Acuity, Inc. (AYI) vs nVent Electric PLC (NVT)

Acuity, Inc. and nVent Electric PLC are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. nVent Electric PLC is the larger, with a market value of $26.4B against $9.3B — 2.9× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 44.2×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.2% against 10.5%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 10.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.89% vs 13.3%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (1.13% vs 0.22%). Across the 23 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 17 and nVent Electric PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 20.67 44.19 36.10
P/S 2.10 5.47 2.73
P/B 3.39 6.64 3.57
Price to free cash flow 15.12 45.50 33.31
EV/EBITDA 12.09 26.16 18.07
EV/Sales 2.18 5.73 2.75
Earnings yield 4.84% 2.26% (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield 6.61% 2.20% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 49.31% 36.97% 25.38%
Operating margin 14.49% 17.10% 0.00%
Net margin 10.25% 12.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 13.88% 12.03% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.38% 15.94% 0.94%
Return on assets 10.18% 8.62% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 13.30% 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.50% 46.19% 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (6.77%) 118.78% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.49% 14.27% 9.80%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.82% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.24 0.37 0.08
Current ratio 2.05 1.80 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA 0.68 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.22% 1.13% 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.26 0.00

Size

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.26b 26.42b 177.98m

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