ASML HOLDING NV vs GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASML and GE diverge most: on ev/ebitda, ASML reads 51.0 and GE reads 373.5; on debt / equity, ASML reads 0.22 and GE reads 1.07. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GE'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 | GE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1780.30 | $308.25 |
| Market cap | $692.4B | $322.7B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 66.3 | 36.3 |
| P/B | 32.48 | 18.06 |
| P/S | 19.50 | 6.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 51.0 | 373.5 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +21.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | — |
| Net margin | 29.4% | 17.7% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 50.2% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.02 | 3.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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