Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SUNB scored 47.8, LIME scored 65.1 — LIME leads.
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SUNB
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
47.8
$75.17 · $30.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
17.3
LIME leads
LIME
Neutron Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · Quality-Growth
65.1
$28.58 · $1.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestLIME5.6x
Fastest growthLIME+29.1%
Strongest balance sheetLIME0.20
Highest qualityLIME69 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SUNB
stronger →← stronger
LIME
68
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
69
52
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
54
30
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
74
LIME is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SUNB
LIME
$1.2bC+
FCF
$40mC-
+3.4%C+
Rev
+29.1%A-
1.53C
D/E
0.20A-
22.7xB+
P/E
5.6xA
1.12B+
PEG
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Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SUNB
LIME
165% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
98% above
~30%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~33%/yr
-62%
1-yr DCF upside
-61%
-62%
5-yr DCF upside
-49%
-63%
10-yr DCF upside
-26%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SUNB
Why this score
Buying back stock
Short track record
LIME
Why this score
Short track record
The companies
SUNBSunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · $75.17 · beta 1.67
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $30.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $86.68. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $88.57 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
ROE 18% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Beta 1.67 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
LIMENeutron Holdings, Inc.
Rental & Leasing Services · $28.58
Why now
Rental & Leasing Services · market cap $1.8b. Down 36% from 52-week high of $44.38 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +29% — in hypergrowth territory. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $39.43 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Net margin 21% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close.
Risk
Down 36% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
LIME leads SUNB by 2.8 points (63.9 to 61.1), its sharpest advantage coming in D/E (grade A-). A contrarian could still prefer SUNB for its stronger FCF (grade C+).
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where SUNB and LIME diverge
On the headline score the gap is 17.3 points in favor of LIME. The widest single difference is Value, where LIME leads by 43.4 points.
ValueSUNB 30.5 · LIME 73.9LIME +43.4
GrowthSUNB 52.4 · LIME 54.3level
QualitySUNB 68.1 · LIME 68.9level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is LIME or SUNB the better stock?
LIME scores higher: LIME 65.1, SUNB 47.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do LIME and SUNB differ most?
The widest gap is value, where LIME leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. The other two pillars are close enough to call level, so this is the one place they genuinely separate.
How are LIME and SUNB scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.