Enpro Inc. (NPO) vs Pentair plc (PNR)

Enpro Inc. and Pentair plc are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Pentair plc is the larger, with a market value of $8.5B against $6.6B — 1.3× the size. Pentair plc trades at the lower P/E: 13.4× against 149×. Enpro Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.3% against −2.15%. Pentair plc has the higher net margin (16.2% vs 3.60%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.66% vs 5.25%). Both pay a dividend; Pentair plc yields more (1.09% vs 0.74%). Across the 23 metrics below, Pentair plc leads on 18 and Enpro Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 149.01 13.38 29.62
P/S 5.37 2.15 2.77
P/B 4.14 2.30 3.04
Price to free cash flow 40.64 12.77 23.81
EV/EBITDA 25.04 10.86 16.05
EV/Sales 5.78 2.53 2.94
Earnings yield 0.67% 7.47% 3.08%
Free cash flow yield 2.46% 7.83% 3.12%

Profitability

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 42.78% 41.35% 35.90%
Operating margin 14.32% 20.27% 11.22%
Net margin 3.60% 16.24% 7.80%
Free cash flow margin 13.21% 16.84% 9.51%
Return on equity 2.86% 17.55% 11.10%
Return on assets 1.75% 9.88% 4.63%
Return on invested capital 5.25% 9.66% 5.37%

Growth

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.25% (2.15%) 6.45%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (44.64%) 5.88% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.40% 6.71% 8.31%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (25.59%) 12.76% 5.04%

Health

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.36 0.43 0.35
Current ratio 2.28 1.45 2.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.04 1.58 1.32

Dividend

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 0.74% 1.09% 1.12%
Payout ratio 0.13 0.29 0.17

Size

Metric NPO PNR Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 6.59b 8.49b 1.97b

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