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 $23.6B against $6.2B — 3.8× the size. Powell Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 31.5× against 38.5×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.2% against 7.04%. Powell Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 12.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (116.0% vs 9.89%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.73% vs 0.22%). Across the 23 metrics below, Powell Industries, Inc. leads on 17 and nVent Electric PLC on 6.

Valuation

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 38.45 31.46 31.20
P/S 4.76 5.20 2.28
P/B 5.77 7.96 3.19
Price to free cash flow 39.60 24.66 27.15
EV/EBITDA 22.92 22.79 15.80
EV/Sales 5.02 4.65 2.38
Earnings yield 2.60% 3.18% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 2.53% 4.06% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 36.97% 30.08% 25.38%
Operating margin 17.10% 19.67% 0.00%
Net margin 12.38% 16.49% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 12.03% 21.08% 0.00%
Return on equity 15.94% 28.25% 0.14%
Return on assets 8.62% 15.59% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 9.89% 116.04% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 46.19% 7.04% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 20.91% 27.37%
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 0.37 0.00 0.16
Current ratio 1.80 1.97 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 (2.11) 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.73% 0.22% 0.48%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.07 0.10

Size

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 23.59b 6.22b 157.22m

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