Atkore Inc. (ATKR) vs nVent Electric PLC (NVT)

Atkore Inc. and nVent Electric PLC are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. nVent Electric PLC is the larger, with a market value of $23.6B against $3.2B — 7.3× the size. Atkore Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; nVent Electric PLC trades at 38.5×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.2% against 1.63%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.4% vs −5.51%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.89% vs 1.39%). Both pay a dividend; Atkore Inc. yields more (1.39% vs 0.73%). Across the 21 metrics below, nVent Electric PLC leads on 14 and Atkore Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E n/m 38.45 31.20
P/S 1.09 4.76 2.28
P/B 2.51 5.77 3.19
Price to free cash flow 50.81 39.60 27.15
EV/EBITDA 18.13 22.92 15.80
EV/Sales 1.23 5.02 2.38
Earnings yield (5.10%) 2.60% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 1.97% 2.53% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 19.98% 36.97% 25.38%
Operating margin 1.28% 17.10% 0.00%
Net margin (5.51%) 12.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 2.15% 12.03% 0.00%
Return on equity (11.79%) 15.94% 0.14%
Return on assets (5.71%) 8.62% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 1.39% 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.63% 46.19% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (103.55%) 118.78% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.06% 14.27% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.60 0.37 0.16
Current ratio 2.73 1.80 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 1.37 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 1.39% 0.73% 0.48%
Payout ratio — 0.28 0.10

Size

Metric ATKR NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 3.21b 23.59b 157.22m

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