Acuity, Inc. (AYI) vs Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. (FPS)

Acuity, Inc. and Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Acuity, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $5.5B — 1.7× the size. Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.5% against 6.82%. Acuity, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.5% vs 5.76%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.7% vs 9.87%). Across the 16 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 15 and Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. on 1.

Valuation

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 18.41 — 24.14
P/S 2.11 3.01 2.33
P/B 3.29 6.36 2.49
Price to free cash flow 13.09 n/m 22.24
EV/EBITDA 11.33 18.12 12.18
EV/Sales 2.12 3.35 1.79
Earnings yield 5.43% — (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 7.64% (0.16%) (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 35.04% 29.92%
Operating margin 15.38% 12.85% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 5.76% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% (0.48%) 0.00%
Return on equity 18.64% 13.15% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.04% 4.34% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.70% 9.87% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 88.54% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.07% — 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% — 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.64% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.87 0.15
Current ratio 1.70 1.54 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 1.85 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.25% — 0.33%
Payout ratio 0.05 — 0.09

Size

Metric AYI FPS Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.60b 5.54b 159.94m

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