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Graco Inc. (GGG) vs IDEX Corporation (IEX)

Graco Inc. and IDEX Corporation are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. IDEX Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $17.4B against $13.2B — 1.3× the size. Graco Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 25.3× against 33.8×. IDEX Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against 4.58%. Graco Inc. has the higher net margin (23.5% vs 14.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.7% vs 8.84%). Both pay a dividend; Graco Inc. yields more (1.77% vs 1.23%). Across the 23 metrics below, Graco Inc. leads on 17 and IDEX Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 25.31 33.79 28.39
P/S 5.92 4.86 2.70
P/B 5.32 4.35 3.02
Price to free cash flow 21.31 27.17 23.32
EV/EBITDA 17.48 19.56 15.39
EV/Sales 5.73 5.21 2.81
Earnings yield 3.95% 2.96% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 4.69% 3.68% 3.24%

Profitability

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 52.64% 44.70% 35.90%
Operating margin 28.06% 20.69% 11.22%
Net margin 23.53% 14.49% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 27.78% 17.89% 9.51%
Return on equity 21.24% 12.96% 10.50%
Return on assets 17.28% 7.53% 4.60%
Return on invested capital 19.72% 8.84% 5.36%

Growth

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.58% 7.32% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.22% (3.46%) 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.27% 8.01% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.57% 5.04% 5.04%

Health

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.46 0.35
Current ratio 2.99 3.05 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA (0.85) 1.37 1.32

Dividend

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.77% 1.23% 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.46 0.42 0.31

Size

Metric GGG IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 13.24b 17.43b 1.91b

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