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Bloom Energy Corporation (BE) vs nVent Electric PLC (NVT)

Bloom Energy Corporation and nVent Electric PLC are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Bloom Energy Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $69.6B against $23.6B — 3.0× the size. nVent Electric PLC trades at the lower P/E: 38.5× against 267×. Bloom Energy Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 91.0% against 46.2%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 7.87%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.89% vs 13.7%). Across the 21 metrics below, nVent Electric PLC leads on 15 and Bloom Energy Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 266.64 38.45 31.20
P/S 20.42 4.76 2.28
P/B 38.75 5.77 3.19
Price to free cash flow 102.07 39.60 27.15
EV/EBITDA 153.41 22.92 15.80
EV/Sales 20.41 5.02 2.38
Earnings yield 0.38% 2.60% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 0.98% 2.53% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 31.24% 36.97% 25.38%
Operating margin 11.24% 17.10% 0.00%
Net margin 7.87% 12.38% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 20.07% 12.03% 0.00%
Return on equity 21.68% 15.94% 0.14%
Return on assets 6.00% 8.62% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 13.71% 9.89% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 90.98% 46.19% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (184.62%) 118.78% 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.57% 14.27% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 1.60 0.37 0.16
Current ratio 4.09 1.80 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 2.69 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 0.73% 0.48%
Payout ratio — 0.28 0.10

Size

Metric BE NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 69.60b 23.59b 157.22m

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