The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 6.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520.
Trane Technologies
TT · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $98.1B · 44,000 employees
Trane Technologies plc designs, manufactures, sells, and services of solutions for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and custom and transport refrigeration.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 85.9Screen close, 2026-09-18 · not a live quote
Last reviewed 4 days ago
Screened 2026-09-18 · the tape above runs as of 07:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 429.11 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 340.05, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical passes the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Trane Technologies holds its Markdown at $429.11. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 80 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 80 days |
| Price at the screen | $429.11 |
| Valuation | 33.18 trailing · 25.45 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 85.9 |
| Beta | 1.20 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 21.55% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 21.5% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 23.34% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 23.3% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.04% | Below 5% | Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Our framework reads OVERVALUED: it trades above our $340.05 fair value estimate, moderate competitive moat, 10.60% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-18 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 20.8% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 21 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +24% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as fully-to-richly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-18 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsTrane cools buildings but overheats its price
Picture a heatwave hitting a city and every office block needing new chillers. Trane Technologies sits at the centre of that demand, selling heating and cooling systems with a 13 percent profit margin and 37 percent return on equity. Yet the shares trade at 27.5 times forward earnings, well above our fair value and a 28 percent premium to where the numbers justify.
We pass because the business is valued as if growth and margins will stay elevated forever. Revenue is rising only 6 percent a year in a moderate-moat industry that moves with construction cycles and energy prices. Analyst targets sit higher still, but those forecasts rarely price in the downturns that reset earnings.
The real risk is the classic cyclical trap. A high multiple on peak earnings looks expensive once orders slow, and a 6 percent top line does not justify paying up today. Ethical screen cleared, valuation does not.
Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 25.4xexpensive even after accounting for its growth |
| Trailing P/E | 33.2xa premium valuation |
| EPS, trailing | 13.44 |
| EPS, forward | 17.53 |
| Revenue growth | +10.6%steady growth |
| Profit margin | 13.3%thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 36.6%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 3.18% |
| Dividend yield | 0.87% |
| Debt to equity | 0.53moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 1.07adequate liquidity, worth monitoring |
| Beta | 1.20moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.01% |
| 52-week range | 348.06 - 505.87 |
| Moat | MODERATE |
| Market cap | $98.1B |
| Employees | 44,000 |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to Ireland and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to TradeTT trades on a US exchange (the company is based in Ireland). As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 2.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 2.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 7%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 21%. The street (22 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $520.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | SIMMONS DONALD E | Officer | 4,593 | $828,807 | |
| 2026-04-30 | SIMMONS DONALD E | Officer | 4,593 | $2,296,500 | |
| 2026-04-08 | KUEHN CHRISTOPHER J | Chief Financial Officer | 8,619 | $3,878,550 | |
| 2026-03-06 | SIMMONS DONALD E | Officer | 3,762 | $1,590,194 | |
| 2026-03-06 | ELWELL ELIZABETH A | Officer | 635 | $268,418 | |
| 2026-03-06 | REGNERY DAVID S | Chief Executive Officer | 36,045 | $15,235,857 | |
| 2026-03-04 | SIMMONS DONALD E | Officer | 6,652 | · | |
| 2026-03-04 | ELWELL ELIZABETH A | Officer | 888 | · | |
| 2026-03-04 | KUEHN CHRISTOPHER J | Chief Financial Officer | 15,240 | · | |
| 2026-03-04 | REGNERY DAVID S | Chief Executive Officer | 63,730 | · |
Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| 2026-08-25 | April McClain Delaney | Democrat | sell | 250K–500K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $475.42 | -5.6% | $1.05 | $947 | -5.3% |
| 2 months | $464.66 | -3.4% | $1.05 | $969 | -3.1% |
| 3 months | $420.86 | +6.7% | $1.05 | $1,069 | +6.9% |
| 6 months | $401.50 | +11.8% | $2.10 | $1,124 | +12.4% |
| 1 year | $418.76 | +7.2% | $3.04 | $1,080 | +8.0% |
| 2 years | $319.80 | +40.4% | $6.60 | $1,425 | +42.5% |
| 3 years | $171.19 | +162.3% | $9.78 | $2,680 | +168.0% |
| 5 years | $174.23 | +157.7% | $15.14 | $2,664 | +166.4% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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