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Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (BHE) vs Knowles Corporation (KN)

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. and Knowles Corporation are both Electronic Components companies. Knowles Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $3.0B against $2.6B — 1.1× the size. Knowles Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 42.5× against 47.7×. Knowles Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.8% against 8.87%. Knowles Corporation has the higher net margin (10.6% vs 1.89%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.57% vs 6.11%). Across the 22 metrics below, Knowles Corporation leads on 13 and Benchmark Electronics, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
P/E 47.72 42.53 30.82
P/S 0.90 4.53 2.84
P/B 2.27 3.62 2.93
Price to free cash flow 20.36 45.35 28.42
EV/EBITDA 16.71 23.05 16.22
EV/Sales 0.85 4.78 2.94
Earnings yield 2.10% 2.35% 1.67%
Free cash flow yield 4.91% 2.21% 0.58%

Profitability

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
Gross margin 10.28% 44.74% 33.21%
Operating margin 3.40% 14.52% 3.90%
Net margin 1.89% 10.63% 2.90%
Free cash flow margin 4.42% 10.00% 0.20%
Return on equity 4.78% 8.76% 2.60%
Return on assets 2.50% 6.24% 2.50%
Return on invested capital 6.11% 6.57% 2.28%

Growth

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.87% 12.77% 12.21%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (60.47%) 118.94% 42.31%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.31% (4.94%) 7.19%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.07% 46.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.16 0.16 0.13
Current ratio 1.99 3.20 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (0.90) 0.54 0.34

Dividend

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 0.96% — 0.91%
Payout ratio 0.46 — 0.29

Size

Metric BHE KN Electronic Components median
Market cap 2.63b 2.95b 707.24m

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