcat is the large dot.

Transcat competitors and peer comparison

How Transcat compares with its peers

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.

Transcat against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTRNSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+17.5%-11.2%highest of 21
6-month return+33.1%-17.5%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-8.1%-44.9%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.0%+7.3%7th highest of 21
Operating margin4.7%6.6%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E45.0×21.2×2nd most expensive of 12
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)30.3%7.4%2nd most demanding of 8
Growth delivered (Del g)+13.9%+11.4%2nd highest of 8
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+16.5 pp-2.4 ppmost demanding of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.6 pp-1.5 pp10th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA24.5×8.3×2nd most expensive of 4
Net debt / EBITDA3.2×-1.1×most indebted of 4

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Transcat TRNSUnited States$955M+33%+20%5%45.0×30.3%+13.9%
Suzhou Sushi Testing 300416.SZChina$957M-26%+8%15%23.0×2.6%+13.7%
Park Systems 140860.KSSouth Korea$965M-35%-6%12%30.3×n/an/a
Riken Keiki 7734.TJapan$930M-7%+11%22%13.8×2.6%+11.4%
Wuxi Xinje Electric 603416.SSChina$984M-22%+26%9%21.1×19.8%+12.2%
Sidea Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) 301629.SZChina$924M-39%-27%0%147.2×n/an/a
Rigol Technologies 0537.HKHong Kong$989Mn/a+33%9%21.2×35.8%+19.6%
Jiangsu Wuyang Automation Control Technology 300420.SZChina$921M+51%-10%5%n/an/an/a
Camelot Electronics Technology 301282.SZChina$992M+12%+58%7%n/an/an/a
Toshiba Tec 6588.TJapan$918M-2%+7%3%11.3×n/an/a
RoboSense Technology Company 2498.HKHong Kong$914M-55%+32%-22%n/an/an/a
Feitian Technologies 300386.SZChina$909M-17%-20%-20%n/an/an/a
Asia Optical 3019.TWTaiwan$1.04B-14%+13%10%16.2×0.1%+10.9%
Fujian Acetron New Materials 300706.SZChina$873M-11%+19%3%n/an/an/a
Henan Yicheng New Energy 300080.SZChina$1.05B-17%-13%-21%n/an/an/a
Uni-Trend Technology (China) 688628.SSChina$1.07B-34%+33%15%29.1×n/an/a
Xi'an Manareco New Materials 688550.SSChina$850M-19%-2%13%15.6×7.4%+9.8%
Shanghai Ruking Technologies 301525.SZChina$838M-13%-2%1%43.8×n/an/a
Dianguang Explosion-proof Technology 002730.SZChina$832M-54%-6%6%n/an/an/a
Evolv Technologies EVLVUnited States$826M-35%+42%-20%n/an/an/a
Wuhan Zhongyuan Huadian Science & Technology 300018.SZChina$825M-17%+3%17%n/a25.8%+10.0%

Transcat backlog

Transcat reported $9.10M of remaining performance obligations at 26 Sep 2026 and up 36% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.02.

Questions

Which companies are Transcat's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Suzhou Sushi Testing (300416.SZ), Park Systems (140860.KS), Riken Keiki (7734.T), Wuxi Xinje Electric (603416.SS), Sidea Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) (301629.SZ), Rigol Technologies (0537.HK), Jiangsu Wuyang Automation Control Technology (300420.SZ), Camelot Electronics Technology (301282.SZ).
Is Transcat expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 45.0× against a peer median of 21.2×, 2nd most expensive of 12 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 30% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is +16 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.
How has Transcat stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +33.1% against -17.5% for the median peer; over one year +66.5%.
What is Transcat's backlog?
Transcat's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $9.10M at 26 Sep 2026.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.