ESCO Technologies Inc. (ESE) vs Vontier Corporation (VNT)

ESCO Technologies Inc. and Vontier Corporation are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. ESCO Technologies Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $7.0B against $4.2B — 1.7× the size. Vontier Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 13.0× against 22.1×. ESCO Technologies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 34.3% against 0.88%. ESCO Technologies Inc. has the higher net margin (24.4% vs 11.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.76% vs 14.3%). Both pay a dividend; ESCO Technologies Inc. yields more (0.31% vs 0.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, Vontier Corporation leads on 12 and ESCO Technologies Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 22.09 12.95 35.93
P/S 5.38 1.43 4.46
P/B 4.30 3.66 3.00
Price to free cash flow 35.35 11.41 24.96
EV/EBITDA 22.54 8.23 19.60
EV/Sales 5.39 1.87 4.98
Earnings yield 4.53% 7.72% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.83% 8.76% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 42.01% 47.18% 45.75%
Operating margin 15.66% 18.79% 7.34%
Net margin 24.39% 11.34% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 15.23% 12.55% 5.84%
Return on equity 21.39% 28.90% 2.87%
Return on assets 12.73% 8.28% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 7.76% 14.25% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 34.33% 0.88% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 193.15% 0.36% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.44% 2.60% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 24.66% 3.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.05 1.33 0.00
Current ratio 1.38 1.25 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 0.34 1.60 0.44

Dividend

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 0.31% 0.14% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.09 0.05 0.00

Size

Metric ESE VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 6.95b 4.18b 483.67m

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