Company Analysis

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (ALSN)

NYSE: ALSN · Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories · Indianapolis, IN · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.3
◀ Past 7.1● Present 6.6▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past7.130% of the headline
● Present6.640% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.6%top 43% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 49% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 22% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak23.3%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.0% a year. 46% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 12 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 85th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 46% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 12 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 13% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 33%: 33¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. earned about 33 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 24 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 33% of its family
  • return on equitytop 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 33% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 32% of 35 in its family; net margin 20.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of 20.7% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of 2.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.01Btop 40% of its family
  • net margin20.7%top 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.8%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 27 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2018.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Graziosi, David S. (Chair, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2018-06-04, 8.4 years (top 28% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.5 years (top 43%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 44%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 18 peopletop 44% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.5 yearstop 43% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8.4 yearstop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 35% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.5 billion against debt of $2.9 billion leaves -23.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 48.6% (top 4%); research spending of 5.8% of revenue (bottom 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-23.2%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.0%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin48.6%top 4% of its family
  • research spending against revenue5.8%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 36% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.8% a year over the last three filed years against 5.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 40% of its family); the newest year grew -6.7% (bottom 13%); research spending grew -2% a year (bottom 25%); capital spending grew 1.6% a year (top 33%) (its annual reports). Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. reported 6 product lines in fiscal 2025: North America On Highway at $1.5 billion (51%), Service Parts Support Equipment and Other at $643 million (21%), Outside North America On Highway at $507 million (17%), and 3 more; 2 of 6 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.8 points a yearbottom 40% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-6.7%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-2.0%bottom 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1.6%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 39% of 33 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 13.5% below the $3.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 14% of its family); net income of $623 million against a prior three-year average of $645 million (top 44%); a net margin of 20.7% against 21.3% before (bottom 47%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-13.5%bottom 14% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-3%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.6 pointsbottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ALSN · research, not advice