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Added to YB: 2026-03-05

Pitch date: 2026-03-03

WSC [neutral]

WillScot Holdings Corporation

+2.69%

current return

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Company Info

WillScot Holdings Corporation provides turnkey temporary space solutions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Market Cap

$3.9B

Pitch Price

$20.85

Price Target

N/A

Dividend

1.29%

EV/EBITDA

10.70

P/E

-74.93

EV/Sales

3.43

Sector

Construction and Engineering

Category

turnaround

Show full summary:
Willscot Holdings: Going, Going, Gone

WSC (update - short): $302M impairment (15% of fleet) driven by escalating real estate costs from pre-IPO sale-leaseback transactions. Fleet avg age 20-22yrs; est. another ~50K obsolete units. UoR declining: deployments -17% since 2022, gap widening to 4.3K units. Industry capacity +50%, 100K younger competitor units available. Per-location overhead +30% over 5yrs. Believe NPV of fleet cash flows < $3.6B debt, equity worthless.

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