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 $96.8B against $26.4B — 3.7× the size. nVent Electric PLC trades at the lower P/E: 44.2× against 56.2×. 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 (1.13% vs 0.03%). 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 44.19 56.16 36.10
P/S 5.47 8.48 2.73
P/B 6.64 20.47 3.57
Price to free cash flow 45.50 33.31 33.31
EV/EBITDA 26.16 37.91 18.07
EV/Sales 5.73 8.47 2.75
Earnings yield 2.26% 1.78% (5.84%)
Free cash flow yield 2.20% 3.00% 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% 0.94%
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% 9.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.78% 166.41% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.27% 18.54% 9.80%
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 0.08
Current ratio 1.80 1.38 2.18
Net debt to EBITDA 1.60 0.51 0.26

Dividend

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield 1.13% 0.03% 0.84%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.02 0.00

Size

Metric NVT VRT Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 26.42b 96.81b 177.98m

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