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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 $15.9B against $9.6B — 1.7× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.4× against 23.5×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 48.0% against 6.82%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 11.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.4% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.85% vs 0.25%). Across the 23 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 16 and nVent Electric PLC on 7.

Valuation

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 18.41 23.51 24.14
P/S 2.11 3.02 2.33
P/B 3.29 3.88 2.49
Price to free cash flow 13.09 24.64 22.24
EV/EBITDA 11.33 14.48 12.18
EV/Sales 2.12 3.22 1.79
Earnings yield 5.43% 4.25% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 7.64% 4.06% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 36.55% 29.92%
Operating margin 15.38% 17.80% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 12.83% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 12.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 18.64% 17.55% 0.00%
Return on assets 11.04% 9.14% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 14.70% 11.39% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 47.96% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.07% 118.78% 24.08%
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 0.53 0.15
Current ratio 1.70 2.40 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.25% 0.85% 0.33%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.20 0.09

Size

Metric AYI NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.60b 15.90b 159.94m

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