GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) vs Rockwell Automation, Inc. (ROK)

GE Vernova Inc. and Rockwell Automation, Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. GE Vernova Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $203.9B against $42.3B — 4.8× the size. GE Vernova Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.1× against 35.6×. GE Vernova Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.9% against 11.3%. GE Vernova Inc. has the higher net margin (23.5% vs 13.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 14.7%). Both pay a dividend; Rockwell Automation, Inc. yields more (1.45% vs 0.26%). Across the 21 metrics below, GE Vernova Inc. leads on 14 and Rockwell Automation, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 20.12 35.64 25.64
P/S 4.68 4.71 2.81
P/B 16.45 12.08 2.99
Price to free cash flow 11.91 28.09 23.82
EV/EBITDA 45.18 22.18 15.15
EV/Sales 4.37 4.94 2.77
Earnings yield 4.97% 2.81% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 8.40% 3.56% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 21.73% 49.09% 35.46%
Operating margin 6.42% 16.19% 10.04%
Net margin 23.54% 13.36% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 39.35% 16.76% 9.04%
Return on equity 93.12% 33.66% 10.73%
Return on assets 14.75% 10.76% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 14.71% 5.00%

Growth

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.91% 11.31% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 217.03% (7.37%) 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 5.68% 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (3.26%) 6.58%

Health

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.22 0.74 0.33
Current ratio 0.83 1.08 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA (3.95) 1.32 1.32

Dividend

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.26% 1.45% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.05 0.52 0.31

Size

Metric GEV ROK Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 203.94b 42.32b 2.19b

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