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 $26.4B against $7.1B — 3.7× the size. Powell Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 36.1× against 44.2×. 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 (1.13% vs 0.74%). Across the 23 metrics below, Powell Industries, Inc. leads on 16 and nVent Electric PLC on 7.

Valuation

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 44.19 36.10 36.10
P/S 5.47 5.97 2.73
P/B 6.64 9.13 3.57
Price to free cash flow 45.50 28.30 33.31
EV/EBITDA 26.16 26.56 18.07
EV/Sales 5.73 5.42 2.75
Earnings yield 2.26% 2.77% (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield 2.20% 3.53% 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% 0.94%
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% 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 20.91% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.27% 16.32% 9.80%
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 0.08
Current ratio 1.80 1.97 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 (2.11) 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 1.13% 0.74% 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.34 0.00

Size

Metric NVT POWL Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 26.42b 7.05b 177.98m

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