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Acuity, Inc. (AYI) vs Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT)

Acuity, Inc. and Vertiv Holdings Co. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Vertiv Holdings Co. is the larger, with a market value of $82.7B against $9.0B — 9.1× the size. Acuity, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.3× against 45.8×. Vertiv Holdings Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 26.2% against 6.82%. Vertiv Holdings Co. has the higher net margin (15.1% vs 11.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (29.6% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; Acuity, Inc. yields more (0.32% vs 0.12%). Across the 23 metrics below, Acuity, Inc. leads on 14 and Vertiv Holdings Co. on 9.

Valuation

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 17.31 45.77 31.20
P/S 1.96 6.91 2.28
P/B 3.19 16.68 3.19
Price to free cash flow 12.15 27.15 27.15
EV/EBITDA 11.00 30.88 15.80
EV/Sales 1.97 6.90 2.38
Earnings yield 5.78% 2.18% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 8.23% 3.68% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 50.64% 38.04% 25.38%
Operating margin 15.38% 18.94% 0.00%
Net margin 11.45% 15.09% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.11% 25.47% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 43.94% 0.14%
Return on assets 11.04% 13.17% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 14.70% 29.63% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.82% 26.23% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 36.12% 166.41% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.05% 18.54% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.64% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.62 0.16
Current ratio 1.70 1.38 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 0.07 0.51 0.26

Dividend

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.32% 0.12% 0.48%
Payout ratio 0.06 0.06 0.10

Size

Metric AYI VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 9.04b 82.68b 157.22m

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