AAON, INC. vs EATON CORPORATION plc, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AAON and ETN diverge most: on debt / equity, AAON reads 0.00 and ETN reads 1.07; on fcf yield, AAON reads 0.5% and ETN reads 2.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AAON's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What ETN's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AAON | ETN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $114.16 | $407.11 |
| Market cap | $9.5B | $158.4B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 80.4 | 39.8 |
| P/B | 10.16 | 8.02 |
| P/S | 5.87 | 5.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 38.1 | 171.1 |
| Revenue growth | +28.4% | +12.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | — |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | — |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 14.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 20.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 2.62 | 1.19 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.07 | 6.85 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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