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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 $23.6B against $9.0B — 2.6× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.3× against 38.5×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.2% against 6.82%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 11.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.89% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.73% vs 0.32%). Across the 23 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 15 and nVent Electric PLC on 8.

Valuation

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 17.31 38.45 31.20
P/S 1.96 4.76 2.28
P/B 3.19 5.77 3.19
Price to free cash flow 12.15 39.60 27.15
EV/EBITDA 11.00 22.92 15.80
EV/Sales 1.97 5.02 2.38
Earnings yield 5.78% 2.60% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 8.23% 2.53% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 36.97% 25.38%
Operating margin 15.38% 17.10% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 12.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 12.03% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 15.94% 0.14%
Return on assets 11.04% 8.62% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 14.70% 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 46.19% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.12% 118.78% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% 14.27% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.64% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.37 0.16
Current ratio 1.70 1.80 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.32% 0.73% 0.48%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.28 0.10

Size

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.04b 23.59b 157.22m

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