nVent Electric PLC (NVT) vs Powell Industries, Inc. (POWL)

nVent Electric PLC and Powell Industries, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. nVent Electric PLC is the larger, with a market value of $15.9B against $4.6B — 3.5× the size. nVent Electric PLC trades at the lower P/E: 23.5× against 24.1×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 48.0% against 7.04%. Powell Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 12.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (116.0% vs 11.4%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.85% vs 0.28%). Across the 23 metrics below, Powell Industries, Inc. leads on 12 and nVent Electric PLC on 11.

Valuation

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 23.51 24.14 24.14
P/S 3.02 3.99 2.33
P/B 3.88 6.11 2.49
Price to free cash flow 24.64 18.92 22.24
EV/EBITDA 14.48 16.87 12.18
EV/Sales 3.22 3.44 1.79
Earnings yield 4.25% 4.14% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 4.06% 5.28% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 36.55% 30.08% 29.92%
Operating margin 17.80% 19.67% 0.00%
Net margin 12.83% 16.49% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 12.24% 21.08% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.55% 28.25% 0.00%
Return on assets 9.14% 15.59% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.39% 116.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 47.96% 7.04% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 20.91% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.27% 16.32% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 61.09% 0.00%

Health

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.53 0.00 0.15
Current ratio 2.40 1.97 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 (2.11) 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.85% 0.28% 0.33%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.07 0.09

Size

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 15.90b 4.56b 159.94m

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