Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. (FPS) vs nVent Electric PLC (NVT)

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. and nVent Electric PLC are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. nVent Electric PLC is the larger, with a market value of $15.9B against $5.5B — 2.9× the size. Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.5% against 48.0%. nVent Electric PLC has the higher net margin (12.8% vs 5.76%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.4% vs 9.87%). Across the 16 metrics below, nVent Electric PLC leads on 14 and Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. on 2.

Valuation

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E — 23.51 24.14
P/S 3.01 3.02 2.33
P/B 6.36 3.88 2.49
Price to free cash flow n/m 24.64 22.24
EV/EBITDA 18.12 14.48 12.18
EV/Sales 3.35 3.22 1.79
Earnings yield — 4.25% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield (0.16%) 4.06% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 35.04% 36.55% 29.92%
Operating margin 12.85% 17.80% 0.00%
Net margin 5.76% 12.83% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.48%) 12.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.15% 17.55% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.34% 9.14% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.87% 11.39% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.54% 47.96% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — 118.78% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 14.27% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.87 0.53 0.15
Current ratio 1.54 2.40 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 1.85 1.60 0.26

Dividend

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 0.85% 0.33%
Payout ratio — 0.20 0.09

Size

Metric FPS NVT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 5.54b 15.90b 159.94m

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