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 $82.7B against $23.6B — 3.5× the size. nVent Electric PLC trades at the lower P/E: 38.5× against 45.8×. nVent Electric PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 46.2% against 26.2%. Vertiv Holdings Co. has the higher net margin (15.1% vs 12.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (29.6% vs 9.89%). Both pay a dividend; nVent Electric PLC yields more (0.73% vs 0.12%). 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 38.45 45.77 31.20
P/S 4.76 6.91 2.28
P/B 5.77 16.68 3.19
Price to free cash flow 39.60 27.15 27.15
EV/EBITDA 22.92 30.88 15.80
EV/Sales 5.02 6.90 2.38
Earnings yield 2.60% 2.18% (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield 2.53% 3.68% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 36.97% 38.04% 25.38%
Operating margin 17.10% 18.94% 0.00%
Net margin 12.38% 15.09% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 12.03% 25.47% 0.00%
Return on equity 15.94% 43.94% 0.14%
Return on assets 8.62% 13.17% (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 9.89% 29.63% 0.00%

Growth

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 46.19% 26.23% 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 166.41% 27.37%
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 0.37 0.62 0.16
Current ratio 1.80 1.38 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 0.51 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 0.73% 0.12% 0.48%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.06 0.10

Size

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 23.59b 82.68b 157.22m

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