Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) vs Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (ST)

Badger Meter, Inc. and Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $5.6B against $4.6B — 1.2× the size. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. trades at the lower P/E: 15.6× against 36.3×. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.12% against −2.21%. Badger Meter, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.4% vs 9.53%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.7% vs 7.39%). Both pay a dividend; Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. yields more (1.22% vs 1.04%). Across the 23 metrics below, Badger Meter, Inc. leads on 12 and Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. on 11.

Valuation

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 36.26 15.58 28.21
P/S 5.15 1.48 4.46
P/B 6.96 1.86 3.10
Price to free cash flow 31.85 8.89 24.15
EV/EBITDA 21.98 9.41 18.28
EV/Sales 5.07 1.97 4.64
Earnings yield 2.76% 6.42% 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.14% 11.24% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 41.64% 30.83% 47.24%
Operating margin 18.76% 15.14% 8.96%
Net margin 14.36% 9.53% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 16.16% 16.67% 10.59%
Return on equity 18.70% 12.67% 2.66%
Return on assets 13.17% 5.33% 1.12%
Return on invested capital 17.72% 7.39% 4.79%

Growth

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.21%) 4.12% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.24% (75.29%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.59% 3.99% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.48% (28.22%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.79 0.00
Current ratio 2.48 2.39 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.04) 3.14 0.45

Dividend

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.04% 1.22% 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.19 0.22

Size

Metric BMI ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.56b 5.61b 549.07m

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