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Acuity, Inc. (AYI) vs Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

Acuity, Inc. and Powell Industries, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Acuity, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.0B against $6.2B — 1.5× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.3× against 31.5×. Powell Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.04% against 6.82%. Powell Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 11.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (116.0% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; Acuity, Inc. yields more (0.32% vs 0.22%). Across the 23 metrics below, Powell Industries, Inc. leads on 12 and Acuity, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 17.31 31.46 31.20
P/S 1.96 5.20 2.28
P/B 3.19 7.96 3.19
Price to free cash flow 12.15 24.66 27.15
EV/EBITDA 11.00 22.79 15.80
EV/Sales 1.97 4.65 2.38
Earnings yield 5.78% 3.18% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 8.23% 4.06% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 30.08% 25.38%
Operating margin 15.38% 19.67% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 16.49% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 21.08% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 28.25% 0.14%
Return on assets 11.04% 15.59% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 14.70% 116.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 7.04% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.12% 20.91% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% 16.32% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.64% 61.09% 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.00 0.16
Current ratio 1.70 1.97 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 (2.11) 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.32% 0.22% 0.48%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.07 0.10

Size

Metric AYI POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.04b 6.22b 157.22m

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