nVent Electric PLC (NVT) vs Vertiv Holdings Co. (VRT)

nVent Electric PLC and Vertiv Holdings Co. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Vertiv Holdings Co. is the larger, with a market value of $68.1B against $15.9B — 4.3× the size. nVent Electric PLC trades at the lower P/E: 23.5× against 32.5×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 48.0% against 35.3%. Vertiv Holdings Co. has the higher net margin (16.0% vs 12.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (35.0% vs 11.4%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.85% vs 0.14%). Across the 22 metrics below, Vertiv Holdings Co. leads on 12 and nVent Electric PLC on 10.

Valuation

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 23.51 32.52 24.14
P/S 3.02 5.21 2.33
P/B 3.88 12.41 2.49
Price to free cash flow 24.64 21.75 22.24
EV/EBITDA 14.48 22.02 12.18
EV/Sales 3.22 5.15 1.79
Earnings yield 4.25% 3.08% (6.07%)
Free cash flow yield 4.06% 4.60% (5.34%)

Profitability

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 36.55% 38.12% 29.92%
Operating margin 17.80% 20.14% 0.00%
Net margin 12.83% 15.99% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 12.24% 23.94% 0.00%
Return on equity 17.55% 46.57% 0.00%
Return on assets 9.14% 14.47% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.39% 34.99% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 47.96% 35.27% 10.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 166.41% 24.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.27% 18.54% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.53 0.53 0.15
Current ratio 2.40 1.39 2.34
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 0.51 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.85% 0.14% 0.33%
Payout ratio 0.20 0.05 0.09

Size

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 15.90b 68.05b 159.94m

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