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Acuity, Inc. (AYI) vs Hubbell Inc (HUBB)

Acuity, Inc. and Hubbell Inc are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Hubbell Inc is the larger, with a market value of $22.1B against $9.6B — 2.3× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.4× against 24.5×. Hubbell Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.0% against 6.82%. Hubbell Inc has the higher net margin (13.8% vs 11.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.38% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; Hubbell Inc yields more (1.35% vs 0.25%). Across the 23 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 16 and Hubbell Inc on 7.

Valuation

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 18.41 24.49 24.14
P/S 2.11 3.37 2.33
P/B 3.29 5.40 2.49
Price to free cash flow 13.09 23.91 22.24
EV/EBITDA 11.33 16.73 12.18
EV/Sales 2.12 4.10 1.79
Earnings yield 5.43% 4.08% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 7.64% 4.18% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 35.36% 29.92%
Operating margin 15.38% 20.21% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 13.76% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 14.11% 0.00%
Return on equity 18.64% 23.23% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.04% 9.34% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.70% 9.38% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 15.96% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.07% 15.10% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% 9.68% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.64% 20.40% 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.23 1.24 0.15
Current ratio 1.70 1.53 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 1.29 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.25% 1.35% 0.33%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.33 0.09

Size

Metric AYI HUBB Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.60b 22.13b 159.94m

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