Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (ST) vs Vontier Corporation (VNT)

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. and Vontier Corporation are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $6.0B against $4.2B — 1.4× the size. Vontier Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 13.0× against 69.2×. Vontier Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 0.88% against 0.80%. Vontier Corporation has the higher net margin (11.3% vs 2.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.3% vs 3.55%). Both pay a dividend; Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. yields more (1.46% vs 0.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, Vontier Corporation leads on 15 and Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 69.16 12.95 35.93
P/S 1.63 1.43 4.46
P/B 2.07 3.66 3.00
Price to free cash flow 10.60 11.41 24.96
EV/EBITDA 10.85 8.23 19.60
EV/Sales 2.17 1.87 4.98
Earnings yield 1.45% 7.72% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 9.44% 8.76% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 29.50% 47.18% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.53% 18.79% 7.34%
Net margin 2.38% 11.34% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 15.34% 12.55% 5.84%
Return on equity 3.08% 28.90% 2.87%
Return on assets 1.30% 8.28% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 3.55% 14.25% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 0.88% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (75.29%) 0.36% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.99% 2.60% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (28.22%) 3.50% 0.00%

Health

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.83 1.33 0.00
Current ratio 2.29 1.25 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 3.14 1.60 0.44

Dividend

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.46% 0.14% 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.18 0.05 0.00

Size

Metric ST VNT Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 5.98b 4.18b 483.67m

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