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Flex Ltd. (FLEX) vs Corning Incorporated (GLW)

Flex Ltd. and Corning Incorporated are both Electronic Components companies. Corning Incorporated is the larger, with a market value of $89.1B against $24.7B — 3.6× the size. Flex Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 24.3× against 40.5×. Corning Incorporated grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.8% against 17.6%. Corning Incorporated has the higher net margin (12.1% vs 3.35%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.15% vs 12.3%). Across the 22 metrics below, Flex Ltd. leads on 11 and Corning Incorporated on 11.

Valuation

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
P/E 24.28 40.49 24.82
P/S 0.80 5.08 2.28
P/B 4.27 6.30 2.86
Price to free cash flow 31.46 36.55 22.99
EV/EBITDA 12.98 21.67 14.69
EV/Sales 0.89 5.40 2.38
Earnings yield 4.12% 2.47% 2.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.18% 2.74% 1.70%

Profitability

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
Gross margin 9.50% 36.46% 32.78%
Operating margin 5.06% 16.48% 4.90%
Net margin 3.35% 12.13% 3.46%
Free cash flow margin 2.55% 13.89% 1.66%
Return on equity 19.13% 16.35% 5.59%
Return on assets 4.42% 6.71% 4.13%
Return on invested capital 12.34% 9.15% 4.66%

Growth

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.55% 18.80% 13.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 10.43% 215.52% 35.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.96% 6.70% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.50% 30.98% 7.53%

Health

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.90 0.57 0.11
Current ratio 1.34 1.72 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.71 1.91 0.41

Dividend

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
Dividend yield — 1.07% 1.10%
Payout ratio — 0.44 0.28

Size

Metric FLEX GLW Electronic Components median
Market cap 24.65b 89.09b 1.16b

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