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Crane Company (CR) vs Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Crane Company and Xylem Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Xylem Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $22.9B against $11.4B — 2.0× the size. Xylem Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.1× against 33.5×. Crane Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 21.5% against 1.86%. Crane Company has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 11.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.6% vs 6.88%). Both pay a dividend; Xylem Inc. yields more (1.69% vs 0.50%). Across the 23 metrics below, Xylem Inc. leads on 12 and Crane Company on 11.

Valuation

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 33.54 22.14 25.64
P/S 4.14 2.56 2.81
P/B 5.04 2.26 2.99
Price to free cash flow 30.08 24.84 23.82
EV/EBITDA 20.75 13.15 15.15
EV/Sales 4.38 2.81 2.77
Earnings yield 2.98% 4.52% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 3.32% 4.03% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 41.54% 39.79% 35.46%
Operating margin 17.66% 15.15% 10.04%
Net margin 12.41% 11.94% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 13.78% 10.32% 9.04%
Return on equity 16.14% 10.07% 10.73%
Return on assets 10.45% 6.25% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 10.62% 6.88% 5.00%

Growth

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 21.54% 1.86% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.96% 7.40% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.73%) 13.13% 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.16% 30.38% 6.58%

Health

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.40 0.28 0.33
Current ratio 2.61 1.39 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA (1.23) 0.26 1.32

Dividend

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.50% 1.69% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.17 0.38 0.31

Size

Metric CR XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 11.44b 22.94b 2.19b

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