Paccar vs Textron
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Bellevue WA premium commercial trucks (NASDAQ: PCAR) at $33.66B 2024 revenue, $4.16B earnings, 86th consecutive profitable year; Kenworth/Peterbilt 30.7% Class 8 market share, hydrogen FCEV deliveries 2025 competing with Daimler Freightliner.
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PACCAR Inc. is a Bellevue, Washington-based premium commercial truck manufacturer — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: PCAR) as an S&P 500 Industrials component — designing and manufacturing heavy and medium-duty trucks under the Kenworth (North America), Peterbilt (North America), and DAF (Europe) brands through manufacturing facilities in the US, Netherlands, UK, Mexico, Brazil, and Australia, reporting $33.66 billion in 2024 revenue (second-best in company history), $4.16 billion in earnings, and its 86th consecutive year of net income. Founded in 1905 by William Pigott as a steel foundry and evolving through Seattle Car Manufacturing, Pacific Car and Foundry, and ultimately PACCAR, the company has built one of the most respected brands in long-haul trucking. In 2024, Kenworth and Peterbilt combined for 30.7% US and Canadian Class 8 heavy truck retail sales market share, with 185,300 vehicles delivered globally. PACCAR Parts (aftermarket parts distribution) set records with $6.67 billion in revenue and $1.71 billion in pretax income, demonstrating the high-margin recurring revenue stream from servicing the installed base of 1+ million PACCAR trucks. For 2025, PACCAR planned $700-800 million in capital projects and $460-500 million in R&D investment, targeting electric vehicle commercial production, hydrogen fuel cell truck delivery, and autonomous driving technology development. The Amplify Cell Technologies joint venture (with Daimler Truck and Accelera by Cummins, $2-3 billion investment) localizes battery cell manufacturing for electric Class 8 trucks in the US.
Textron Inc. (TXT) reported ~$13.9B revenue in FY2024. Industrial conglomerate making Bell helicopters, Cessna and Beechcraft planes, E-Z-GO golf carts, and industrial tools. HQ: Providence, RI.
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Textron Inc. is a diversified industrial conglomerate operating across aviation, defense, and industrial markets. The company's portfolio spans Bell (military and commercial helicopters, including the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor and the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program), Textron Aviation (Cessna, Beechcraft, and Citation business jets), Textron Systems (unmanned systems, marine vessels, surveillance systems for defense), and Textron Industrial (E-Z-GO golf and utility vehicles, Cushman industrial carriers). Founded in 1923 as a Rhode Island textile company, Textron transformed through decades of acquisitions into its current diversified industrial form.
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