Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc. Common Stock (ALH)

FairStock Score: 31/100 — RISKY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach Alliance Laundry as a commercial equipment maker with a possible niche: washers, dryers, parts, consumables, and financing tie customers to its installed base. Yet the numbers do not scream wide moat. FairStock's ROCE is only 7.16%, and its ROE calculation of 109.82% is almost certainly leverage-distorted, with debt-to-equity at 3.79. In fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $476.8 million, net income $68.7 million, and diluted EPS $0.34; in fiscal Q2 2025, the quarter ended 2025-06-30, revenue was $447.2 million, net income $31.0 million, and diluted EPS $0.18. That quarterly profit rebound is real, but annual results are steadier: fiscal year 2025, the period ended 2025-12-31, had revenue of $1.7 billion and net income of $101.8 million, versus fiscal year 2024, the period ended 2024-12-31, with revenue of $1.5 billion and net income of $98.3 million. Free cash flow is solid at $256.2 million trailing, a 6.2% FCF yield, and Piotroski is 7/9. Still, Altman Z of 1.37 signals financial risk, and the FairStock score is 31/100. At the 2026-10-13 close of $20.91, P/E is 22.48, P/B 8.26, EV/EBITDA 13.74, and the Graham Number is $7.28, a -187.23% margin of safety. I see a decent cash-generating business but not a bargain; the Lynch category is SLOW GROWER. I would want debt down and returns on capital up before calling it compelling.

In plain English: Alliance Laundry makes and sells commercial laundry machines, parts and services used by laundromats and other businesses. The company generates cash and grew sales in recent reports, but profits have been uneven and it uses a lot of debt. At the recent price, the shares look expensive compared with the company’s earnings, net assets and a conservative value estimate.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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