AMETEK, Inc. (AME) vs GE Vernova Inc. (GEV)

AMETEK, Inc. and GE Vernova Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. GE Vernova Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $203.9B against $51.1B — 4.0× the size. GE Vernova Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.1× against 31.4×. GE Vernova Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.9% against 14.3%. GE Vernova Inc. has the higher net margin (23.5% vs 19.9%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 7.53%). Both pay a dividend; AMETEK, Inc. yields more (0.60% vs 0.26%). Across the 21 metrics below, GE Vernova Inc. leads on 14 and AMETEK, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 31.37 20.12 25.64
P/S 6.25 4.68 2.81
P/B 4.38 16.45 2.99
Price to free cash flow 26.49 11.91 23.82
EV/EBITDA 22.29 45.18 15.15
EV/Sales 6.98 4.37 2.77
Earnings yield 3.19% 4.97% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 3.77% 8.40% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 36.42% 21.73% 35.46%
Operating margin 26.05% 6.42% 10.04%
Net margin 19.91% 23.54% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 23.59% 39.35% 9.04%
Return on equity 14.68% 93.12% 10.73%
Return on assets 8.46% 14.75% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 7.53% 0.00% 5.00%

Growth

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.34% 16.91% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.93% 217.03% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.27% — 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.15% — 6.58%

Health

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.57 0.22 0.33
Current ratio 1.43 0.83 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.78 (3.95) 1.32

Dividend

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.60% 0.26% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.19 0.05 0.31

Size

Metric AME GEV Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 51.14b 203.94b 2.19b

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