Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) vs Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (WMS)

Johnson Controls International plc and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Johnson Controls International plc is the larger, with a market value of $79.6B against $9.3B — 8.6× the size. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.6× against 28.8×. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.18% against 8.77%. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 11.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.9% vs 10.4%). Both pay a dividend; Johnson Controls International plc yields more (1.18% vs 0.61%). Across the 23 metrics below, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. leads on 20 and Johnson Controls International plc on 3.

Valuation

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 28.83 23.56 23.86
P/S 3.19 2.88 2.05
P/B 2,336.62 5.27 2.97
Price to free cash flow 24.00 18.59 18.37
EV/EBITDA 24.04 12.45 13.32
EV/Sales 3.52 3.36 2.08
Earnings yield 3.47% 4.24% 3.10%
Free cash flow yield 4.17% 5.38% 4.02%

Profitability

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 37.07% 38.36% 31.88%
Operating margin 14.39% 19.62% 7.18%
Net margin 11.12% 12.44% 4.11%
Free cash flow margin 13.27% 15.47% 7.39%
Return on equity 43.93% 22.36% 5.95%
Return on assets 7.30% 9.49% 3.90%
Return on invested capital 10.35% 11.90% 5.54%

Growth

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.77% 9.18% 6.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (6.84%) (5.56%) (28.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.63% 9.00% 4.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 11.75% 18.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.68 0.97 0.55
Current ratio 0.90 2.13 1.83
Net debt to EBITDA 1.99 1.80 1.45

Dividend

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 1.18% 0.61% 1.38%
Payout ratio 0.34 0.14 0.31

Size

Metric JCI WMS Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 79.63b 9.25b 3.05b

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