Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) vs Lennox International, Inc. (LII)

Johnson Controls International plc and Lennox International, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Johnson Controls International plc is the larger, with a market value of $89.4B against $12.4B — 7.2× the size. Lennox International, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.1× against 25.2×. Johnson Controls International plc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.81% against −2.11%. Lennox International, Inc. has the higher net margin (14.9% vs 14.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.0% vs 8.35%). Both pay a dividend; Lennox International, Inc. yields more (1.49% vs 1.10%). Across the 23 metrics below, Lennox International, Inc. leads on 17 and Johnson Controls International plc on 6.

Valuation

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 25.21 16.11 23.15
P/S 3.54 2.34 2.02
P/B 6.54 9.57 2.81
Price to free cash flow 27.60 16.76 16.84
EV/EBITDA 25.86 11.62 12.85
EV/Sales 3.89 2.55 2.04
Earnings yield 3.97% 6.21% 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 3.62% 5.97% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 36.65% 33.33% 29.19%
Operating margin 11.95% 19.67% 6.99%
Net margin 14.32% 14.87% 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 12.82% 13.97% 7.60%
Return on equity 23.42% 71.76% 9.28%
Return on assets 8.71% 19.24% 2.88%
Return on invested capital 8.35% 27.00% 5.16%

Growth

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.81% (2.11%) 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 99.60% 1.11% (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.12% 7.41% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 39.14% 17.73% 0.00%

Health

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.70 0.90 0.43
Current ratio 1.00 1.57 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 3.02 0.98 0.98

Dividend

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 1.10% 1.49% 1.43%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.24 0.29

Size

Metric JCI LII Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 89.43b 12.39b 1.17b

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