Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) vs Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK)

Emerson Electric Co. and Rockwell Automation, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Emerson Electric Co. is the larger, with a market value of $90.7B against $42.3B — 2.1× the size. Rockwell Automation, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.6× against 35.7×. Rockwell Automation, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against 5.36%. Emerson Electric Co. has the higher net margin (14.1% vs 13.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.71% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; Rockwell Automation, Inc. yields more (1.45% vs 1.36%). Across the 23 metrics below, Rockwell Automation, Inc. leads on 12 and Emerson Electric Co. on 11.

Valuation

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 35.67 35.64 25.64
P/S 4.80 4.71 2.81
P/B 5,693.82 12.08 2.99
Price to free cash flow 25.77 28.09 23.82
EV/EBITDA 16.47 22.18 15.15
EV/Sales 5.35 4.94 2.77
Earnings yield 2.80% 2.81% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 3.88% 3.56% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 53.36% 49.09% 35.46%
Operating margin 25.47% 16.19% 10.04%
Net margin 14.14% 13.36% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 18.62% 16.76% 9.04%
Return on equity 26.43% 33.66% 10.73%
Return on assets 6.41% 10.76% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 9.71% 14.71% 5.00%

Growth

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.36% 11.31% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 18.61% (7.37%) 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.98% 5.68% 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 3.16% (3.26%) 6.58%

Health

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.59 0.74 0.33
Current ratio 0.94 1.08 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 1.64 1.32 1.32

Dividend

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.36% 1.45% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.46 0.52 0.31

Size

Metric EMR ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 90.70b 42.32b 2.19b

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