Company Analysis

Cummins Inc. (CMI)

NYSE: CMI · Engines & Turbines · Columbus, IN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.7
◀ Past 6.4● Present 6.1▶ Future 4.5

The grade of Cummins Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past6.430% of the headline
● Present6.140% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% 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?

6.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cummins 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
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $18 billion in fiscal 2016 to $34 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 17% 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 span7.5%top 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak16.7%top 49% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.9% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 58 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cummins Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 32% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 58 sales (18 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 30% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 41% 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?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cummins Inc. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 42% of its family
  • return on equitytop 20% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 49% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 48% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 63 in its family; net margin 8.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $34 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 7% by size; a net margin of 8.8% ranks in the top 40%; revenue growth of 6.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 36% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$33.67Btop 7% of its family
  • net margin8.8%top 40% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.2%top 36% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
5.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 45% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Rumsey, Jennifer (Chair and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-12-08, 3.9 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 27 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.8 years (bottom 38%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 27 people in charge now (top 9%; 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 charge4 in three years among 27 peopletop 9% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.8 yearsbottom 38% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.9 yearsbottom 36% 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?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 48% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 48th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2.8 billion against debt of $6.8 billion leaves -11.6% of its assets as net cash, top 41% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.1% of revenue (bottom 42%); a gross margin of 25.3% (bottom 19%); research spending of 4.1% of revenue (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-11.6%top 41% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.1%bottom 42% of its family
  • gross margin25.3%bottom 19% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4.1%top 30% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
4.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 44% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.2% a year over the last three filed years against 7.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew -1.3% (bottom 23%); research spending grew 3% a year (bottom 35%); capital spending grew 10.5% a year (top 28%) (its annual reports). Cummins Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Distribution at $12 billion (37%), Engine at $11 billion (32%), Components at $10 billion (30%), and 1 more; 2 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.3 points a yearbottom 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-1.3%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending3.0%bottom 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending10.5%top 28% 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
4.3/10

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

bottom 43% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cummins Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $34 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 10.4% below the $38 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of $3.0 billion against a prior three-year average of $2.4 billion (top 40%); a net margin of 8.8% against 7.4% before (top 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.4%bottom 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+25%top 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.4 pointstop 40% 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 CMI · research, not advice