AMETEK, Inc. vs TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC, two Scientific Instruments stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AME and TT diverge most: on dividend yield, AME reads 0.2% and TT reads 0.8%; on debt / equity, AME reads 0.20 and TT reads 0.54. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AME's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What TT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AME | TT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $233.81 | $479.78 |
| Market cap | $53.7B | $107.0B |
| Sector | Scientific Instruments | Scientific Instruments |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 35.3 | 37.1 |
| P/B | 4.92 | 12.43 |
| P/S | 7.07 | 4.95 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.2 | 28.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.5% | +6.3% |
| Operating margin | 26.7% | 15.6% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.0% | 33.6% |
| Return on assets | 9.4% | 12.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.2% | 23.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 1.14 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.66 | 6.29 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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