PACCAR Inc. (PCAR) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 270 Industrials companies.
PACCAR Inc. (PCAR) scores 5.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and predictability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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PACCAR Inc. (PCAR) has a Lemma Quality Score of 5.5 out of 10 as of October 18, 2026, which reads as solid quality. A solid reading is a respectable business with clear strengths and at least one area that falls short of the best in its field. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 270 Industrials companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 48th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. The median across the group is 5.6, and the top quarter begins at 6.5, so PACCAR Inc. is in line with the typical company here.
On profitability, PACCAR Inc. scores 5.2, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.9 across 262 Industrials companies, which places it in line with them, at the 54th percentile. Middling returns are common and not a flaw in themselves, though they leave less slack when costs rise or demand softens.
There is no solvency score for PACCAR Inc.: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 241 Industrials companies the median for this pillar is 7.1. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Growth scores 5.6 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 216 Industrials companies is 5.4, so PACCAR Inc. is in line with its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 53rd percentile. Growth near the median is neither a reason to buy nor a concern, but it does mean the quality case rests more on the other pillars.
PACCAR Inc.’s efficiency score is 7.0 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 6.2 among 264 Industrials companies, that is above the group and the 70th percentile. A strong efficiency reading usually shows up as healthy cash conversion: reported profit arriving as real cash rather than staying on the balance sheet.
PACCAR Inc.’s predictability score is 4.7 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 5.0 among 267 Industrials companies, that is in line with the group and the 45th percentile. An average predictability reading means results have wobbled about as much as is normal for the sector.
The profile is uneven. Efficiency leads at 7.0 while predictability trails at 4.7, a gap of 2.3 points, so the overall averages a clear strength against a clear soft spot. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A predictability shortfall means the record is volatile, so the averages behind the other pillars move more than they appear to.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Industrials companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in profitability, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 5.5 to about 5.2. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Industrials companies closest to PACCAR Inc. in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading PACCAR Inc. scores 5.5 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is predictability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
PACCAR Inc. ranks at the 48th percentile of the 270 Industrials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.5, against PACCAR Inc.’s 5.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 18, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for PCAR are in the app.
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