Franklin Electric Co., Inc. (FELE) vs NuScale Power Corporation (SMR)

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. and NuScale Power Corporation are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.3B against $3.7B — 1.2× the size. NuScale Power Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Franklin Electric Co., Inc. trades at 27.7×. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.38% against −81.0%. Franklin Electric Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (7.02% vs −3,888.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.2% vs −48.9%). Across the 19 metrics below, Franklin Electric Co., Inc. leads on 15 and NuScale Power Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 27.73 n/m 29.62
P/S 1.94 287.12 2.77
P/B 3.04 1.52 3.04
Price to free cash flow 19.35 n/m 23.81
EV/EBITDA 12.86 n/m 16.05
EV/Sales 2.01 188.55 2.94
Earnings yield 3.61% (34.68%) 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 5.17% (25.37%) 3.12%

Profitability

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 35.52% 23.55% 35.90%
Operating margin 12.59% (6,853.97%) 11.22%
Net margin 7.02% (3,888.70%) 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 10.03% (7,285.54%) 9.51%
Return on equity 11.62% (33.09%) 11.10%
Return on assets 7.45% (31.31%) 4.63%
Return on invested capital 11.19% (48.90%) 5.37%

Growth

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.38% (80.95%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.58%) (47.62%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.31% 120.79% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.98% 0.00% 5.04%

Health

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.00 0.35
Current ratio 2.41 37.88 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 0.20 1.83 1.32

Dividend

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.91% — 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.00 0.17

Size

Metric FELE SMR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 4.28b 3.68b 1.97b

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