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Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) vs Pentair plc (PNR)

Donaldson Company, Inc. and Pentair plc are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Donaldson Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.2B against $8.5B — 1.2× the size. Pentair plc trades at the lower P/E: 13.3× against 22.5×. Donaldson Company, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.28% against −2.15%. Pentair plc has the higher net margin (16.2% vs 11.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.66% vs 13.4%). Both pay a dividend; Pentair plc yields more (2.49% vs 1.41%). Across the 23 metrics below, Pentair plc leads on 16 and Donaldson Company, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 22.50 13.31 28.39
P/S 2.62 2.14 2.70
P/B 5.77 2.29 3.02
Price to free cash flow 23.32 12.70 23.32
EV/EBITDA 15.90 10.81 15.39
EV/Sales 2.89 2.52 2.81
Earnings yield 4.44% 7.51% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 4.29% 7.87% 3.24%

Profitability

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 34.64% 41.35% 35.90%
Operating margin 15.44% 20.27% 11.22%
Net margin 11.68% 16.24% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 11.24% 16.84% 9.51%
Return on equity 28.20% 17.55% 10.50%
Return on assets 13.03% 9.88% 4.60%
Return on invested capital 13.42% 9.66% 5.36%

Growth

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.28% (2.15%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 26.23% 5.88% 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.37% 6.71% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.60% 12.76% 5.04%

Health

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.73 0.43 0.35
Current ratio 2.08 1.45 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 1.46 1.58 1.32

Dividend

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.41% 2.49% 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.33 0.31

Size

Metric DCI PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 10.17b 8.53b 1.91b

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