Crane NXT, Co. (CXT) vs Helios Technologies, Inc (HLIO)

Crane NXT, Co. and Helios Technologies, Inc are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Crane NXT, Co. is the larger, with a market value of $2.7B against $2.3B — 1.2× the size. Crane NXT, Co. trades at the lower P/E: 19.6× against 31.8×. Crane NXT, Co. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.3% against 14.0%. Helios Technologies, Inc has the higher net margin (8.00% vs 7.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.62% vs 6.35%). Both pay a dividend; Helios Technologies, Inc yields more (0.89% vs 0.71%). Across the 23 metrics below, Crane NXT, Co. leads on 14 and Helios Technologies, Inc on 9.

Valuation

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 19.56 31.78 29.62
P/S 1.52 2.54 2.77
P/B 2.17 2.39 3.04
Price to free cash flow 11.98 21.84 23.81
EV/EBITDA 10.47 14.28 16.05
EV/Sales 2.20 2.84 2.94
Earnings yield 5.11% 3.15% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 8.35% 4.58% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.12% 33.54% 35.90%
Operating margin 14.01% 10.04% 11.22%
Net margin 7.78% 8.00% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 12.71% 11.63% 9.51%
Return on equity 11.49% 7.67% 11.10%
Return on assets 4.31% 4.60% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 6.35% 4.62% 5.37%

Growth

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.28% 13.98% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.63%) 23.93% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (10.82%) 9.91% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.33%) 27.79% 5.04%

Health

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 1.15 0.35 0.35
Current ratio 1.42 2.74 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.56 1.89 1.32

Dividend

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.71% 0.89% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.17 0.17

Size

Metric CXT HLIO Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 2.71b 2.25b 1.97b

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