Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. (FPS) vs Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. and Powell Industries, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $4.6B — 1.2× the size. Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 88.5% against 7.04%. Powell Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 5.76%) and the higher return on invested capital (116.0% vs 9.87%). Across the 16 metrics below, Powell Industries, Inc. leads on 12 and Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E — 24.14 24.14
P/S 3.01 3.99 2.33
P/B 6.36 6.11 2.49
Price to free cash flow n/m 18.92 22.24
EV/EBITDA 18.12 16.87 12.18
EV/Sales 3.35 3.44 1.79
Earnings yield — 4.14% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield (0.16%) 5.28% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 35.04% 30.08% 29.92%
Operating margin 12.85% 19.67% 0.00%
Net margin 5.76% 16.49% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (0.48%) 21.08% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.15% 28.25% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.34% 15.59% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.87% 116.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 88.54% 7.04% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) — 20.91% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 16.32% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 61.09% 0.00%

Health

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.87 0.00 0.15
Current ratio 1.54 1.97 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 1.85 (2.11) 0.26

Dividend

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 0.28% 0.33%
Payout ratio — 0.07 0.09

Size

Metric FPS POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 5.54b 4.56b 159.94m

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