Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN) vs Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (ST)

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. and Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $5.6B against $990.4M — 5.7× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 15.4× against 15.6×. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 4.12%. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.3% vs 9.53%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.0% vs 7.39%). Both pay a dividend; Ituran Location and Control Ltd. yields more (6.02% vs 1.22%). Across the 23 metrics below, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on 17 and Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 15.37 15.58 28.21
P/S 2.50 1.48 4.46
P/B 4.37 1.86 3.10
Price to free cash flow 12.23 8.89 24.15
EV/EBITDA 8.39 9.41 18.28
EV/Sales 2.24 1.97 4.64
Earnings yield 6.51% 6.42% 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 8.17% 11.24% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 49.95% 30.83% 47.24%
Operating margin 21.83% 15.14% 8.96%
Net margin 16.28% 9.53% 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 20.47% 16.67% 10.59%
Return on equity 30.72% 12.67% 2.66%
Return on assets 16.57% 5.33% 1.12%
Return on invested capital 44.04% 7.39% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.79% 4.12% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.15% (75.29%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.89% 3.99% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.17% (28.22%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.79 0.00
Current ratio 2.03 2.39 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.12) 3.14 0.45

Dividend

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 6.02% 1.22% 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.93 0.19 0.22

Size

Metric ITRN ST Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 990.39m 5.61b 549.07m

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