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Generac Holdings Inc. (GNRC) vs IDEX Corporation (IEX)

Generac Holdings Inc. and IDEX Corporation are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. IDEX Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $17.4B against $11.7B — 1.5× the size. IDEX Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 33.8× against 43.7×. IDEX Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.32% against 0.61%. IDEX Corporation has the higher net margin (14.5% vs 5.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.84% vs 6.68%). Across the 22 metrics below, IDEX Corporation leads on 16 and Generac Holdings Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 43.69 33.79 28.39
P/S 2.55 4.86 2.70
P/B 3.94 4.35 3.02
Price to free cash flow 29.64 27.17 23.32
EV/EBITDA 19.42 19.56 15.39
EV/Sales 2.79 5.21 2.81
Earnings yield 2.29% 2.96% 3.12%
Free cash flow yield 3.37% 3.68% 3.24%

Profitability

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 39.54% 44.70% 35.90%
Operating margin 9.50% 20.69% 11.22%
Net margin 5.82% 14.49% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 8.61% 17.89% 9.51%
Return on equity 9.47% 12.96% 10.50%
Return on assets 4.63% 7.53% 4.60%
Return on invested capital 6.68% 8.84% 5.36%

Growth

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.61% 7.32% 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.09%) (3.46%) 4.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.11% 8.01% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.57%) 5.04% 5.04%

Health

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.46 0.46 0.35
Current ratio 2.04 3.05 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.04 1.37 1.32

Dividend

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield — 1.23% 1.10%
Payout ratio — 0.42 0.31

Size

Metric GNRC IEX Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 11.72b 17.43b 1.91b

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