ASML HOLDING NV vs EATON CORPORATION plc, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASML and ETN diverge most: on debt / equity, ASML reads 0.22 and ETN reads 1.02; on p/b, ASML reads 29.77 and ETN reads 7.97. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ETN'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 | ASML | ETN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1631.83 | $415.36 |
| Market cap | $634.6B | $161.8B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 60.8 | 42.3 |
| P/B | 29.77 | 7.97 |
| P/S | 17.87 | 5.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 46.7 | 171.8 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +15.4% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | — |
| Net margin | 29.4% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.02 | 6.88 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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